Gushimisha

108. Jye nd' Umukristo nzahora ...

Gushimisha · 4 verses

1.

Jye nd’ Umukristo: nzahora ndi we

Mu bintu byose, ngeze ku gupfa

Jye nd’ Umukristo: mpora mbihamya,

Nahw igihugu cyose

cyanseka

Jye nd’ Umukristo wo mu mutima,

Kuk’ ubu nsigaye nkunda Kristo

Icyatumy’ apfa, yazize jyewe !

Nabuzwa n’ iki kujya mukunda ?

(I am a Christian: I will always be one)

(In all things, even unto death)

(I am a Christian: I always declare it,)

(Even if the whole country)

(mocks me)

(I am a Christian from the heart,)

(Because now I have come to love Christ)

(The reason He died, He died for me!)

(What would prevent me from loving Him?)

2.

Jye nd’ Umukristo: umv’ ubwo buntu !

Narakijijwe, nkurwa mu byaha

Jye nd’ Umukristo, naho naterwa

N’ ibyago, nkaba no ku rugamba

Jye nd’ Umukristo: nd’ umutabazi

Mu ntambara ndasana n’ ibyaha

Mfit’ Umugaba, n’ Umwami Yesu;

Ni tuba hamwe, nzahora nesha

(I am a Christian: hear this grace!)

(I have been saved, removed from sin)

(I am a Christian, even when attacked)

(By troubles, even on the battlefield)

(I am a Christian: I am a soldier)

(In the battle I fight against sin)

(I have a Commander, the Lord Jesus;)

(If we stay together, I will always triumph)

3.

Jye nd’ Umukristo: nd’ umwimukira;

Ndakomeje mu rugendo rwanjye

Iby’ ino mw isi ndabihinyuye:

Nsigaye nifuz’ ibyo mw ijuru

Jye nd’ Umukristo: gakondo yacu

Iri mw ijuru ku Mana yacu

Nta nzar’ ibayo, nta n’ imiruho;

Abaho bose baguwe neza

(I am a Christian: I am a pilgrim;)

(I continue on my journey)

(The things of this world I have rejected:)

(I now desire only the things of heaven)

(I am a Christian: our homeland)

(Is in heaven with our God)

(There is no hunger there, no toil;)

(All who dwell there are blessed)

4.

Jye nd’ Umukristo: icyo n’ ikintu

Gihumuriz’ umutima wanjye

Kinyibagiza n’ ibyago byose,

Nkumva nduhuwe n’ Umwami Yesu

Jye nd’ Umukristo, uko ndi kose

Maze, ni ntumirwa, ngiye gupfa,

Nzagir’ ibyishimo bitavugwa;

Nzabon’ ihirwe, ngiye mw ijuru

(I am a Christian: that is something)

(That comforts my heart)

(It makes me forget all troubles,)

(I feel rested with the Lord Jesus)

(I am a Christian, whatever I am)

(So when I am called, when I go to die,)

(I will have unspeakable joy;)

(I will find blessing, going to heaven)