163. Uhereye kera kose
Gushimisha · 10 verses
Uhereye kera kose,(From the beginning of time,)
Yesu yahoze mw ijuru,(Jesus was in heaven,)
Ar’ i buryo bw’ Uwiteka,(In the form of the Lord,)
Ni yo Man’ isumba byose(He is God above all)
Maz’ urukundo rwe rwinshi(Then His great love)
Rwamuzanye mur’ iyi si,(Brought Him to this earth,)
Avuka nk’ abandi bantu,(Born like other people,)
Ashir’ ubgan’ arakura(He lived like a man and grew)
Atangira no kwigisha(He began to teach)
Ibyiza by’ Uwiteka, Se;(The good things of the Lord, Father;)
Kand’ abarwayi bizeye(And the sick who believed)
Yakundaga kubakiza(He loved to heal)
Ijambo rye ryakizaga(His word healed)
Impumyi n’ abaremaye;(The lame and the injured;)
Yakoraga ku babembe(He worked among the deaf)
Bamwizeye, bagakira(Who believed in Him, and they were healed)
Kandi n’ abari bapfuye,(And even those who were dead,)
Yabashaga kubazura;(He was able to raise;)
Nta bwo Yesu yananiwe(Jesus was never weary)
Gukiz’ umunt’ umwizeye(Of saving anyone who believed in Him)
Kand’ ikirut’ ibyo byose,(And beyond all these things,)
Yabgirizag’ abakene(He taught the poor)
Iby’ urukundo rw’ Imana(Of the love of God)
N’ iby’ agakiza k’ iteka(And of eternal salvation)
Maz’ abantu babi cyane(Then very evil people)
Batemey’ ibyo yavuze(Rejected what He said)
Batewe n’ ishyari ryinshi(Filled with great jealousy)
Kumwic’ urupfu rubi pe(To kill Him with cruel death)
Yabambishijw’ imbereri(He was crucified with a crown of thorns)
Kubgacu, ku Musaraba;(For us, on the Cross;)
Batoboy’ ibiganza bye ;(They pierced His hands;)
Byakirishag’ imbabazi(Which had shown mercy)
Dor’ uko yadupfiriye,(See how He died for us,)
Azir’ ibyaha bya twese;(Bearing the sins of us all;)
Yapfuye mu cyimbo cyacu(He died in our place)
Kubw’ urukundo rwe rwinshi(Because of His great love)
Kand’ uz’ ahw ur’ amwizeye;(And whoever comes trusting in Him;)
Ntiyabura kumwakira(He never fails to receive them)
Yarabisezerany’ ati:(He promised saying:)
Sinzamuheza na hato(I will not cast them out at all)