Lyrics
Spoken Intro
Oh, Haleluya
Tunakusifu Mungu wetu
Wewe umeumba mbingu na nchi
Vile vinavyoonekana na visivyoonekana
Mito, ndege, wanyama na vitu vingi
Ukatuumba wanadamu
Kwa mfano wako wewe Mungu
Umetupa akili na katika hayo
Tunakusifu na kukuinua
Na ndio maana na mimi leo
Ninasema, unastahili eh Bwana
Haleluya.
Verse 1 (Repeat)
Mungu wetu tunakusifu
Mungu wetu twakuinua
Yale uyatendayo ni makuu mno
Fadhili zako za milele
Haufananishwi na chochote
Ndiwe uliye mwanzo tena ni mwisho
Verse 2
Nikiziangalia mbingu
Ni kazi ya mikono yako
Vinavyoonekana na visivyoonekana
Nani kama wewe Mungu wetu
Hatuna wakufanana na wewe
Milele na milele na utadumu
Chorus (Repeat x2)
Unastahili Yesu kuabudiwa
Unastahili Yesu kuinuliwa
Unastahili Yesu kusujudiwa
Aah-aaaaah, unastahili
Verse 3
Wewe ni Mungu wa maajabu
Unayetenda mambo makuu
Uwezo wako Mungu ni mkuu sana
Hakuna mwingine kama wewe
Ulitengeneza njia jangwani
Ukawavusha wana wa Israeli
Wewe una nguvu kuliko chochote
Chorus and Outro (with Ad-libs)
Unastahili Yesu kuabudiwa
Unastahili Yesu kuinuliwa
Unastahili Yesu kusujudiwa
Aah-aaaaah, unastahili
Kule mbinguni...
Maserafi...
Wanakuabudu...
Makerubi wanakuinamia Mungu wetu...
Hakika Mungu wetu utukufu wako...
Hatustahili hata kugusa sehemu ya utukufu huo...
Ndio maana ninasema unastahili sifa Yesu...
Unastahili kuinamiwa Mwokozi...
Unastahili kuadhimishwa milele yote Bwana...
Ni wajibu wangu kukutukuza Mwokozi wangu...
Kwa sababu wewe umeketi mahali pa sifa...
Nani mwingine wa kuabudiwa? Hakuna...
Mbinguni na duniani ni wewe tu Bwana wangu...
Nakupenda Yesu...
Moyo wangu unakuadhimisha Mwokozi wangu...
Haleluya.
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Meaning & Inspiration
"Unastahili Kuabudiwa" ("You Are Worthy to Be Worshiped") opens with a spoken address naming God as maker of heaven and earth, both visible and invisible, before crediting human reasoning itself as a gift that now returns as praise. That opening logic, intellect given by God used to praise God, frames the entire song around worship as a natural response to being made in God's image.
Its chorus names Jesus directly worthy of worship, exaltation, and prostration, repeating that threefold worthiness as the song's central, settled claim. A later verse recalls a specific historical act, a way made through the wilderness and the Israelites brought safely across, grounding present worship in remembered, specific deliverance.
Sung in Swahili within East African worship tradition, the song functions as an extended declaration of exclusive worthiness to be worshiped, its closing ad-libbed prayers describing seraphim and cherubim bowing in heaven as the pattern that earthly worship strains to imitate, admitting unworthiness even to touch such glory while still choosing to declare it.
Related Scripture
- Exodus 14:21-22 Describes God making a way through the sea for the Israelites to cross, directly echoed in the song's description of a way made in the wilderness.
- Isaiah 6:2-3 Describes seraphim worshiping around God's throne, directly echoed in the song's closing description of seraphim and cherubim bowing in heaven.