What a Friend We Have in Jesus

"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" is a Christian hymn originally written by preacher Joseph M. Scriven as a poem in 1855 to comfort his mother, who was living in Ireland while he was in Canada.

In Kimeru, a local dialect in Kenya, the song was translated to Jesu ni Mucore wetu and is hymn no 59 in the iuku ria ndwimbo.

In Kalenjin hymns commonly known as Tienwogik Che Kilosune Jehovah, the song is number 34, Choruenyu Kiptaiyat Jesu.

In Basaa, a local language in Cameroon, the hymn is translated as "Wanda Djem Djol Die Le Yesu".

[11] Both hymn instrumentals of "Hoshi no Sekai" and "Itsukushimi Fukaki" are used as background music for Key's 2004 visual novel Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet, arranged by Magome Togoshi.

In Indonesia, the hymn is known as "Yesus Kawan yang Sejati" and is sung in Indonesian or Batak (the indigenous language of North Sumatra) in Manado, Maluccan, and Protestant churches (around 6% of the population).

Statistically, most Indonesians are Muslim (around 76%), but native religion elements have up to 90% of the total population and consequently the hymn is widely known only among musicians, scholars, and Indonesia's Christian community.

Prior to when Suharto seized power in 1967, though, the same music was adopted for a popular patriotic song titled "Ibu Pertiwi".

[13] In India, the hymn sung in Konkani, "Dulob Jezu", was translated by Felix Paul Noronha of Mangalore.