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NKOSI, SIKELEL’ IAFRIKA (Lord Bless Africa) by Enoch Mankayi Sontonga

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Xhosa English

Nkosi, sikelel’ iAfrika
Malupakam’ upondo lwayo;
Yiva imitandazo yetu

Chorus

Yihla Moya, yihla Moya
Yihla Moya Oyingcwele

Sikelela iNkosi zetu;
Zimkumbule umDali wazo;
Zimoyike zezimhlouele,
Azisikelele.

Sikelel’ amadol’ esizwe,
Sikelela kwa nomlisela
Ulitwal’ ilizwe ngomonde,
Uwusikilele.

Sikelel’ amakosikazi;
Nawo onk’amanenekazi;
Pakamisa wonk’umtinjana
Uwusikilele.

Sikelela abafundisi
Bemvaba zonke zelilizwe;
Ubatwese ngoMoya Wako
Ubasikelele.

Sikelel’ ulimo nemfuyo;
Gzota zonk’indlala nezifo;
Zalisa ilizwe nempilo
Ulisikelele.

Sikelel’ amalinga etu
Awomanyana nokuzaka,
Awemfundo nemvisiswano
Uwasikele

Nkosi Sikelel, Afrika;
Cima bonk’ ubugwenza bayo
Neziggito, Nezono zayo
Uwazikelele.		Lord, bless Africa
May her horn rise high up;
Hear Thou our prayers and bless us.

Chorus

Descend O Spirit
Descend, O Holy Spirit

Bless our chiefs;
May they remember their Creator;
Fear Him and revere Him,
That He may bless them.

Bless the public men,
Bless also the youth
That they may carry the land with patience,
and that Thou mayst bless them.

Bless the wives;
And also all young women;
Lift up all the young girls
And bless them.

Bless the ministers
of all the churches of this land;
Endue them with Thy Spirit
And bless them.

Bless agriculture and stock raising;
Banish all famine and diseases;
Fill the land with good health
and bless it.

Bless our efforts of union and self-uplift,
Of education and mutual
understanding
And bless them.

Lord, bless Africa
Blot out all its wickedness
And its transgressions and sins,
And bless us.

Copyright Lovedale Press in 1927

Category: Healing,

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