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 Bemba Rosary Prayers
This language is also known as Cibemba,
Chibemba, Ichibemaba, Wemba, and Chiwemba.
This language is spoken by 3,300,000 people in 
Northern, Copperbelt, and Luapula provinces in Zambia.  It is also spoken in Zimbabwe, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Malawi.

See also The Work of God's Children page for the illustrated version of prayers in this language.

We Shifwe / Our Father  / Pater Noster
We Shifwe waba mu mulu,
Shina lyobe licindikwe.
Ubufumu bobe bwise,
Fyonse fyo watemwa fibe
muno calo nga mu mulu.
Utupele lelo cakulya cesu ca nshiku shonse.
Utubelelyo luse ku masambi yesu,
filya twaba no luse ku bantu abatucusha.
Wileka tuwile mu fibi.
Utulubule ku fibi.

Amen.

Another version of
Our Father  /  The Lord's Prayer / We Shifwe
(according to the Gospel of Saint Matthew)
We-Shiifwe uwaba mumuulu;
ishina lyobe licindikwe.
Ubufumu bobe bwise,
fyonse ifyo watemwa fileecitika
pano caalo ngafilya caba mumuulu.
Utupeele leelo icakulya cesu icaleelo.
Utubeeleleko uluse kufintu tukubiifya,
ngafilya neefwe tubeelelako uluse abatubiifya.
Wileka tuwile mumatunko,
uleetupususha naku Mubi.
Amen.

Another version of
Our Father / Shifwe wa
Shifwe wa mu mūlu,
ishina lyenu libelwe akatīna.
Ubufumu bwenu bwise.
Ukufwaya kwenu kucitwe pano nse nga mu mūlu.
Tupēleni lelo ica lulya cesu ca bukaca.
Tulekeleleni imisha yesu,
ifyo na ifwe twalekelela abatulīle misha.
Mwitutwala mu kweshiwa,
mutupokolole ku bubifi.

Hail Mary / Nakuchelela Maria
Nakuchelela Maria, we
wafulishyo busuma,
Mulungu aba nobe,
walisenaminwa pa
banakashi bonse, ne
Jesu, mwana uo wafiele,
alisenaminwa.
Maria mtakatifu, we
nyina wa kwa Mulungu,
uletulombera fwe ba
masambi, nombaline no
mwaka wa kufwa kwesu.
Chibe ifyo fine. Amen.

Another version of
Hail Mary / Nakuchelela Maria

Nakuchelela Maria, we
wafulisha inema,
Lesa aba nobe.
Walisenaminwa pa
banakashi bonse na
Yesu umwana wafyele nao
alisenaminwa.
Maria mutakatifu we
nyina wa kwa Lesa,
uletulombelako fweba
masambi bonse nanobaline no
mwaka wakufwa kwesu. Amen.
Chibe ifyo fine.


Chibemba is a language from Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Another version of
Hail Mary / Nakucherera Maria

Nakucherera Maria,
wafulishya busuma,
Mulungu aba nobe,
walisenaminwa pa
banakashi bonse, na
Jesu, mwana we fumo
lyobe
alisenaminwa.
Maria mtakatifu,
nyina wa kwa Mulungu,
utulombere ifwe
bamasambi, nomba line na
ku mwaka wa kufwa kwesu.
Chibe ifyo fine. Amen.


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