Edinaku 4 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Ojima ku Zayo̩n ne̩ o̩gbo̩gba— ukata-wñ mu chi me̩

¹ Go abu kʼo̩jamalia de̩ chunuu, o̩jamalia ki de̩ hiolo tu ma le murida me̩! Ma mʼokuta uña kiafo̩ ko dajane̩ ugbo uchane̩ o̩na o̩na du.

² Amo̩ma Zayo̩n e-akoko le̩, ku ma neke du wawe o̩jamalia e-e̩gwe̩, go abu ku ma dab otube̩ ike̩te̩ ofo eju one̩, kʼi chʼuko̩lo̩ kʼo̩wo̩ abucha che!

³ I chaka chʼamogbemgbem ma dʼe̩nya te̩ ñw amo̩ma-ma ñmo̩, o̩ma onobule̩ e-abo-mi la mud e̩ne̩ o̩lachi, dabe̩ne̩ kʼamobijim ef aje̩tachi.

⁴ Ukpalu o̩ma ki añmʼe̩nya ga mʼo̩denyi-wñ ate̩ noj alugbe̩; abimo̩to̩ egini jʼabi uje̩wñ, e̩ne̩ du muda abʼu ñw ma n.

⁵ Abo ku ma te̩tajʼuje̩wñ e̩nyo̩ chihi jʼej o̩na o̩na ofofo; abo ku ma ne̩ ma gba ef ukpo odufa fʼe̩do̩ bʼojeita ma.

⁶ Todu udu kʼo̩ma onobule̩ abo-mi fe̩ tʼudu adure So̩do̩m le, owñ chʼe-ku ma kpo̩fo̩ e̩gba kate, kʼo̩wo̩ du ma kadʼo n.

⁷ Abo-wñ ki chʼe̩daru fe̩ ti sno le ma chʼefufu tʼomi e̩nya le; año̩la-ma de̩ tʼo̩gogolo le ma chʼuto̩ eju dab okuta safaya.

⁸ Eju-ma mud edudu tʼeginibibi le, ma jʼej o̩na, one̩ ama ma n; año̩-ma gamʼachiku-ma, i gwo̩to̩jo̩, i dab oli abe̩i.

⁹ Abo ku ma nʼo̩kwo̩chageli kpa ma me̩ tʼabo kʼebi ko ma kpa le, todu abo-i achʼo̩bata gbogbogbo taku ma lenyo̩ rʼile̩. Ebi tʼuma le tod e̩ro e̩wñ oko ki ña ma.

¹⁰ Abobule̩ ku ma li ejumomi nʼo̩wo̩ e-ma fʼamo̩ma-ma onugo hi; ma mud uje̩wñ-ma ef e̩kpabie̩ o̩ma onobule̩ abo-mi.

¹¹ Jihofa che teju e̩do̩fulu-wñ kpa, i mʼuwe̩do̩-wñ ki kpuna le̩ ko dajane̩; i laño̩ fʼuna ko Zayo̩n, e-kʼi fʼe̩rane̩-wñ lie̩ rinyo̩.

¹² Amonu ane̩-ile̩-i du kpʼabo ku ma dodo ile̩-i chaka, do̩ ka kʼe̩no̩la kpʼe̩ne̩bi agudu lʼalaku Je̩rusale̩m ochochi n.

¹³ Owñ chʼutod adure amakache̩-wñ kpai udu kʼamatama-wñ fe̩, ku ma dʼe̩bie̩ ame̩no̩kpakpa dafo alumeji-wñ-i.

¹⁴ Ma tale ej o̩na ej o̩na dab amafeju, e̩bie̩ fʼuma o̩la kpabie̩ te̩, oñ amone̩ du ma neke dʼo̩wo̩ kadʼe̩wñ o̩la-ma n.

¹⁵ Ma kpogu rʼuma oji kakini, Me̩ kwʼemi! Elifo̩ de̩! Me̩ lo, me̩ to! Me̩ ki dʼo̩wo̩ kado n! E̩gba ku ma ra kwʼo̩mo̩ ku ma tale, amone̩ ka ef abo uche̩ichi kakini, Ma ñʼage̩ne̩ emi ge̩ n.

¹⁶ Eju Jihofa fʼuma kpatuka, i ñʼadʼeju go ma ge̩ n; ma bumo̩ amatama n, ma la li abogijo eju n.

¹⁷ Eju-wa agbe̩ noj e̩neju ate̩ko-wa e-owai; eju-wa kʼa ko rʼo̩na le̩; a tetaneju abo uche̩ichi ki ma neke jadu wa n.

¹⁸ Ma tejane̩ e̩re̩-wa, todule̩ oñ a ma neke tʼej o̩na e-wa ge̩ n; ida-wa me̩ me̩, o̩jo̩-wa jo̩; todu ukpoji-wa lewa me̩.

¹⁹ Abo ku ma rano wa hiane̩ tʼamo̩re̩ ojale le̩; ma nʼuwa ule oj uwo oj uwo, ma kpala jo̩ anede wa ef aje̩tachi.

²⁰ Ma mʼiñmi iñmo̩-wa ko jʼef ura-ma, awa kʼa chʼabo ku Jihofa fʼekpo ba tʼuwa oji le̩, Jihofa e-kʼa aka kakini, A adeju ef abo uche̩ichi ef olubo̩-wñ.

²¹ Gwoguyo̩, e̩do̩-we̩ ki bo̩, O o̩ma onobule̩ Ido̩m, uwe̩ kʼe̩ dodo Uz le̩; ago-i ñʼalegu du nyʼugbo we̩ kpo̩fo̩; omi-wñ amu we̩, oñ uwe̩ afʼo̩la-we̩ tago ofo,

²² E̩ fʼudu-we̩ chi kpa me̩, O o̩ma onobule̩ Zayo̩n, i ñʼako we̩ nyʼef amu ge̩ n; i awa fejudʼudu kʼe̩ fe̩, O o̩ma onobule̩ Ido̩m, i abi adure-we̩ rʼeju.