Aizaya 58 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Alu eji, e-olemi kpai e-ochochi

¹ Kwa taa, e̩ ki bʼo̩wo̩ lo̩ n, dʼomu-we̩ nyʼate̩ dab o̩kakachi; e̩ mʼagbo̩ni abo-mi du ka ñw ma, e̩ ka adure abo unyi Jeko̩b ñw ma.

² Ma muda tene mi o̩jo̩ñwa o̩jo̩ñwa, ma la ayo̩ ñw o̩na o̩na-mi ema dabe̩ne̩ kʼabo uche̩ichi ku ma te̩tache e̩wñ o̩kpakpa ku ma ma la hi e̩wñ uhio̩me̩ O̩jo̩-ma tinyo̩ n; ma abi ajo̩ o̩kpakpa ugbo mi, ma yo̩ ñw ete̩me̩rʼO̩jo̩.

³ E̩wñ chi kʼa ji alu kʼe̩ ma la li n? E̩wñ chi kʼa chʼonugo-wa o̩bata kʼe̩ ma la dibetʼo̩ n? Go, o̩jo̩ alu eji-me̩ me̩ li e̩wñ ki arʼame̩ onugo e̩do̩, oñ me̩ dʼame̩nuko̩lo̩-me̩ mʼane̩.

⁴ Go, alu eji-me̩ chʼuja kpʼiñwa, ku me̩ la dʼo̩kpo̩ bibi nʼone̩. Alu e̩go̩ e-kʼame̩ ji eñini aje̩ ñw ma gbʼomu-me̩ efojale n.

⁵ Alu eji kʼomi adu de̩-i? O̩jo̩ kʼone̩ achʼonugo-wñ o̩bata? oji edalo̩ dab ikpo, kʼi la kʼe̩gbanukpo kpai elulu jo̩ kʼi gugu? Ame̩ adʼe-le̩ ko̩ alu eji, kpai o̩jo̩ ku Jihofa jʼagba?

⁶ Alu eji kʼomi adu chemʼigbaligba e̩wñ bibi tu kpai iku oli uno̩lo̩ etu n? ku me̩ la kʼabo ku ma te̩mane̩ le̩ jane̩, kʼame̩ ki fʼoli uno̩lo̩ du guche̩ rinyo̩ n?

⁷ I chʼuje̩wñ-we̩ ekpe̩ kpʼabo kʼebi akpa ma n? kʼuwe̩ ki kʼame̩no̩bata ku ma ne ma bʼunyi te̩ wʼunyi-we̩ n? E̩gba kʼe̩ fʼe̩ne̩ ki atago ofo li, kʼuwe̩ ki kʼe̩wñ bʼo̩ o̩la ma n? kʼuwe̩ ki la we edʼo̩la-we̩ maja ñw abo̩re̩la e-we̩.

⁸ E̩gba le̩ tak ugane̩-we̩ ata dufu dab o̩jo̩ ki añwa, oñ o̩ga o̩la-we̩ eche kpa ahika ro̩ bʼe̩ ma; tak o̩kpakpa-we̩ atʼuwe̩ o̩gba, ojima Jihofa chʼide ubi-me̩.

⁹ E̩gbale̩ uwe̩ adʼudo̩, oñ Jihofa adohi; uwe̩ akwa, tak owñ akakini, omi de̩. Iche̩wñ kʼuwe̩ dʼoli uno̩lo̩ tinyo̩ bʼalumeji-we̩ te̩ kpai o̩mo̩wo̩ edu ñʼone̩ eju kpai o̩la ibe̩te̩ eka,

¹⁰ i la che̩wñ kʼuwe̩ fʼonugo-we̩ fa du fu ñw e̩ne̩ kʼebi akpʼo̩ kʼuwe̩ ache kʼe̩do̩ onugo one̩ ki ali o̩bata ki bo̩, e̩gbale̩ tak ugane̩-we̩ akwane̩ ef e̩chubi, e̩wñ-we̩ ki de̩ bulu bulu adab o̩ro̩ka gbaa.

¹¹ Jihofa la añʼe̩ o̩na o̩ko̩ko̩lo̩, i chaka chʼane̩ e̩gbe̩ i la aje̩ ñw efu onugo-we̩ ki ko̩, oñ i aje̩ ñw achiku-we̩ ki gbiti; tak uwe̩ adab uche̩ ku ma tʼomiofo fiʼo̩, kpai e̩bi omi kʼomi-wñ ma gwʼone̩ o̩gwo̩ n.

¹² Tak abo kʼuwe̩ chʼe̩te̩-ma adabi ko̩ e̩gu-ma ki chʼalache̩ te̩ le̩; uwe̩ adʼo̩gba o̩gba amone̩ wewe nyane̩; oñ ma adʼuwe̩ ko̩ Afe̩kpana-o̩do̩ higa, kpai Afʼo̩na o̩na-ugbo-kʼone̩-adodo-ñwo̩che.

¹³ Iche̩wñ kʼe̩ mʼe̩re̩-we̩ chi bʼo̩jo̩-uñmi te̩, kʼe̩ we eche e̩wñ ki rʼuwe̩ e̩do̩ o̩jo̩-mi kiafo̩ le̩, kʼe̩ la do̩ o̩jo̩-uñmi ko̩ e̩wñ ube̩do̩ kpai e̩wñ kiafo̩ e-Jihofa kʼe̩wñ ojima; kʼe̩ la bʼojima mʼo̩, kʼe̩ we e̩wñ o̩na o̩na e-we̩ eche, kʼe̩ ma la tene e̩wñ ki rʼuwe̩ onugo e̩do̩ n, kpai ekale̩ eka ofo n:

¹⁴ e̩gbale̩ taku Jihofa achʼuyo̩-we̩, oñ nadʼuwe̩ tanʼuña uña ki dʼate̩ ile̩-i ale; tak u nakʼe̩wñ ogu Jeko̩b, ata-we̩, chʼuje̩wñ kʼuwe̩ aje̩, todu alu Jihofa ka me̩.