Lyrics
Mungu anaketi katikati ya sifa
Tukiimba Mungu anashuka
Mungu anaketi katikati ya sifa
Tukiimba Mungu anashuka eeh
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka kukuletea
Majibu ya tatizo lako wee
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka kukuokoa
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka kukuponya
Ipo siri katika kuimba wengi hawajui
Tukiimba Mungu anashuka
Kuna siri kwenye nyimbo wengi hawajui
Tukiimba wagonjwa wanapona aah
Ukitaka kuomba imba kwanza
Tukiimba Mungu anafurahi mbinguni
Imba imba imba
Hata kama uko majaribuni
Imba imba imba
Hata katikati ya mapito
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka kukuokoa
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka kukuponya
Ukuta wa Jericho uliangushwa na nyimbo
Waliimba Mungu alishuka aah
Paulo na Sila walishinda kwa nyimbo
Waliimba milango ya gereza ikafunguka
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba matatizo yaondoke nyumbani mwako
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka kukuokoa, imba weeh
Futa machozi wewe imba
Imba imba imba (acha kulia)
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka
Imba imba imba (anza kuimba)
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka kukuokoa
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka kukuponya
Usiwaze tafuta kitabu cha tenzi
Anza kuimba wee
Imba imba imba (Imba nyimbo za tenzi)
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka kukuokoa
Imba imba imba
Ukiimba Mungu anashuka kukuponya
Imba nyimbo za tenzi
Mungu atashuka kuleta majibu ya tatizo lako wee
Eh Mungu wa Mbinguni umetusikia
Tumeimba tunaomba shuka
Shuka shuka shuka
Tumeimba Mungu wetu Shuka
Shuka shuka shuka
Tumeimba Mungu wetu Shuka utuokoe
Shuka shuka shuka
Tumeimba Mungu wetu Shuka utuponye
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Imba” presents singing as an act of praise, prayer, and perseverance. The repeated command to sing appears beside images of tears, trials, illness, and difficult circumstances, so praise is portrayed as a faithful response even before an answer arrives. Its closing prayer asks God to descend, save, and heal, giving the song a movement from exhortation toward direct worship. Repetition makes the central message unmistakable: praise belongs in hardship as well as celebration.
The lyrics also recall biblical accounts in which worship accompanies deliverance. They explicitly mention Jericho, where Israel shouted after the priests sounded the trumpets, and Paul and Silas, whose hymns in prison preceded an earthquake and opened doors. Those narratives support the song’s association between praise and trust in God, though they do not make singing a formula for a particular result. The references to hymns, prayer, and God’s presence place the song clearly within Swahili praise music while retaining a strong appeal for endurance and hope.
Related Scripture
- Acts 16:25-26 Paul and Silas prayed and sang hymns before the prison doors opened.
- Joshua 6:20 Israel shouted and the wall of Jericho fell after the prescribed trumpet signal.
- Psalm 34:1 The psalmist resolves to praise the Lord continually.