Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 141 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ kʼi je̩ ñw a kʼa fo̩ ugbo e̩wñ iwa

Eli Defid de̩.

¹ Jihofa, u kwadʼe̩ me̩; hiane̩ wa ñw mi! netirʼomu-mi, e̩gba kʼu na-kwadʼe̩!

² Je̩ ñw ma fʼaduwa-mi te̩ru jʼo̩gba-we̩ dabe̩ne̩ kʼotulale, o̩wo̩-mi echi nyate̩ ki dabe̩ne̩ kʼe̩wñ ele olane̩ eche!

³ Mʼabo ide ko jʼalu-mi, O Jihofa, fʼalugbana uko-mi de!

⁴ Uwe̩ ki je̩ ñw e̩do̩-mi na rʼo̩wo̩ ugbo kʼe̩wñ e̩bie̩ne̩ du de̩ kʼu tʼef e̩wñ bibi eche manyʼabo ku ma chʼuko̩lo̩ ibe̩te̩ n; e̩ ki la je̩ ñw mi je̩ e̩wñ ayaga-ma n!

⁵ E̩no̩kpakpa ki gwo mi, ufe̩de̩nyo̩ i che, i ki dʼo̩la bi mi, ekpo o̩me̩me̩le̩ ku ma ba tʼoji e-kʼoji-mi ma ako̩ n de̩; dagba ma jʼef e̩bie̩ne̩-ma aduwa-mi achi n.

⁶ E̩gba ku ma kʼamakajo̩-ma ro̩ jʼef okuta, taku ma anetirʼuko̩la-nii, todu i arinyo̩.

⁷ Achiku-wa chʼe̩kpatuka jo̩ alʼo̩jegu, dabe̩ne̩ kʼaya e̩be̩ jo̩ ugbo ku ma luche̩.

⁸ Todu eju-mi kad uwe̩, O Jihofa, Ondu; uwe̩ nachubiyo; e̩ ki tʼonugo-mi no̩ te̩ ofofo n!

⁹ Fʼumi de bʼoku ku ma bane̩ te̩ ñw mi te̩, kpai bʼada kʼamachuko̩lo̩ ibe̩te̩ bane̩ te̩ ñw mi te̩!

¹⁰ Je̩ ñw ame̩ne̩bibi ñwa rʼef iga-ma onugo, kʼomi ki lale gu o̩mo̩ du.