272. Umwam' ageze kw irembo

Gushimisha · 4 verses

1.

Umwam’ ageze kw irembo,(The King has reached the gate,)

Wabarnbwe ku Musaraba;(He who was nailed on the Cross;)

Yaje kudukorany’ abe,(He has come to gather His own,)

Tubane mw ijuru(That we may dwell in heaven)

Kw irembo Kw irembo !(At the gate, at the gate!)

Ub’ ari kw irembo!(He is at the gate!)

Nukw araje, nukw araje,(Behold He is coming, behold He is coming,)

Kand’ ageze kw irembo(And He has reached the gate)

2.

Ibyerekana kuza kwe(The signs of His coming)

Birihuta kuboneka:(Are quickly appearing:)

Agiye kutugabira(He is about to give us)

Kubaho kw’ iteka(Eternal life)

3.

Ntihazabur’ intambara;(There will never be an end to wars;)

Ntabw’ amahor’ azahora(Peace will not always remain)

Keretse Yes’ atsembyeho(Unless Jesus removes)

Urupfu n’ ibyaha(Death and sin)

4.

Maze, mw isi yagizwe nshya,(Then, in the earth made new,)

Tuzahaba, dusugire,(We will be there, flourishing,)

Kudapfa kwakuye gupfa,(Immortality replacing mortality,)

Tutakibabara(Never suffering again)