It Is Jesus Alone

Ndi Jesu, ndi Jesu chete (It's Jesus, it is Jesus alone)

Adapter (English): C. Michael Hawn
Tune: [Ndi Jesu, nid Jesu chete]
Published in 2 hymnals

Representative Text

Ndi Jesu, ndi Jesu chete
ndi Jesu, ndi Jesu chete,
ndiye mo diwa wangu
we mwoyo wangu,
ndiye mo diwa wangu
we mwoyo wangu.

Source: Halle Halle: We Sing the World Round #13

Adapter (English): C. Michael Hawn

C. Michael Hawn University Distinguished Professor of Church Music Director, Master of Sacred Music Program Education D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1975; M.C.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1972; B.M.E., Wheaton College, 1970 Teaching Specialties Worship and music, worship and culture, Seminary Singers, hymnology Research Interests Global music and worship, cross-cultural worship, enlivening congregational song Selected Publications :: C. Michael Hawn, ed., New Songs of Celebration Render: Congregational Singing in the Twenty-First Century (Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 2013) :: C. Michael Hawn, contributor, Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology (Norwich, UK: Canterbury Press, 2013), http://hym… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Ndi Jesu, ndi Jesu chete (It's Jesus, it is Jesus alone)
Title: It Is Jesus Alone
Shona Title: Ndi Jesu, ndi Jesu chete
Adapter (English): C. Michael Hawn
Source: Traditional Zimbabwe (Shona)
Place of Origin: Zimbabwe
Language: English; Shona
Notes: English translations: "It's Jesus, it is Jesus alone" by C. Michael Hawn, "It's Jesus, it's Jesus alone" by Patrick Matsikenyiri an Dan Damon
Copyright: Public Domain

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Halle Halle #13

Njalo #28

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