Lyrics
Wababiza bonk’ uNoah (Noah called them all)
Wabakhel’ inqanawe (He built them a ship)
Wath’ “imvul’ iyeza” (He said the “rain is coming”)
Oh, ngena Noah (Oh, come in Noah) (Repeat)
Refrain:
Repeat: Ngena Noah (Noah enter)
Wababiza bonk’ uNoah (He called them all Noah)
Wabakhel’ inqanawe (He built them a ship)
Wath’ imvul’ iyeza (He said the “rain is coming”)
Oh, ngena Noah (Nesizukulwana sakho) (Together with your your people/generation) (Repeat)
Ngena Noah (Come in Noah)
Ngena Noah (Enter Noah)
Ngena Noah (Come in Noah)
Nesi zukulwana sakho (Together with your your people) (Repeat)
Repeat: Ngena Noah (Noah enter)
Wababiza bonk’ uNoah (He called them all Noah)
Wabakhel’ inqanawe (He built them a ship)
Wath’ imvul’ iyeza (He said the “rain is coming”)
Oh, ngena Noah (Nesizukulwana sakho) (Together with your your people/generation) (Repeat)
Wababiza bonk’ uNoah (Noah called them all)
Wabakhel’ inqanawe (He built them a ship)
Wath’ “imvul’ iyeza” (He said the “rain is coming”)
Oh, ngena Noah (Oh, come in Noah) (Repeat)
Ngena Noah (Come in Noah)
Ngena Noah (Enter Noah)
Ngena Noah (Come in Noah)
Nesi zukulwana sakho (Together with your your people) (Repeat)
(Refrain)
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Meaning & Inspiration
Ngena Noah recounts the biblical warning of the flood through a repeated call for Noah to enter the ark with his household. The verses name Noah, the vessel he built, and the approaching rain, while the refrain keeps returning to the urgency of entering. Its bilingual lines make the narrative clear without shifting attention from the central image of refuge before judgment.
The song closely echoes the moment in Genesis when God tells Noah and his family to go into the ark. Repetition gives the invitation a communal character: safety is pictured not as an abstract idea but as a decisive response to divine warning. The lyric therefore holds together judgment, obedience, and preservation. Its concise retelling presents Noah as one who hears, prepares, and enters, while the recurring mention of his generation or people broadens the focus to those gathered with him under divine protection.
Related Scripture
- Genesis 7:1 God tells Noah and his household to enter the ark before the flood.