30/07/2018
*DESCRIBING GOD IN BEMBA*
Many gospel songs have bemba worship and praise words and many non-bemba speaking, and some town bembas may usually wonder 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 creation.
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 who 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 their deep meaning.
Uyu e Lesa tupepa bane. He is the GOD we pray to.
