Lyrics
Verse 1 (Repeat x2)
Amahoro Yesu ah'abantu be
Ntagira akagero, ntarondoreka
Ajyahumuriza abayafite
N'utayata, ntabwo wayakurwaho
Chorus (Repeat, throughout)
Wiringira Imana, uyiringira
Ntabura amahoro meza adashira
Verse 2 (Repeat x2)
Abo Yesu arindisha amaboko ye
Nta mubisha ubasha kubageraho
Nta magana abasha guhagarika
Imitima irindwa n'Umucunguzi
Chorus (Repeat x2)
Verse 3 (Repeat x2)
Ibyishimo byose n'ibyago byacu
Biva mu rukundo rw'Umwami Imana
We gushidikanya, jya uyiringira
Ntiyahemukira uyizera atyo
Chorus (Repeat x5)
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Amahoro Yesu Ah'Abantu Be" ("The Peace of Jesus Belongs to His People") opens by describing peace as immeasurable and inexhaustible, belonging specifically to those who trust in God rather than existing as a general, available feeling. That specific ownership, peace given to a particular people, frames the entire song's confidence in security rather than vague calm.
Its second section describes those under God's protection using protective, physical language, guarded by his hands, untouchable by any enemy, hearts kept safe by the Redeemer himself. That imagery of guarded hands and untouchable hearts echoes a well-known assurance that no one can snatch believers away from God's grip.
Sung in Kinyarwanda within Rwandan worship tradition, the song functions as an extended meditation on trust and security, its closing verse tracing both joy and hardship back to God's own love, describing that love as never betraying those who continue trusting in it.
Related Scripture
- John 10:28-29 Describes no one able to snatch believers out of the Father's hand, directly echoed in the song's description of protected, untouchable hearts.
- Philippians 4:7 Describes peace that surpasses understanding, echoed in the song's description of immeasurable, inexhaustible peace.