162. Nganirir ibya Yesu

N’ iby’ urukundo rwe(And of His love)

N’ uko yavuye mw ijuru,(And how He came down from heaven,)

Ngwaz’ aducungure(Coming to redeem us)

Ni yo(These are)

magamb’ ankwiriye,(The words I need,)

Nd’ indushyi, mpindanye(For I am zealous, ruined)

Yamviriy’ amaraso ye(He shed His blood)

Ngw’anshungure, mb’ uwe(To save me, make me His)

Nganirir’ ibya Yesu ( x 3)(Tell me about Jesus (x 3))

N’iby’urukundo rwe(And of His love)

Ibyo yababajwe(To what He suffered)

Ntiyanze kutubambirwa(He did not refuse to be wounded for us)

Ngwadukiz’ibyaha(To save us from sin)

Bisubiremo witonze,(Repeat it carefully,)

Ne kubyibagirwa,(Lest I forget it,)

Ngo meny’ icyo yankoreye(That I may know what He did for me)

N’ uko yanshunguye(And how He saved me)

Mbimeny’uko biri(Let me know it as it is)

Bivug’ uburyo bgoroshye(Speak in simple terms)

Nk’ ubgiriz’ umwana(As you would to a child)

N’ umbonan’ umubabaro,(And show me the sorrow,)

Ujy’ umber’ inshuti,(Coming before a friend,)

Umbwir’ iby’ ubwo buntu bwe(Tell me of that kindness of His)

Ngo bimpumurize(That it may comfort me)

Ntibizandambira(I will never tire of it)

Umva, ni jye munyabyaha(Hear, I am the sinner)

Yesu yaj’ ashaka!(Jesus came to seek!)

Erega, n’ igitangaza:(Indeed, it is wondrous:)

Mbyamamaze hose,(Though I am utterly bad,)

Uwer’ utagir’ inenge(The Holy One without fault)

Kumfira ndi mubi!(Died for me though I am evil!)

Iteka n’ ubona(Forever, and see)

Yuko gukund’iby’ iyi si(That to love the things of this world)

Binyaz’ umugisha(Destroys blessing)

Unyibuts’ iby’ isi yindi(Remind me of that other world)

Irut’ iyi cyane,(Far greater than this one,)

Ngo mbon’ Umwami w’ iyo si,(That I may see the King of that world,)

Antunganye, nyurwe(Comfort me, fill me)