Ulimwengu tazama

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1 Ulimwengu tazama,
Yesu Mwokozi wako
asulibiwavyo.
Mwenye heshima yote
anayavummilia
mateso tena matusi.

2 Karibia tazama
maungo yake yote
yatokavyo damu.
Na moyo wake mwema
kwa shida na uchungu
unaugua vigumu.

3 Nani akupigaye,
aliyekufanyia
mambo kama haya?
Wewe huna makosa
kama wengine wote,
hujui kosa lolote.

4 Makosa yangu mimi
yaliyo kama mchanga,
hayahesabiki,
ndiyo yakutiayo
mateso na uchungu
uliyoyavumilia.

5 Mimi nimestahili
kulipa haya yote,
na kufungwa sana.
Mapigo na mateso
uliyopata wewe
yalitoka kwangu mimi.

6 Umejitwika mzigo
ulio mzito sana
kuliko jiwe kuu.
Wachukua maovu,
tupate kuokoka
tukae nawe daima!

Source: Mwimbieni Bwana: msifuni Mungu, mfalme wa mbingu na nchi! #80

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Author: Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which condemned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Ulimwengu tazama
German Title:	O Welt sieh hier dein Leben
Author:	Paul Gerhardt
Language:	Swahili
Notes:	Sauti: Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen by H. Isaak, Karibu ya 1490, Posaunen Buch, Erster Band #44, Lutheran Book of Worship #222