16. MAKANA NA MAKANA

"Ten thousand times "

1. . Makana na makana

Ya bafwikwa tutu,

Ifita fya balubulwa

Fyanina ku mulu,

yapwa! fyonse nafipwa,

Ukulwa ne fibi;

Beswileni ifipata,

Aba kabengile.

2. 'Nyimbo sha Aleluya

Sha calo no mulu!

'Kulisha kwa masese kwa

Twebelyo bwanshisho.

We bushiku busuma,

Bwa fyabumbwa fyonse;

We nseko, ulefumyapo

Ubulanda bonse.

3. E, tukaceleshanya

Mu mulu mwi shilya;

Pa kukumanye fubusa

No kushilekana.

Amenso yakawama,

'Yalile filamba,

Tabalimo bakashiwa,

Neyo mukamfwilwa.

4. Mwe Mfumu, bupalame

'Bupususho bwenu;

Ba ku mulu mubalembe,

Mwe ka mube Mfumu.

mwe bafwaikwa, mwise,

'Basha bafuluka;

'Bulangililo mubape,

Mwe Mfumu, katula.