133. Ndagukurikira, Yesu

Gushimisha · 5 verses

1.

Ndagukurikira, Yesu;(I follow You, Jesus;)

Nemey’ umusaraba(I accept the cross)

Jye nta shinge, nta rugero:(I have no boundary, no limit:)

Urampagije wenyine(You alone have saved me)

Ndagukurikira, Yesu,(I follow You, Jesus,)

Ubgo wanguz’amaraso;(Since You bought me with blood;)

Ndakwihaye, Mwami Yesu:(I give myself to You, Lord Jesus:)

Kera waranyitangiye(Long ago You gave Yourself for me)

2.

Icyubahiro n’ iby’ isi,(Honor and worldly things,)

Sinkibimaranira(I no longer care for them)

Kubga Yesu, ndabiretse:(Because of Jesus, I have left them:)

Amp’ibyiza byo mw ijuru(He gives me the good things of heaven)

3.

Nahw ab’ isi bazanyanga,(Even if people of the world hate me,)

Ni ko bakugiriye(That is how they treated You)

Ntibankund’ akaramata:(Even if they do not love me at all:)

Wowe ntabw’ uzanzinukwa(You will never despise me)

4.

Uwansek’ ansuzuguye,(Whoever mocks and despises me,)

Byakunsunikiraho(They bring me closer to You)

Uko bizamera kose,(Whatever happens,)

Uzabinyihanganisha(You will help me endure it)

5.

Ko mpaw’urukundo rwawe,(Since You give me Your love,)

Har’ikindi nshaka se?(Is there anything else I want?)

Ibinezaneza by’ isi,(The pleasures of this world,)

Simbishaka: mfite Yesu(I do not want them: I have Jesus)