Lenten Journey- Day 12

#1

You who toil everyday

You who fail to observe Sabbath

I ask, when do you worship?

Ewe unayetia bidii

Unayepuuza siku ya Sabato

Nauliza, unaabudu lini?

#2

His words command obedience

They are not like ours

Scattered within a fairy tale

Maneno yake yanafaa utii

Si kama yetu

Zilizotapakaa katika ngano

#3

You heard the Constitution

Like a human being, is a living document

So are God’s words

Ulisikia kwamba Katiba

Sawa na binadamu, inaishi

Hivyo basi ndivyo maneno ya Mungu

Lenten Journey- Day 12

#1

Let us have high priests among us

Though not sinless

To guide our pilgrimage

Na tuwe na Makuhani Wakuu miongoni mwetu

Japo wasiwe watakatifu

Kutuelekeza katika imani yetu

#2

Who hijacked the process

I mean, what went wrong

That those not called masquerade as ones?

Nani aliiteka nyara shughuli

Ni nini kilienda upogo

Hivi kwamba wanafiki wameenea?

 

Lenten Journey – Day 12; March 26th 2012

Biblical Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:4-11

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Lenten Journey- Day 12

#1

Nothing is expensive

To our Lord

For all belongs to him

Hakuna kilicho ghali

Kwake Mungu

Kwani vyote ni vyake

#2

His message will out

Even if ‘elements’

Might be miffed

Ujumbe wake utaenea

Hata ikiwa maadui

Wataghafilika

Lenten Journey – Day 12; March 26th 2012

Biblical Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:4-11

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Lenten Journey- Day 12

Fervent prayer in obedience

Meekness in glory

Was the message Jesus lived

Maombi ya kweli na unyenyekevu

Raufu katika sifa

Ilikuwa ujumbe Yesu aliishi

Lenten Journey – Day 12; March 25th 2012

Biblical Scripture: Hebrews 5:5-10

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Lenten Journey- Day 12

#1

We stand here, not as of right,

But as privileged souls

Made right before the Lord

Twasimama hapa, si kwa haki,

Bali kama waliobahatika

Waliofanywa sawa mbele ya Mungu

#2

What alight feeling

To know

Of the message of restoration?

Ni furaha iliyoje

Kutambua

Kuhusu ujumbe wa Uhuru?

Lenten Journey – Day 12; March 26th 2012

Biblical Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:4-11

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Lenten Journey- Day 12

#1

Pilgrim, may all prophesies come true

That your progeny

Shall be of prophets

Hija, twaomba unabii utimie

Twaomba kizazi chako

Kiwe cha manabii

#2

What sign, what manifestation

Will reveal

The earlier prophesies?

Ni dalili ipi

Itaonyesha

Unabii wa kale?

Lenten Journey – Day 12; March 27th 2012

Biblical Scripture: Acts 2:14-24

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Lenten Journey- Day 12

#1

They questioned his mission—

Like the Scribes—

Unbeknownst to them who he was

Walitathmini lengo lake—

Kama Wanasheria—

Wasijue alikuwa nani

#2

The light of Truth

Will shine for a while

Twould be a pity if it is wasted

Nuru ya Ukweli

Utaangaza kwa muda

Sikitiko litatukia iwapo haya yatapotezwa

Lenten Journey – Day 12; March 28th 2012

Biblical Scripture: John 12:34-50

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Lenten Journey- Day 12

#1

May we pilgrims,

Despite our frailties,

Live by piety

Twaomba sisi Hija,

Kando na udhaifu wetu

Tuishi kikristu

 #2

We are all humble slaves

Shackled in humility to Christ

Joyous in our state

Sisi sote ni watumwa wanyenyekevu

Tumejifunga katika unyenyekevu wa Kristu

Wenye furaha katika kila hali

Lenten Journey – Day 12; March 29th 2012

Biblical Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11

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Lenten Journey- Day 12

#1

This I say to you, Pilgrims,

That you live without blemish

so that my death is not in vain

Hili nakujulisha Hija

Kwamba utaishi bila doa

Ili kifo changu kisiwe cha bure

#2

Do me a favour, pilgrim,

Though I be absent

Let what I lived dwell in you

Hija, naomba unifanyie hili

Japo sitakuwepo

Acha nilichoishi kidumu kwenu

Lenten Journey – Day 12; March 30th 2012

Biblical Scripture: Philippians 2:12-18

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Lenten Journey- Day 12

#1

Kama Bartimayo mwana wa Timayo

Sisi sote ni vipofu

Hata hivyo, kinyume naye tumeridhika!

Like bartimaeus, son of Timaeus

We are all blind

But unlike him, we are content!

#2

Yastaajabisha jinsi Yesu

Alivyozungumza katika Nafsi ya Tatu

Hata katika kifo chake

Amazing how Jesus

Spoke in Third Person

Even at the point of death

Lenten Journey – Day 12; March 31^st 2012

Biblical Scripture: Mark 10:32-34, 46-52

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Lenten Journey- Day 12

Urithi  wa kweli

Hatutonyimwa

Kwa sababu hati ya urithi ni takatifu

The Ultimate Inheritance

Is what we can’t be begrudged

Because the will is divine

Lenten Journey- Day 12; March 16^th 2012

Biblical Scripture: Ephesians 1: 7-14

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Lenten Journey- Day 13

Ni kipi cha mno zaidi kwetu Warithi

Ila mateso ya Yesu

Iliyotuondolea doa?

What more can we ask, we the Inheritors,

Of selfless sacrifice of Jesus

Through whom we are made blameless?

Lenten Journey- Day 13; March 15^th 2012

Biblical Scripture: Ephesians 1: 3-6

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Lenten Journey- Day 12

Ni wapi tutachora mstari, Hija,

Kitendo kitakachotuteua

Kwa kila tunachokidhamini?

Where do we draw the line, pilgrim,

That definitive act, the ‘Rubicon’

For what matters—for all that matters?

Lenten Journey- Day 12; March 14^th 2012

Biblical Scripture: Mark 11:15-19

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Lenten Journey- Day 13

Hija, Yesu alikufa ili tuishi

Kimafumbo, ushindi wake

Ulitangaza kifo cha dhambi ya asili

Pilgrim, Jesus died that we live

Figuratively speaking, his triumph

Was the death of our ‘Adamic’ sin

Lenten Journey- Day 13; March 13^th 2012

Biblical Scripture: Hebrews 9:23-28

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Lenten Journey- Day 12

Msingi ulo imara, Hija,

Usodharubishwa na mawimbi

Hilo ni thawabu adimu katika imani

A strong foundation, pilgrim,

Resistant to the strongest tempest

Is the best gift to Faith

Lenten Journey- Day 12; March 12^th 2012

Biblical Scripture: Corinthians 3:10-23

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Lenten Journey- Day 1

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Amidst all

Capable of dashing our hopes

We remain true to our cause

Lenten Journey – Day 1; Feb 22^rd  2012

Biblical Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10

Lenten Journey- Day 2

Eternal Fellowship

With Him

Is all we pray for

Lenten Journey – Day 2; Feb 23^rd  2012

Biblical Scripture: 1 John 1:3-10

Lenten Journey- Day 3

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Pilgrim, the echoes on these hills

Could irritate the ears

But that never stopped dissemination

Lenten Journey – Day 3; Feb 24^th  2012

Biblical Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-5

Lenten Journey- Day 4

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Pilgrim, to mingle with all—

The tax collectors and sinners—

Is the ‘Concealed Law’

Lenten Journey – Day 4; Feb 25^th  2012

Biblical Scripture: Matthew 9:2-13

Lenten Journey- Day 5

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Pilgrim, through the death of Jesus

We are made alive

Can’t think of a bigger miracle!

Lenten Journey – Day 5; Feb 26^th  2012

Biblical Scripture: 1 Peter 3:18-22