Lyrics
Verse 1
'Kungena kwami (My entrance)
Ngeke k'fane nok'phuma kwami (Will not be the same as my exit)
Ngob' umoya kaJehovah ukulendawo (For the Spirit of Jehovah is in this place)
Verse 2
Kunjani webangcwele (How is it saints?)
Laph' omunye efakaza (When one is testifying?)
Omunye uyaqiniswa (One is strengthened)
Kuvuswe nokholo lwakhe (And their faith is rekindled)
Verse 3
Kanti kunjani webangcwele (But how is it saints?)
Laph' omunye eshumayela? (When one preaches?)
Isoni siyabuyiswa (The sinner is brought back)
Sithokoze nabangcwele (And rejoices with the saints)
Verse 4
Izilimi kuyahunyuswa (Tongues are interpreted)
Siyathola nemfihlakalo (We find the mystery)
Ngay' umoya kaJehovah ukulendawo (Through the Spirit of Jehovah, it is in this place)
Verse 5
Amadimoni ayabaleka (Demons run away)
Kuyaphiliswa nezinhlungu (Pains are healed)
Ngay' umoya kaJehovah ukulendawo (Through the Spirit of Jehovah, it is in this place)
Verse 6
Inkinga ziyoshabalala (Problems will disappear)
Buhlungu bami buyosuswa (My pain will be removed)
Ngob' umoya kaJehovah ukulendawo (For the Spirit of Jehovah is in this place)
Verse 7
Abagulayo bayophila (The sick will heal)
Ababoshiwe bayokhululwa (The bound will be set free)
Maye nok'dliwe is'khonyane (Even what the locust has consumed)
Kuyabuyiswa (Is returned)
Outro
Inkinga sezishabalele (Problems HAVE disappeared)
Buhlungu bami bususiwe (My pain HAS been removed)
Ngob' umoya kaSomandla (Because the Spirit of the Almighty)
Ugcwele kulendawo (IS full in this place)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Umoya Kulendawo" is a Zulu worship song whose title declares that the Spirit of Jehovah is present in this place. The opening lines describe entering changed, promising that the singer's exit will look different from the entrance because of that presence. Several verses then describe what happens when the Spirit is at work in a gathering: someone testifies and another is strengthened, someone preaches and a sinner returns and rejoices, tongues are spoken and interpreted, and hidden mysteries are uncovered. Later verses turn to physical and spiritual restoration, listing demons fleeing, pain healed, the sick recovering, and the bound being set free, even describing what was lost as being fully restored, language that echoes a well-known Old Testament promise of restored years. The song moves from anticipation to fulfillment, closing with the declaration that problems have already disappeared and pain has already been removed, because the Spirit of the Almighty fills the place completely.
Related Scripture
- Joel 2:25 Promises to restore what the locust has eaten, directly matching the song's lyric about restoring what the locust consumed.
- 2 Corinthians 3:17 States that where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom, matching the lyric about the bound being set free.
- Luke 4:18 Describes the Spirit of the Lord bringing freedom and healing, matching the song's themes of deliverance and healing.