420. Habay umuntu twizeho

Gushimisha · 15 verses

1.

Habay’ umuntu twizeho;

Izina rye ni Yosefu—-kera

(There was a man we learned about;)

(His name was Joseph—of old)

2.

Yar’ afit’ abavandimwe,

Nyamara barahemutse—-cyane

(He had brothers,)

(Yet they were very jealous—greatly)

3.

Bamujugunye mu bushya,

Basig’ umwend’ amaraso—-menshi

(They threw him in a pit,)

(Staining his coat with blood—much)

4.

Hanyuma, bamucuruza

N’ abantu b’ Ishimayeli—-bamwe

(Then, they sold him)

(To some Ishmaelite people—some)

5.

Babeshya se, bavuga ko

Yariwe n’ inyamaswa mbi—-si byo

(They lied to their father, saying)

(He was eaten by a wild beast—not so)

6.

Mw Egiputa, yarafunzwe;

Iherez’ arafungurwa—-neza

(In Egypt, he was imprisoned;)

(Eventually he was released—well)

7.

Abon’ ukw arotorera

Umwami waho, Farawo—-koko

(He saw how he would interpret)

(For the king there, Pharaoh—indeed)

8.

Bamufunguy’ ahinduka

Igisonga cya Farawo—-cyiza

(They released him and he became)

(Pharaoh's advisor—good)

9.

Hatey’ inzara, bene se

Bamanuka kwihahira—-i we

(When famine came, his father's household)

(Came down to seek refuge—with him)

10.

Yanga kubirondorera,

Ngo bemer’ ibyo bakoze—-bibi

(He refused to remember it against them,)

(So they confessed what they did—evil)

11.

Iherezo, barihana,

Nukw arabababarira—-rwose

(Finally, they repented,)

(And he forgave them—truly)

12.

Abakiran’ imbabazi,

No kwimuka, barimuka—-bose

(He showed them mercy,)

(And to relocate, they relocated—all)

13.

Baraza, bav’ i Kanani,

Bazana na se, Yakobo—-ubwe

(They came, leaving Canaan,)

(They brought their father, Jacob—himself)

14.

Uko ni ko Yosef’ uwo

Yakijije bene wabo—-bose

(That is how Joseph)

(Saved his own family—all)

15.

Bisa n’ ubuntu bwa Yesu

Yagiriy’ ababisha be—-ni twe !

(It resembles the kindness of Jesus)

(That He showed to His crucifiers—that's us!)