I just discovered Rwanda’s magnificent gospel choir, “Ambassadors for Christ.”
The song is Mtegemee Yesu.
Even in tough times, it says, trust in Jesus.
The subtitles are in English, but even without the translation from Swahili, the meaning comes through.
Rwanda is around 90% Christian, one of the many predominantly Christian African countries that make the continent a new bastion of Christianity, supplanting Europe.
Mtegemee Yesu
1. Mambo mengi yanakupata ndugu….yanayokuumiza moyo Hata ukimwomba Mungu waona…. kama vile amekutenga Maisha magumu shida tupu….. wabebeshwa dunia nzima unapapasa hapa na pale…. bila kuata msaada
2. umeanza kukata tamaa…. imani yako inayumbayumba unajisikia mpweke …..umeachwa kama yatima utokako ni mbali sana…… kiasi kwamba huwezi rudi mbele huendako nako giza….. umekosa matumaini Kiitikio Magumu shida yakupatayo ndugu…. ni ya muda kidogo kamwe yasikutenganishe na yule… rafiki wa kweli Hebu itegemee ahadi yake ….kwamba atakuwa nawe hata kwenye wakati huo mgumu….. mtegemee yesu
3. Umezongwa nazo shida nyingi…. lakini mkumbuke Ayubu Alivyozidiwa nayo majaribu…. alisimama imara Tabu yako imefanywa wimbo…. na waumini wenzako sawa na wale marafiki za ayubu …walivyomcheka
4. Usiruhusu shida yako… ikunyakue mikononi mwa bwana jibu lako ni yeye pekee…. tegemeo na kimbilio hata wenzako wakucheke…. vumilia utayashinda ndugu jipe moyo mtetezi yupo…. magumu atarahisisha