Baba Yetu

Ba-ba ye-tu ye-tu’u-li-ye mbi-ngu-ni ye-tu ye-tu a-mi-na

(Bah-bah yeh-too yeh-too’oo-lee-yehm been goo-nee yeh-too yeh-too ah-mee-nah)

Ba-ba ye-tu ye-tu’u-li-ye m-ji-na la-ko e-li-tu-ku-zwe

(Bah-bah yeh-too yeh-too’oo-lee-ye mm  jee-nah lah-koh eh-lee-too-koo-zweh)

(text in blue is phonetic spelling)

Give us this daily our daily bread

Forgive us of our trespasses

As we forgive others!

Who trespass against us

Lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one forever

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done

On Earth as it is in Heaven!

Ba-ba ye-tu ye-tu’u-li-ye

ji-na la-ko e-li-tu-ku-zwe