Mimi ni mtoto mdobo tu

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1 Mimi ni mtoto mdogo tu
na nguvu sinayo.
Nataka kwenda mbinguni
na njia sijui.

2 Nitapotea kabisa
katika makosa.
Usiponisaidia
Mwokozi wee Yesu.

3 Ulikuwa mtoto mdogo
kwa ajili yangu.
Nakupa moyo wangu huu,
uwe mali yako.

4 Naomba utangulie,
nishike mkononi!
Mimi nitakfuata,
tufike nyumbani.

Source: Mwimbieni Bwana: msifuni Mungu, mfalme wa mbingu na nchi! #164

Author: Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf

Zinzendorf, Count Nicolaus Ludwig, the founder of the religious community of Herrnhut and the apostle of the United Brethren, was born at Dresden May 26, 1700. It is not often that noble blood and worldly wealth are allied with true piety and missionary zeal. Such, however, was the case with Count Zinzendorf. In 1731 Zinzendorf resigned all public duties and devoted himself to missionary work. He traveled extensively on the Continent, in Great Britain, and in America, preaching "Christ, and him crucified," and organizing societies of Moravian brethren. John Wesley is said to have been under obligation to Zinzendorf for some ideas on singing, organization of classes, and Church government. Zinzendorf was the author of some two thousand hymn… Go to person page >

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First Line: Mimi ni mtoto mdogo tu
Title: Mimi ni mtoto mdobo tu
German Title: Ich bin ein Kleines Kindelein
Author: Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf (1758)
Language: Swahili
Notes: Sauti: Ich in ein kleines Kindelein by W. A. Mozart, 1791, Tumwimbie Bwana #24, Grosse Missionsharfe, Erster Band #139

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