393. Yesu, tugushimir' abera bawe

Gushimisha · 8 verses

1.

Yesu, tugushimir’ abera bawe,(Jesus, we praise You for Your saints,)

Baguhimbarishaga kukwizera,(Who praised You for believing,)

None bari mu buruhukiro:(Now they are in rest:)

Mwami wacu Yesu, tugushime cyane !(Our Lord Jesus, we thank You greatly!)

2.

War’ igihome cyabo n’ urutare,(You were their strength and their rock,)

War’ umugaba wabo ku rugamba,(You were their captain in battle,)

N’ izuba ryabo ryo mu mwijima(And their sun in the darkness)

Mwami wacu Yesu, tugushime cyane !(Our Lord Jesus, we thank You greatly!)

3.

Nkuko bagirag’ ubutwari bwinshi,(As they showed great courage,)

Kurwana kwacu natwe kube kwiza(May our fighting also be good)

TuzahSnwe na b’ ingororano;(We will be rewarded with glory;)

Mwami wacu Yesu, tugushime cyane!(Our Lord Jesus, we thank You greatly!)

4.

Gufatanya na bo kwacu ni kwiza;(To unite with them is good for us;)

Bafit’ ubwiza: twe tugir’ inenge;(They have beauty: we have shame;)

Dusangira na bo Databuja(We share with them the Father)

Mwami wacu Yesu, tugushime cyane !(Our Lord Jesus, we thank You greatly!)

5.

Iyo tugiye gucogozwa rwose(When we are about to be completely weary)

N’ intambar’ idasiba, ni bwo twumva(By the unceasing battle, we hear)

Impundu zabo, tugakomera(Their trumpets, and we grow strong)

Mwami wacu Yesu, tugushime cyane !(Our Lord Jesus, we thank You greatly!)

6.

Dor’ ubugingo bwacu ni nk’ umunsi ;(Look, our life is like a day;)

Bugiye kwira, maze turuhuke;(It is about to end, then we rest;)

Tuzabon’ amahoro mw ijuru(We will see peace in heaven)

Mwami wacu Yesu, tugushime cyane !(Our Lord Jesus, we thank You greatly!)

7.

Bukeye hazaz’ undi munsi mwiza,(In the morning another good day will come,)

Bazazuka bafit’ ubwiza bwawe;(They will rise having Your beauty;)

Umwami Yes’ azazana na bo,(The Lord Jesus will bring them,)

Mwami wacu Yesu, tugushime cyane !(Our Lord Jesus, we thank You greatly!)

8.

Kand’ azakir’ intore ze zo mw isi(And He will receive His warriors from the world)

Ku mpera y’ isi hos’ aziteranye,(From the ends of the earth He will gather them all,)

Zijye mw ijuru zimusingiza(They will go to heaven glorifying Him)

Mwami wacu Yesu, tugushime cyane !(Our Lord Jesus, we thank You greatly!)