Yoruba Hymn: Ìgbàgbọ mi duro l’ori – My Hope is built on nothing less

Ìgbàgbọ mi duro l’ori

Hymn no.627 of the Christ Apostolic Church Hymn Book

English version of “My Hope is built on nothing less” 

Bible reference: Matthew 7:25 NKJV and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

Matter 7:25 Òjo si rọ̀, ikún omi si dé, afẹfẹ si fẹ́ nwọn si bìlu ile na; ko si wó, nitoriti a fi ipilẹ rẹ̀ sọlẹ lori àpata

Ìgbàgbọ mi duro l’ori

VERSE 1

Ìgbàgbọ mi duro l’ori,

Ẹjẹ at’ododo Jesu

Nko jẹ gbẹkẹle ohun kan,

Lẹyìn orúkọ nla Jesu

Mo duro le Krist’Apata,

Ilẹ miran, iyanrin ni. 

VERSE 2

B’ire-ije mi tilẹ gun,

Or’-ọfẹ Rẹ ko yipada,

B’o ti wù kí iji na le to

Idakoro mi ko ni yẹ 

VERSE 3

Majẹmu ati ẹjẹ Rẹ

L’emi o rọ ma bi ‘kun mi dé;

‘Gbati ko s’atilẹyin mọ

On jẹ ireti nla fún mi

VERSE 4

‘Gbat’ipe ‘kẹyin bá sì dùn

A! Mba le wa ninu Jesu;

Ki now ododo Rẹ nikan 

Ki nduro níwájú itẹ. 

Amin. 

 My hope is built on nothing less

VERSE 1

My hope is built on nothing less

than blood and righteousness.

I dare not trust the sweetest frame

but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

Refrain:

On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;

all other ground is sinking sand,

all other ground is sinking sand.

VERSE 2

In ev’ry rough and stormy gale,

my anchor holds within the vale.

When all around my soul gives way,

he then is all my hope and stay. 

VERSE 3

Not earth, nor hell, my soul can move;

I rest upon unchanging love.

I trust his righteous character,

his counsel, promise, and his pow’r.

VERSE 4

When he shall come with trumpet sound,

oh, may I then in him be found,

dressed in his righteousness alone,

faultless to stand before the throne.

Author: Edwin More