435. Muze mwes' abakijijwe

Gushimisha · 6 verses

1.

Muze mwes’ abakijijwe,

Abazinutsw’ iby’ isi;

Nimwikorer’ umusaraba:

Ni w’ ubaneshereza

Umusaraba ni wo bendera

Yacu tw’ abakijijwe !

Twemeye n’ isoni zawo:

Ni w’ utunesherza

(Come all you who are saved,)

(Who have been renewed from worldly things;)

(Make yourselves a cross:)

(It is what satisfies you)

(The cross is the banner)

(Of us who are saved!)

(We accept its shame:)

(It is what satisfies us)

2.

Umusaraba w’ isoni

N’ irembo rifunganye

Uduhata kwiyambura

Ibituremerera

(The cross of shame)

(Is the gate opened)

(That forces us to strip off)

(What holds us back)

3.

Nuko, twiyambure byose,

Tumere nka ya mpumyi,

Ukw itanze gut’ umwenda,

Ngw isang’ Umwami Yesu

(So, let us strip off everything,)

(Dress like that runner,)

(Who gave up her garment,)

(So she found Lord Jesus)

4.

Twajyaga dutiny’ urupfu:

Yes’ arugir’ irembo

Ritugeza vuba cyane

Mu bgami bgo mw ijuru

(We used to fear death:)

(Jesus made it a gate)

(That brings us very soon)

(To the kingdom in heaven)

5.

Ibikangisho by’ Umwanzi

N’ iby’ intar’ izuritswe

Ni tudat’ inzira yacu

Ntabg’ azadushyikira

(The weapons of the Enemy)

(And those of the drawn sword)

(We despise on our way)

(He will not pierce us)

6.

Uzura n’ Imana vuba

kubg’ urupfu rwa Yesu:

Amaraso y’ Umusaraba

Ni y’ atwuzuza na Yo

(Make peace with God soon)

(Through the death of Jesus:)

(The blood of the Cross)

(Is what reconciles us with Him)