Lyrics
Japo jaribu limeruhusiwa na wewe Mungu
Hili jaribu linaumiza moyo
Japo jaribu limeruhusiwa na wewe mwenyewe
Hili jaribu linaumiza moyo
Japo maumivu haya Yesu anajua
Moyo wangu unateseka aah
Japo haya yote wewe pekee wajua
Lakini moyo wangu unateseka aa
Nitie nguvu baba yangu
Naishi katikati ya watu
Wasio jua ni nini napitia
Natembea katikati ya watu
Wasio maumivu yangu
Kwa sababu ya mateso niliyo nayo
Nimejaribu kuelezea wengi
Pamoja na kuwaeleza ndio hawa
hawajaelewa ninavyoteseka
Nilijua kwa kuwaaleza kwangu
Watajua nitesekavyo hawakujua
Japo maumivu haya wewe Yesu wayajua
Moyo wangu unateseka aah
Hivi naomba kwa unyenyekevu
Usiniache jaribu likaniweza
Baba yangu mimi nimekubali kupita
Lakini usiniache eeh
Nimekubali kupitia usiniache
Nikamezwa na jaribu
Japo Ibrahimu aliitwa Baba wa imani
Moyo wake uliteseka
Japo Ibrahimu ulisema naye
Ukasema utampa watoto bado alilia
Pamoja na kwamba ulisema naye kwenye
Mti alipochelewa Isaka Ibrahimu kali
Japo alijua ni wewe Baba utampatia
Ibrahimu moyo uliuma
Kwa sababu Ibrahimu alichelewa kupata mtoto
Moyo wake uliteseka
Japo alijua Isaka ni mtoto wa pekee
Kwa sababu alichelewa alilia
Alijua utampa watoto wazuri
Lakini moyo wake ulilia
Pamoja na kwamba unatufundisha majaribu lazima
Lakini mioyo inauma
Usituache Yesu, usituache wanao
Usituache wanao tukapotea
Usituache Yesu, usituache Baba
Usituache wanao tukapotea
Usituache Yesu, usituache wanao
Usituache wanao tukapotea
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Maumivu ya Jaribu” gives voice to a believer enduring a trial that others cannot fully understand. The singer admits that suffering wounds the heart even when God knows what is happening. Rather than hiding that pain, the lyric turns it into a humble prayer for strength, asking Jesus not to allow the trial to overwhelm or draw God’s child away.
The account of Abraham’s long wait for Isaac places the present struggle beside a biblical example of faith under delay. Abraham’s confidence in God did not make waiting painless, and the song similarly holds trust and sorrow together. Its repeated plea, “Usituache,” makes dependence on God the central response to distress. The theme aligns especially with the promise that temptation or testing will not be allowed without a way to endure it. The song does not offer an easy explanation for suffering; it seeks God’s sustaining presence while honestly acknowledging emotional pain.
Related Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 Paul says God provides a way to endure testing without being overcome.
- Genesis 21:1-2 God fulfills his promise to Abraham and Sarah with the birth of Isaac.