198. Umwami wacu, Yesu

Ni we Tangiriro(He is the Beginning)

Ry’ itorero yaremye(Of the church He created)

Mu mazi n’ ljambo(In water and the Word)

Yazanywe mw isi yacu(He was brought to our earth)

No kudukiz’ ibyaha,(To save us from sin,)

Ngo tub’ Itorero rye(That we be His Church)

Yaguz’ amaraso(He bought with blood)

Mu mok’ atar’ amwe;(Though not all the same;)

Umwami waryo n’ umwe(Its Lord is one)

Riramusanganira(It gathers together)

Ifunguro ni rimwe(The meal is one)

Ritung’ abaryo bose;(Filling all its members;)

Rishim’ izina rimwe(It praises one name)

N’ iry’ Umucunguzi(That of the Redeemer)

Ibice muri ryo,(Divisions in it,)

Bikarisuzuguza(Causing confusion)

Abataririmo !(To those outside it!)

Nyamar’ abera baryo(May its members)

Bahora bari maso,(Always be watchful,)

Babwir’ Umwam’ ibyaryo(Telling the Lord about it)

Ngw az’ arirengere(So He'll protect it)

Rijya riruhurwa(It goes struggling)

No guteg’ amahoro(Waiting for peace)

Mu bihe bizaza(In times to come)

Ryifuza kuzabona(It longs to see)

Ibyiza byo mw ijuru,(The blessings of heaven,)

Ni riva ku rugamba,(Coming from the battle,)

Rinesheje rwose(Having triumphed completely)

Rifitany’ ubumwe(It shares unity)

Na Dat’ Imana yacu(With Father God)

N’ abe bo mw Ijuru(And those in Heaven)

Abo, bakiri mw isi,(Those, who were on earth,)

Bafatanyaga na We(Who walked with Him)

Nanjy’ umpe kuba nka bo,(Grant me to be like them,)

Mbasange mw ijuru(That I meet them in heaven)