Lyrics
Spoken Intro
"Ni Kweli Ndugu yangu mambo mengi yamekukumba kwa miaka Nyingi
Leo Mwambie Mungu Mwaka Huu usipite Bila Kutenda Muujiza"
Chorus
Tenda Muujiza, Tenda Miujiza
Mwaka huu usipite Bila kutenda Muujiza
Tenda Baba Tenda Miujiza
Chorus (Variant)
Tenda Muujiza, Tenda Miujiza
Usiache Mungu Mwaka huu upite
Bila kutenda Muujiza
Tenda Baba Tenda Miujiza
Verse 1
Ni kweli Ndugu yangu umeteseka
Umeonewa vya kutosha
Leo mwambie Yesu
Mwaka Huu usipite Bila kutenda muujiza
Verse 2
Kazini mwako umenyanyaswa na wala hauna mtetezi
Walio wageni wanapandishwa cheo na wewe unaachwa unastahili
Sema sasa Kwa Yesu
Chorus (Variant, Repeat)
Tenda Muujiza, Tenda Miujiza
Usiache Mungu Mwaka huu upite
Verse 3
Umeokoka Kabisa hizo tamaa zinakurudisha nyuma
Leo mwambie Yesu parapanda isilie bila kukupa Muujiza
Chorus (Variant, Repeat)
Tenda Muujiza, Tenda Miujiza
Usiache Mungu Mwaka huu upite
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Tenda Miujiza" is a Swahili exhortation song urging a discouraged listener to bring a specific, urgent request to God before the year ends. The opening lines acknowledge real, prolonged hardship directly, naming years of trouble and suffering rather than offering vague comfort, before issuing the song's central instruction: tell God plainly that this year should not pass without a miracle. Later verses name specific injustices, being mistreated at work, passed over for promotion in favor of outsiders, lacking any advocate, applying the same instruction to each named grievance rather than leaving it general. A further verse turns inward, naming ongoing struggle with temptation even after having been saved, showing that the call to seek a miracle applies to spiritual struggle as much as external circumstance. Structurally the song repeats its central refrain after each new example of hardship, functioning less as a reflective composition and more as a direct, repeated call to persistent, specific prayer before time runs out.
Related Scripture
- Luke 18:1 Introduces a parable told to show that people should always pray and not give up, matching the song's call to persistent, specific prayer.
- Jeremiah 32:27 Asks whether anything is too hard for the Lord, matching the song's repeated request for a miracle.