Lyrics
Chorus (Repeat x2)
Jamani Yesu Yupo
Ni kweli Yesu Yupo
Ni kweli Yesu Yupo
Tunamtangaza yupo
Tumeona kazi zake (x3)
Verse 1
Nilikuwa ninasimuliwa miujiza ya Yesu
Nimeona kwa macho yangu nimejua yupo
Nilikuwa ninasimuliwa kwamba Yesu anaponya
Nimeona kwa macho yangu nimejua yupo
Ona wengi majambazi Yesu kawabadilisha
Nimeona kwa macho yangu nimejua yupo
Waliokuwa machangudoa sasa hivi ni wahubiri
Yesu kawabadilisha nimejua yupo
Jamani Yesu yupo, ndugu zangu Yesu yupo
Ninatangaza yupo, nimeona kazi zake
Chorus (Repeat)
Verse 2
Lazaro alikuwa kaburini zimepita siku nne
Yesu alimwita Lazaro akafufuka (x2)
Watu walishangaa kumuona Lazaro
Akifunguliwa sanda na kuanza kutembea (x2)
Jamani Yesu yupo, ndugu zangu Yesu yupo
Tunatangaza yupo, tumeona kazi zake
Chorus (Repeat)
Verse 3
Likitajwa jina lake
Mashetani yanapiga kelele
Yanawatoka watu ni kweli Yesu yupo
Likitajwa jina lake
Majini yanapiga kelele
Yanawatoka watu ni kweli Yesu yupo
Wagonjwa wamefunguliwa
Kwa macho tunaona
Yesu afanye nini ili tujue yupo
Chorus (Repeat)
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Yesu Yupo" ("Jesus Is Here") opens with a repeated declaration of present reality, Jesus is here, insisting on direct, personal confirmation rather than secondhand report. That emphasis on firsthand witness, seen with my own eyes, frames the entire song around verified testimony rather than inherited belief.
Its verses recount specific transformations witnessed directly, criminals changed into preachers, the sick healed, before retelling the raising of Lazarus from the tomb after four days as the clearest proof of that same presence. Naming demons crying out and fleeing when Jesus's name is spoken extends that testimony into deliverance witnessed just as directly.
Sung in Swahili within East African gospel tradition, the song functions as an extended, evidence-based declaration that Jesus is actively present and working, its closing verse asking what more Jesus could possibly do to prove His presence, treating the testimony already given as already more than sufficient.
Related Scripture
- John 11:43-44 Describes Jesus calling Lazarus from the tomb after four days, directly retold in the song's second verse.
- Mark 1:34 Describes demons crying out and being cast out at Jesus's command, directly echoed in the song's third verse.