Lyrics
Intro
Nasikia kuitwa na sauti yake
Anasema njoo kwangu nikurejeshee
Yaliyoibiwa, yaliyochukuliwa na mwovu
Anasema njoo kwangu nikurejeshee
(x4)
Chorus
nikurejeshee
Nikurejeshee
Anasema njoo kwangu nikurejeshee
Verse 1
Amani ya moyo iliyotoweka
Usiitafute kwengine
Kwake yesu utaipata
Furaha ya kweli iliyotoweka
Usiitafute kwengine
Kwake yesu utaipata
(x2)
Verse 2
Ndipo hayo mema yatakujilia
Atarejesha vyote adui alivyochukuaaa
Ndipo hayo mema yatakujilia
Atarejesha amani ya moyo na furaha iliopotea
Chorus
nikurejeshee
Nikurejeshee
Anasema njoo kwangu nikurejeshee
(x8)
Verse 3
kibali kwenye Huduma yangu
Amani kwenye familia yako
Anasema njoo kwangu nikurejeshee..
nikurejeshee
Chorus
nikurejeshee
Nikurejeshee
Anasema njoo kwangu nikurejeshee
(repeat till end)
Spoken Interlude
Urejesho ni mchakato wa kurudisha kitu kilichoharibika au kupotea. Biblia inatuhimiza kumgeukia Mungu. Na kupitia imani na maombi, tutapata uponyaji, kurejeshewa nguvu, na kupewa maisha mapya katika Kristo Yesu.
Scripture Interlude
Yeremia 30:17
Maana nitakurudishia afya, nami nitakuponya jeraha zako, asema BWANA ...
Yoeli 2:25
Nami nitawarudishia hiyo miaka iliyoliwa na nzige, na parare, na madumadu, na tunutu, jeshi langu kubwa nililotuma kati yenu.
Spoken Testimony
Mnamo mwaka 2022, Familia ya Ev. Mchome, ilipitia kipindi kigumu sana baada ya kumpoteza mama yao mpendwa (Aliyeanguka ghafla na kufariki). Majonzi na simanzi kubwa ilitanda mioyoni mwao mithili ya wingu zito na giza totoro, hakuna maneno mazuri ambayo yangetosha kuwapa faraja familia hii.
Credits & Song Information
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Meaning & Inspiration
The song's spoken interlude names its own sources rather than leaving them implicit, quoting Jeremiah 30:17's promise of restored health and healed wounds alongside Joel 2:25's assurance that the years the locust has eaten will be repaid. That directness shapes everything around it: the recurring word "nikurejeshee" — I will restore you — functions less as a poetic image than as a direct citation of these two texts, spoken in the voice of God calling someone to return.
The verses locate what was lost in ordinary, personal terms — peace that disappeared, joy that went missing — rather than framing restoration as an abstract theological category. A spoken definition midway through even explains the Swahili word for restoration as the process of returning something broken or lost, tying vocabulary to doctrine before the song continues. The closing testimony, describing a family's grief after losing their mother, grounds all of this in an unresolved kind of loss, one the song addresses without claiming to answer it, only naming the God who restores as still speaking.
Related Scripture
- Jeremiah 30:17 "I will restore health to you and heal your wounds" — quoted directly in the song.
- Joel 2:25 "I will restore the years the locusts have eaten" — quoted directly in the song.