Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika
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NKOSI SIKELEL' iAFRIKA | GOD BLESS AFRICA |
Nkosi, sikelel' iAfrika; Malupakam'upondo lwayo; Yiva imitandazo yetu Usisikelele. | Lord, bless Africa; May her horn rise high up; Hear Thou our prayers And bless us. |
Yihla Moya, Yihla Moya, Yihla Moya Oyingcwele | Descend, O Spirit, Descend, O Holy Spirit. |
Sikelela iNkosi zetu; Zimkumbule umDali wazo; Zimoyike zezimhlouele, Azisikelele. | Bless our chiefs May they remember their Creator. Fear Him and revere Him, That He may bless them. |
Sikelel' amadol' esizwe, Sikelela kwa nomlisela Ulitwal'ilizwe ngomonde, Uwusikilele. | Bless the public men, Bless also the youth That they may carry the land with patience and that Thou mayst bless them. |
Sikelel'amakosikazi; Nawo onk'amanenekazi; Pakamisa wonk'umtinjana Uwusikilele. | Bless the wives And also all young women; Lift up all the young girls And bless them. |
Sikelela abafundisi Bemvaba zonke zelilizwe; Ubatwese ngoMoya Wako Ubasikelele. | Bless the ministers of all the churches of this land; Endue them with Thy Spirit And bless them. |
Sikelel'ulimo nemfuyo; Gxota zonk'indlala nezifo; Zalisa ilizwe ngempilo Ulisikelele | Bless agriculture and stock raising Banish all famine and diseases; Fill the land with good health And bless it. |
Sikelel'amalinga etu Awomanyana nokuzaka, Awemfundo nemvisiswano Uwasikelele. | Bless our efforts of union and self-uplift, Of education and mutual understanding And bless them. |
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika; Cima bonk' ubugwenxa bayo Nezigqito, nezono zayo Uyisikelele. | Lord, bless Africa Blot out all its wickedness And its transgressions and sins, And bless it. |