Semphethe wena ya ratehang (Please do not pass me by)
Mmoloki wa ka (oh my savior)
Ha ontse osetsa babang (While on others thou art calling)
Semphete le nna (Do not pass me by)
Jeso, Jeso, Kea O rapela (Jesus, Jesus, hear my humble cry)
Ha ontse osetsa babang (While on others thou art calling)
Semphete le nna (Do not pass me by)
Chorus:
Nisizame Yesu, uniokoe (That I might not drown, save me Jesus)(x2)
NIsizame uniokoe (Save me, that I may not drown) (x2) (repeat)
Magonjwa yananiandama (Illnesses hound me)
Hospitali zote nimaliza (I have visited all hospitals)
Kupona sijapona (I have not received healing)
Magonjwa yananiandama (Illnesses hound me)
Madaktari wote nimemaliza (I have visited all doctors)
Kupona sijapone (I have not received healing)
Njoo haraka unisaidie, nisizame (Come quickly and save me that I may not drown)
Uje hima unikoe, nisizame (Come fast and save me, that I may not drown)
(Chorus)
Naona huduma imekuwa nzito (I see my ministry becoming heavy)
Naona huduma hii Baba yangu kama ni mzigo (I feel my ministry as a burden, Father)
Naona huduma imekuwa nzito (I fell the burden becoming heavy)
Umekuwa kama mwiba (It has become a thorn)
Lakini nakuita unisaidie, nisizame (But I call unto you to help me, that I may not drown)
Nisizame Baba, nisizame (Don’t let me drown father)
(Chorus)
Elimu nimemaliza (I have completed my education)
Kazi nimetafuta, nimekosa (Looked for work, to no avail)
Mwenye nymba naye amekukuja (The landlord has come)
Akidai kodi ya nyumba (He wants the rent for the house)
Hata shilingi mimi sina (And here I am penniless)
Nimejaribu kuomba kwa majirani (I have tried borrowing from neighbors)
Ndugu zangu wote hakuna msaada (From my brothers, there’s no help)
Marafiki zangu, hakuna msaada (From my friends, there’s no help)
Ni wewe tu msaada wangu, nisizame (You are my only hope, that I may not drown)
Hili ni ombi langu, nisizame (This is my prayer, that I may not drown)
(In Shona – Zimbabwe)
Hakuna wakaita sa Jesu, (There’s no one compared to Jesus)
Hakuna wakaita sa Yee (There’s no one like Him)
Hakuna wakaita sa Jesu (There’s no one compared to Jesus)
Hakuu hakuchina (There is no other name)
Nda manya manya, kwese, kwese (I have searched everywhere)
Ndatenderera, kwese, kwese (I have run around everywhere )
Nda tsvaga tsvaga, kwese, kwese (I have looked around everywhere)
Hakuu hakuchina (There’s no other name)
(In Sotho – South Africa)
Iyo hlonolofatsa, Iyo hlonolofatsa (Iyo Bless, Iyo Bless,)
Iyo ka lebtso la Ntate (Iyo, The name of the father)
(Still in Sotho)
Jehova, O lefika laka (Jehovah, you’re my Rock of Ages)
24-7 I will praise you Jehovah
24-7 I will praise your Holy Name
(In Pidgin – Nigeria)
This kind God oo, I never see your type oo
This kind God oo, Blessed be your holy name
(In Twi – Ghana)
Woayoo, Woayoo, Woayoo ewurade ye oheni (He has done it, God is king)
Woayoo, Woayoo, Woayoo ewurade ye oheni (He has done it, God is king)
(In Lingala – Congo)
Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh kumama Yahweh (Yahweh/God be Praised)
Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh kumama Yahweh (God be Praised)
Ngcwele, Ngcwele, Ngcwele (Holy! Holy! Holy!)
Uyingcwele Nkosi yeZulu, (God in Heaven you are Holy)
Ngcwele, Ngcwele, Ngcwele (Holy! Holy! Holy!)
Ungefaniswe Nalutho Emhlabeni (Nothing on earth can compare to you) (Repeat)
Emagameni wonke esiwaziyo (All the names we know)
Elakho lingefaniswe (Cannot compare to yours )
Emagameni wonke esiwaziyo (All the names we know)
Elakho lingefaniswe nalutho (None that can compare to yours)
Ngcwele, Ngcwele, Ngcwele (Holy! Holy! Holy!)
Ungefaniswe Nalutho Emhlabeni (Nothing on earth can compare to you) (Repeat)
Ungefaniswe Nalutho Emhlabeni (Nothing on earth can compare to you)