Nikulakije vema

Nikulakije vema

Author: Paul Gerhardt
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Nikulakije vema
Bwana wangu Yesu?
Wote wanakungoja
wapewe uzima.
Nuru yako ing’aze
hata moyo wangu,
nijue mambo mema
yakupendezayo.

2 Wamekutandikia
maua na nguo.
Nami nakuimbia
nyimbo za furaha.
Moyo ukupendeze
kwa sifa na nyimbo,
ukakutumikie
siku zangu zote.

3 Umetoka mbinguni
ukawa maskini.
Ukaacha furaha
utupe uzima.
Na tuliponyang’anywa
ufalme na raha,
ukaja mponya wetu
kuturudishia.

4 Nalifungwa na mwovu,
ukanifungua.
Nikawa nimetwezwa,
ukanifanya,
Ukanifanya mkubwa,
ukanipa mali,
zisizomalizika
kwa kutu na wezi.

5 Umenijia mimi
sababu ya nini?
Sababu ya kupenda,
uwaponye wote
waonao huzuni
kwa makosa yao.
Wakijuta kwa kweli
utawapokea.

6 Ushike neno hili,
Umati wa Yesu,
ukiwa na huzuni
na shida popote.
Usiogope kitu:
wokovu tayari.
Anayetufariji
yu karibu sasa.



Source: Mwimbieni Bwana: msifuni Mungu, mfalme wa mbingu na nchi! #5

Author: Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which con­demned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >

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First Line: Nikulakije vema
German Title: Wie soll ich dich empfangen
Author: Paul Gerhardt
Language: Swahili
Notes: Sauti: Valet will ich dir geben by M. Teschner, 1613; Wimbo: Posaunen Buch Erster Band #59, Melodienbuch #8, Nyimbo za Kikristo #5, Service Book and Hymnal #11

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