Lyrics
Verse 1 (x2)
Maemong ohle (in all circumstances)
Ka nako tšohle (at all times)
Ga o šitwe ga o hlolwe (nothing burdens you, nothing defeats you)
O a ntwanela ka nako tšohle (you fight for me at all times)
Ga o šitwe ga o hlolwe (nothing burdens you, nothing defeats you)
Refrain
Ke mmone a nlwanela (I saw Him fight for me)
Ke mmone ga a hlolwe (I saw He doesn't get defeated)
Ke mmone a nlwanela (I saw Him fight for me)
Ke mmone ga a hlolwe (I saw He doesn't get defeated)
Verse 2
O a ntwanela ka nako tšohle
Ga o šitwe ga o hlolwe (nothing burdens you, nothing defeats you)
O a ntwanela manabeng ohle (He fights against all my enemies)
Ga a palelwe (nothing is impossible for Him)
Ga a hlolwe (He is undefeated)
Ga a šitwe (nothing can burden Him)
Refrain
Ke mmone a nlwanela (I saw Him fight for me)
Ke mmone ga a hlolwe (I saw He doesn't get defeated)
Ke mmone a nlwanela (I saw Him fight for me)
Ke mmone ga a hlolwe (I saw He doesn't get defeated)
Credits & Song Information
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Meaning & Inspiration
“O a Ntwanela” (You fight for me) by Mmatema, featuring Mapula Phaho, is a Sepedi worship song whose lyric includes English glosses for its own lines. The first verse declares, “Maemong ohle, ka nako tšohle” (in all circumstances, at all times), that nothing burdens or defeats God, and that He fights for the singer at all times. The verse repeats to fix this in memory.
The refrain turns to testimony: “Ke mmone a nlwanela, ke mmone ga a hlolwe” (I saw Him fight for me, I saw that He is not defeated). The second verse extends the claim to enemies and to impossibility: He fights against all enemies, nothing is impossible for Him, and nothing can burden Him.
The theme is close to Exodus 14:14, where the Lord fights for His people, and to Deuteronomy 3:22 and Luke 1:37. The song is simple and repetitive, built on steady confidence in a God who does not lose.
Related Scripture
- Exodus 14:14 “The LORD shall fight for you”
- Deuteronomy 3:22 The Lord your God fights for you
- Luke 1:37 With God nothing shall be impossible