Lyrics
Intro
Twende wote...eeeh eeh,,Alleluyaah...
Chorus (x2)
Bwana nimerudi tena
Yesu nakushukuru
wengine sijui
Ila Mimi Bwana
Nimejua umenitendea
Interlude
Haleluya Twende wote
(Instrumental & Dance)
Verse 1
Nimeomba mengi umenijibu moja
Umetutendea wengi Mimi nimerudi
Japo mengine bado
Ila natambua dhamani ya hili moja ulilonitendea
Wale wengine tena mimi sijui
Ila nachojua kwangu umetenda
Mengine sijui ila hili Bwana
Nimejua umenitendea
Verse 2
Mimi ni msamaria tu mtu wa makabila mengine
Wala sikustahili haya uliyonitendea
Wengine sijui wanaona nini
Ila mimi Bwana
Ninauona wema wa ajabu
Verse 3
Wenye ukoma tulikuwako
Na neno lako halikufanya makosa
Wengine sijui wanaona nini
Ila mimi Bwana
Nimejua umenitendea
Verse 4
Wenye dhambi tulikuwako
Na damu yako ikanitakasa
Wengine sijui wanaona nini
Ila mimi Bwana
Nimejua umenitendea
Outro
Utukufu kwako
Na heshima kwako
Umenitenda wema
Credits & Song Information
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Bwana Nimerudi Tena" is a testimony song built around the gratitude that returns. The singer comes back specifically to say thank you, aware that others who received the same kindness may not recognize it the same way. That posture mirrors the account of the ten lepers Jesus healed, where only a Samaritan turned back to give thanks (Luke 17:11-19); the song even names itself Samaritan, an outsider who understands the weight of an undeserved gift more clearly than those who assumed it.
Later verses widen the testimony to include lepers cleansed and sinners washed by the blood, tying personal gratitude to a larger pattern of mercy shown to people who had no claim on it. Each verse repeats the same refrain: others may not know what God has done, but the singer knows and testifies to it. The song closes by returning honor and praise to God for that specific, remembered goodness, treating gratitude itself as an act of worship rather than a formality.
Related Scripture
- Luke 17:11-19 Of ten lepers healed, only the Samaritan returns to give thanks.