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Amenitoa Mbali - Acha Nikuimbie Amen Haleluya Amen by Erasto Shengezi cover art

Erasto Shengezi - Amenitoa Mbali - Acha Nikuimbie Amen Haleluya Amen Lyrics

Artist:
Erasto Shengezi

Lyrics

Niseme nini bwana kwa ajili ya upendo wako,
Baba uliacha utukufu mbinguni
Baba kwa ajili ya dhambi zangu
ukaishi kama mwanadamu
kwa ajilli yangu Baba,
Wowo oh Ayaya.


Kama sio wewe Baba wangu ningelikuwa wapi mimi?
Kama sio upendo wako mkuu Yesu wangu ningekuwa nimekufa,
Nilikuwa mbali na wokovu wako, Massiah Yesu
Na hukumu yako ilikuwa juu yangu, lakini ukakubali kushuka
Ili unifilie, mimi niitwe mwana wa Mungu,
Sasa leo mimi naimba, saa leo mimi ni Huru
kwa Damu yako Masiah iliyomwagika msalabani!


Acha nikuimbie, amen
Acha nikuabudu, amen
Acha nikuinue, Amen
Amen Haleluya amen

Nani kama wewe? Amen
Angekubali kunifia Bwana, amen
Oh Amen,Oh Hallelujah Amen


Kuzunguka nimezunguka hata mbio nimekimbia,
kutafuta rafiki Baba sikupata kama wewe,
Nashukuru kwa upendo wako nimeona wema wako,
Wokovu nimeuona, sasa naimba Halleluyah...
Naita milele lele Amen.
Mwimbie Yesu wangu Hakuna kama wewe wanipenda Jinsi


Acha nikuimbie, amen
Kimbilio la maisha yangu, amen

Unastahili sifa baba Yangu
Amen Haleluya amen
Kama sio wewe ningelikuwa wapi, amen
Unastahili sifa Baba, amen
Yelele hehe
Amen Haleluya Amen
Ooh Yesu upewe sifa, Amen
Uinuliwe Masaiah wangu,amen
Ulikubali aibu Baba Yangu,
Amen Haleluya amen
Nilikuwa nimekufa, amen
Nilikuwa nimeenda mbali, amen
Upewe sifa Baba, amen
Haleluya amen


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Meaning & Inspiration

“Amenitoa Mbali” is a testimony of salvation shaped as direct praise to Jesus. The singer looks back on separation from salvation and judgment, then celebrates Christ’s willingness to descend, bear shame, and die so that a sinner might be called a child of God. Freedom, the blood shed at the cross, and repeated cries of “Amen” and “Haleluya” give the song both a confessional and celebratory character.

The lyrics also describe an unsuccessful search for a friend comparable to Christ. That contrast leads to gratitude for divine love, goodness, refuge, and rescue. The repeated requests to sing, worship, and lift Jesus high are therefore responses to mercy already received rather than abstract praise. The song closely echoes biblical teaching about God’s love displayed in Christ’s death, deliverance from darkness, and adoption into God’s family. Its central message is personal and clear: the singer was far away and spiritually dead, but Christ brought him near and gave him freedom.

Related Scripture

  • Romans 5:8 Paul says Christ died for sinners as the demonstration of God’s love.
  • Colossians 1:13-14 The passage connects rescue from darkness with redemption through Christ.
  • John 1:12 The verse says those who receive Christ are given the right to become God’s children.