Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 104 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Ojima O̩jo̩ kʼa li ugbo e̩wñ kʼi nyi te̩

¹ Kele Jihofa, O onugo-mi! O Jihofa O̩jo̩-mi, uwe̩ gbe̩-gbe̩! Ojima kpai e̩gahi bʼuwe̩ o̩la ma,

² uwe̩ kʼe̩ kʼugane̩ bʼo̩la-we̩ ma dabe̩ne̩ kʼotogbo, uwe̩ kʼe̩ fʼefojale nadala te̩ dabe̩ne̩ kʼukpo ku ma ko ta jo̩,

³ kʼi akʼigbo oli unyi-wñ ojale nyane̩ ef omi omi, kʼi akʼakpa akpa ojale chʼo̩ko̩ o̩gu-wñ, kʼi ata nʼika afu ale,

⁴ uwe̩ kʼi akʼafu chʼamonuche̩-we̩, o̩go̩ una chʼamache e̩wñ ñw e̩.

⁵ I dʼane̩ ile̩-i gugu uña-wñ, kʼi we echiche̩ ogbegbele̩ nyile̩wa.

⁶ Uwe̩ mʼunefu le̩ ko bʼo̩la-wñ ma dabe̩ne̩ kʼafe̩; omi le̩ lʼuwo uwo oji.

⁷ Uka kʼe̩ nu oñ ma ra; akpabana-we̩ ko̩la oñ ma hiane̩ alo.

⁸ Uwo uwo kwane̩, o̩go̩ o̩go̩ hi wane̩ tef uña kʼuwe̩ nyi todu ma le̩.

⁹ Uwe̩ fʼo̩me̩ hite̩ kʼama ki we edaba, kʼama ki we edabiwa abʼane̩ ile̩ ma.

¹⁰ I aje̩ ñw e̩bi omi e̩bi omi cha nyʼef o̩go̩ o̩go̩: i acha dago̩ dago̩ e̩re̩ uwo uwo,

¹¹ i adʼomi ñw e̩wñ iñmi oko okoke du ñmo̩; i akpʼalugbe̩ amo̩ke̩ke̩te̩ efoko.

¹² Ame̩we̩ ojale nʼodo e-ma o̩la-wñ; ma jʼe̩to̩ oli-wñ ako̩la.

¹³ I achʼomi kwef unyi-wñ agba nyʼuwo uwo le̩; ane̩ ile̩ che̩ko̩ ñw e̩ro uko̩lo̩-we̩.

¹⁴ I aje̩ ñw egbe ki lu tod ame̩la abe̩re̩me̩le̩, kpai e̩wñ eñmi kʼi chʼe̩wñ eku ñw one̩, kʼi akʼuje̩wñ kwef ane̩ dufu,

¹⁵ kpai omi achiwebe̩te̩ma ki abʼone̩ e̩do̩, kpai ekpo kʼi aje̩ ñw eju-wñ de̩, kpai uje̩wñ kʼi adʼugbiti e̩do̩ ñw one̩.

¹⁶ Efu ujo̩ oli Jihofa ko̩ me̩, owñ che sida e-Le̩bano̩n, e-kʼi du gbe̩ le̩.

¹⁷ O̩mo̩ ame̩we̩ kʼunyi-ma jo̩; i chʼe-utu, oli fe̩r chʼunyi-wñ.

¹⁸ Uwo uwo ki gbo̩gba chʼutodu ame-wo oko; okuta okuta chʼo̩koubi amo̩faka.

¹⁹ I dʼochu te̩ tod iko iko; olu chemʼiko etunyane̩-wñ.

²⁰ Uwe̩ dʼe̩chubi te̩, oñ i mud odu, owñ chʼe̩gba kʼame̩wñ iñmi efoko chaka fa dufu.

²¹ Amo̩ma idu kwa rʼame̩la ku ma che ku ma mu ubi, ma la tene uje̩wñ-ma ugbo O̩jo̩.

²² Olu kwane̩, ma le ma oñ ma dachi ef unyi-ma.

²³ One̩ adufu nyʼokuko̩lo̩-wñ ugbo kʼi achʼakanya-wñ gbogbo tʼolane̩.

²⁴ O Jihofa, uko̩lo̩-we̩ chʼojoji ojoji! E̩ nʼibe fʼo̩chaka-wñ che; ane̩ ile̩-i chʼe̩ko̩ ñw e̩wñ-we̩ kʼe̩ nyi.

²⁵ Ohimini abadi te̩ o̩mo̩ le̩, i che-nana i la chenabe̩, e̩wñ ki jʼefu-wñ achiche̩ nʼaluka n, tʼame̩wñ iñmi kekele tʼabʼe-ki nana.

²⁶ O̩mo̩ o̩ko̩ o̩ko̩ ale, kpai Lifayatan kʼuwe̩ nyi kʼi chiya ef uwñ.

²⁷ Abo-i chaka jʼakejurʼe̩, kʼuwe̩ ki kʼuje̩wñ-ma ñw ma iko-wñ.

²⁸ E̩wñ kʼe̩ ko ñw ma, ma yajo̩; uwe̩ chʼo̩wo̩ ñw ma, oñ efu-ma ako̩ ñw e̩wñ e̩nyo̩.

²⁹ Uwe̩ dʼeju-we̩ maja, ma dejiji; uwe̩ bʼuma gbʼiñmi-ma, ma leku oñ ma mudabi tef ebutu-ma.

³⁰ Uwe̩ fʼAfu-we̩ kpe̩ dufu, ma che̩nyi te̩; oñ uwe̩ dabi añwʼane̩ che etito̩.

³¹ Ojima Jihofa ki nado̩mo̩ ogbegbele̩, Jihofa ki yo̩ ef uko̩lo̩-wñ,

³² i ago ane̩ ile̩ oñ i chane̩ ega, i adʼo̩wo̩ kadʼuwo uwo oñ i chane̩ ekpʼodudu!

³³ Nakeli ñw Jihofa gbogbo mʼo̩jo̩ uku-mi; alu du kʼukade iñmi-mi de̩ nakeli dʼO̩jo̩-mi.

³⁴ Ibe kʼu nakpe̩ ki rinyo̩ ñw u, nagwoguyo̩ efu Jihofa.

³⁵ Ame̩nadure ki lie̩ bʼane̩ ile̩ te̩, tak ame̩ne̩bibi año̩ de̩ ge̩ n! Kele Jihofa, O onugo-mi! Me̩ je̩nyu ñw Jihofa!