435. Muze mwes' abakijijwe

Gushimisha · 6 verses

1.

Muze mwes’ abakijijwe,(Come all you who are saved,)

Abazinutsw’ iby’ isi;(Who have been renewed from worldly things;)

Nimwikorer’ umusaraba:(Make yourselves a cross:)

Ni w’ ubaneshereza(It is what satisfies you)

Umusaraba ni wo bendera(The cross is the banner)

Yacu tw’ abakijijwe !(Of us who are saved!)

Twemeye n’ isoni zawo:(We accept its shame:)

Ni w’ utunesherza(It is what satisfies us)

2.

Umusaraba w’ isoni(The cross of shame)

N’ irembo rifunganye(Is the gate opened)

Uduhata kwiyambura(That forces us to strip off)

Ibituremerera(What holds us back)

3.

Nuko, twiyambure byose,(So, let us strip off everything,)

Tumere nka ya mpumyi,(Dress like that runner,)

Ukw itanze gut’ umwenda,(Who gave up her garment,)

Ngw isang’ Umwami Yesu(So she found Lord Jesus)

4.

Twajyaga dutiny’ urupfu:(We used to fear death:)

Yes’ arugir’ irembo(Jesus made it a gate)

Ritugeza vuba cyane(That brings us very soon)

Mu bgami bgo mw ijuru(To the kingdom in heaven)

5.

Ibikangisho by’ Umwanzi(The weapons of the Enemy)

N’ iby’ intar’ izuritswe(And those of the drawn sword)

Ni tudat’ inzira yacu(We despise on our way)

Ntabg’ azadushyikira(He will not pierce us)

6.

Uzura n’ Imana vuba(Make peace with God soon)

kubg’ urupfu rwa Yesu:(Through the death of Jesus:)

Amaraso y’ Umusaraba(The blood of the Cross)

Ni y’ atwuzuza na Yo(Is what reconciles us with Him)