Vicky Vilakazi (Joyous Celebration)- Entabeni Lyrics

Entabeni ekude
Kwem’ isiphambano
Esinobuhlungu nehlazo

Ngisithando sona
Ngobu Jesu wami
Wabethelwa kuso
Ngenxa yami

CHORUS:
Ngakho ngisibabaza sona
Ngize ngibeke phansi umthwalo
Ngizokubambelela kusona
Ngize ngizuze umqhele wam’

Leso siphambano
Esadelwa yizwe
Singimangalisa njalo
Ngoba ngenxa yaso
UJesu weza lapha
Asithwalel’ eGolgotha

(Chorus)

Yek’ uthand” olungaka
Yekumusa ongaka
Wanikela ngendodana yakhe
Ngizobambelela
Kuson’ isiphambano

English Translation-

.On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
the emblem of suffering and shame;
and I love that old cross where the dearest and best
for a world of lost sinners was slain.
Refrain:
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
and exchange it some day for a crown.

2.O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
has a wondrous attraction for me;
for the dear Lamb of God left his glory above
to bear it to dark Calvary.
(Refrain)