241. Mbes uriy ubabaye

Wambay’ibitabutse(Wearing a crown of thorns)

Birihw amaraso ye,(Dripping with His blood,)

Mutubwir’uw’ ari we(Tell us who He is)

Dor’ukunt’ ananiwe(See how His head is bowed)

N’igiti yikoreye !(With the tree He carries!)

Ko yaboshywe nabi se,(That He was bound so cruelly,)

Ninde kand’aziz’iki ?(Who is He and what did He do?)

Niwe Nyir’ ubugingo(Is the Giver of life)

Ibicumuro byawe(Your thorns)

Ni byo bamujijije(Are what they pierced Him with)

We kujarajar’utyo:(He scorned like that:)

Sang’Uwagupfiriye;(See the One who died for you;)

Pfukam’i Gologota,(Kneel at Golgotha,)

Wihan’ ubabarirwe(Cry out to be forgiven)

Ni yo kamba yam bitswe,(Are the nails that bound them,)

Kand’intebe y’ ubwami(And the throne of His kingdom)

Yabay’ Umusaraba(Was the Cross)

Mbes’Umwam’ ugizw’atyo,(Who is this King treated thus,)

Namumenyeshwa n’iki ?(How shall I know Him?)

Soma ’icyo kirego, ngo(Read that inscription, saying)

Yesu w’ i Nazareti(Jesus of Nazareth)

Nshuti yanjy’umenye ko(My friend, know that)

Icyankuye mw ijuru(What brought me from heaven)

Ar’ukukubeshaho(Is love for you)

Ni wowe mbabarizwa,(It is for you I suffer,)

Bakanshinyagurira(They mock and scorn me)

Emera nkurokore,(Believe that I might save you,)

Nkuzuze n’Iman’ubu(Fill you with God now)

Byos’ubimbabarire,(Forgive me everything,)

Umpumur’umenyeshe(Teach me to understand)

Imibabaro yawe(Your suffering)

Non’ inzir’undangira(Now the path You show me)

Niyo nzajya nyuramo,(Is the one I will follow,)

Nger’i Wawe mw ijuru,(I will reach Your home in heaven,)

Nzahore ngusingiza !(I will always glorify You!)