Liko neno moja nipendalo

Liko neno moja nipendalo

Author: Albert Knapp
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Liko neno moja nipendalo,
ni chakula cha moyo;
neno hili linanituliza
nikipatwa na shida:
Kumtazama Bwana wetu pale,
atoapo jasho kama damu,
akubalipo mzigo,
Baba aliomtwika.

2 Siku zote namkumbuka yeye,
alivyosulibishwa,
akivumilia taabu kimya
kama mwana wa kondoo.
Nami akanikumbuka mimi,
akisema: Yamemalizika!
Huko aliniteka,
nami niwe mtu wake.

3 Bwana wangu, u mwenye huruma,
mimi ni mkosaji tu;
nilipokuwapo penye giza
wewe ukatokea,
ukamtafuta kondoo wako,
kabla mimi sijakusikia.
Watoa makombozi
yanipayo uhuru.

4 Nimi huru lako, Bwana Yesu,
wewe ndiwe Bwanangu.
Jina lako, bora liung'aze
moyo wangu vizuri.
Amani yako tukae nayo,
siku zangu zote mpaka kufa.
Ndivyo ninavyoomba,
Bwana unikubali.

Source: Mwimbieni Bwana: msifuni Mungu, mfalme wa mbingu na nchi! #79

Author: Albert Knapp

Knapp, Albert, was born July 25, 1798, at Tübingen, where his father (1800, Oberanitmann at Alpirsbach in the Black Forest, and 1809, Oberamtmann at Rottweil) was then advocate at the Court of Appeal. In the autumn of 1814 he entered the Theological Seminary at Maulbronn, and in 1816 the Theological College at Tübingen, where he also graduated M.A. at the University. In November, 1820, he became assistant clergyman at Feuerbach, near Stuttgart; and in July, 1821, at Gaisburg, near Stuttgart. He was appointed, in Feb., 1825, diaconus (Heifer) at Sulz on the Neckar, and also pastor of the neighbouring village of Holzhausen; in June, 1831, archidiaconus at Kirchheim-unter-Teck, along with Bahnmaier (q.v.); in May, 1836, diaconus of the Hospi… Go to person page >

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First Line: Liko neno moja nipendalo
English Title: Eines wünsch ich mir vor allem andern
Author: Albert Knapp
Language: Swahili
Notes: Sauti: Herr und Älster deiner Kreuzgemeine, Asili: Herrnjut 1759, Nyimbo za Kikristo #61, Wimbo: Posaunen Buch, Erster Band, #19

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