18/01/2018
Many gospel songs have worship and praise Bemba words and you could be wondering what the words actually mean;
1. *Katebebe*
The One who reigns above all else.
2. *Shimukokota nsono*
Insono (sometimes means iron& steel) are extremely hard stones or pebbles. tough, durable and strong as Iron). He chews these stones like you would with a sugar cane or something soft.
This means the God who does the impossible, one to whom nothing is too hard.
(LUKE 1:37)
3. *Nsamfya manika*
One who covers the earth with vegetation, describing him as creator, of heaven and earth
4. *Mankangala*
The one who is so great that HE is unstoppable.
5. *Munshifukatilwa*
One who whose strength and power cannot be contained by anyone or anything.
6. *Shimwilili*
The God who lives forever, who is eternal.
7. *Shimwelenganya*
HE who does the unimaginable, impossible or miraculous and he is behind all things and all creations.
8. *Shimwitwa Pakalala, Shimukunta petabwa*
The one to call upon for intervention in the midst of the hardest of situations, amidst the most difficult of struggle, or battles,
The One gives beyond measure.
(9) *Chitwemambo*
The supreme one, the Almighty one, the absolute one
10. *Umwine nkuni na menshi* - owner of all flaura, fauna and water
11. *Imfumu pasha mfumu shonse, Kana besa mulopwe* - King of kings and his majesty be to Him
12- *Shichaibumba* - self created, all knowing God
Some words are so rich, so simple but so descriptive that there might no equivalent English word to convey the deep meaning. Uyu e Lesa tupepa bane
