"Lord, bless Africa"
(English Version)
Nkosi sikelel´i Afrika
Malupakam´upondo Iwayo
Yiva imitandazo yetu
Usisikelele
Lord, bless Africa;
May her horn rise high up;
Hear Thou our prayers
And bless us.
Refrain:
Yihla Moya, Yihla Moya
Yihla Moya, Oyingowele
Refrain:
Descend, O Spirit,
Descend, O Holy Spirit.
Sikelela iNkosi zetu;
Zimkumbule UmDali wazo;
Zimooyike zezimhlouele,
Azisikelele
Bless our chiefs
May they remember their Creator.
Fear Him and revere Him,
That He may bless them.
Sikelel´amandol´esizwe
Sikelela kwa nomlisela
Ultiwal´ ilizwe nogmonde
Uwusikilele
Bless the public men,
Bless also the youth
That they may carry the land with patience
and that Thou mayst bless them.
Sikelel´amakosikazi
Nawe onk´ amanenekazi;
Pakamisa wonk´umtinjana
Uwusikelele.
Bless the wives
And also all young women;
Lift up all the young girls
And bless them.
Sikelela abafundisi
Bemvaha zonke zelilizwe;
Ubatwese ngoMoya Wako
Ubasikelele.
Bless the ministers
of all the churches of this land;
Endue them with Thy Spirit
And bless them.
Sikelel´ulimo nemfuyo;
Gxota zonk´indlala nezifo;
Zalisa ilizwe ngempilo
Ulisikelele.
Bless agriculture and stock raising
Banish all famine and diseases;
Fill the land with good health
And bless it.
Sikelel´amalinga etu
Amananyana nokuzaka,
Awemfundo nemvisiswano
Uwasikelele.
Bless our efforts
of union and self-uplift,
Of education and mutual understanding
And bless them.
Nkosi Sikelel´i Afrika;
Gima bonk´ubugwenxa bayo
Nezugquito, nezono zayo
Uyisikelele.
Lord, bless Africa
Blot out all its wickedness
And its transgressions and sins,
And bless it
This is how we sing both old and new National anthems as One!!
For more info go here
http://www.capepoint.de/kapstadt/nationalhymne_suedafrika/nationalhymne_suedafrika.shtml
Xhosa
Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika
Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo,
Yizwa imithandazo yethu,
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.
Zulu
Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,
O fedise dintwa la matshwenyeho,
O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,
Setjhaba sa South Afrika - South Afrika.
Afrikaans
Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes,
Waar die kranse antwoord gee,
English
Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom,
In South Africa our land.
