Lyrics
Thatha konke, nginoJesu, (Take everything, I have Jesus)
Konk' okunye kuyindiva nje; (All else is vanity)
Kodw' uthando lwakhe lumi izolo, namhla, njalo bo. (His love endures, yesterday, today and always)
Yek' ubuhle bokumazi (Oh, how beautiful it is to know...)
UMsindisi wethu lo; (...our Saviour)
Ngob' uthando lwakhe lumi (For His love endures)
Izolo, namhla, njalo bo (Yesterday, today and always)
Ungathatha konk' okwami (You can take all that is mine)
Ng'shiyel' uJesu (Leave me with Jesus)
Ungukuphila kwami yena (He is my life)
Nxa ekhona uJesu wami (When my Jesus is there...)
Angesweli lutho (I lack nothing)
Yek' ubuhle bokumazi
UMsindisi wethu lo;
Yek' uthando lwakhe lumi
Izolo, namhla, njalo bo.
Ngoba nguye owangimela, (For it is He who stood for me)
La ngilahlwe okwempela, (When I was really forsaken)
Ngal' uthando wangifela umhlobo wam'. (With love my Friend - Jesus - died for me)
Wayehlatshwa njengemvana (He was slain like a lamb)
Az' angenz' owakh' umntwana. (That He may make me His child)
Yek' inhlanhla yokwazana Nomhlobo wam'. (Oh, what a privilege it is to know my Friend)
Akathengwa ngegolide; (He is not bought by gold)
Akathengwa nangemali (He is not bought by money)
Wayehlatshwa njengemvana
Az' angenz' owakh' umntwana.
Yek' inhlanhla yokwazana
Nomhlobo wam'.
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Meaning & Inspiration
Ngino Jesu Medley centers on the supreme worth of knowing Jesus. Material possessions, gold, and money are treated as secondary, while Christ is named as life, Saviour, and friend. The refrain’s reference to his love enduring yesterday, today, and always gives the song a steady center. Its expression of lacking nothing when Jesus is present presents sufficiency as relationship rather than as accumulation.
The later lines turn to Christ’s sacrifice, picturing him as a lamb who dies in love and makes the forsaken person his child. That imagery closely aligns with Isaiah’s description of the suffering servant led like a lamb to slaughter. Hebrews 13 also parallels the song’s language about Christ’s unchanging nature, while Philippians 3 reflects the comparison between earthly gain and knowing Christ. Across its medley form, the song unites confession, thankfulness, and cross-centered hope.
Related Scripture
- Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is described as the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- Philippians 3:8 Paul counts all else as loss compared with the worth of knowing Christ.
- Isaiah 53:7 The suffering servant is likened to a lamb led to slaughter.