Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 142 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ ki gba wa bʼabo ku ma doli wa te̩

Maskil e-Defid, e̩gba kʼi dʼef owo le̩. Aduwa de̩.

¹ Nanʼomu-mi kwado̩ Jihofa, nanʼomu-mi gbo̩ko̩bo̩ Jihofa,

² o̩la ki awo̩ mi nadu dajane̩ o̩gba-wñ, nadʼope̩cha-mi ñʼo̩.

³ E̩gba kʼe̩do̩-mi le ki muda ef umi, uwe̩ chemʼo̩na-mi! Ma mʼoku du maja ñw mi ej o̩na ugbo kʼu nale.

⁴ Go o̩wo̩ awo̩to̩, kʼe̩ li, todu i nʼe̩ne̩ du ki ma mi n; ugbo kʼu nara nyi lenyo̩ rʼumi eju, i nʼe̩ne̩ du kʼonugo-mi wʼo̩ eju n.

⁵ U raku dʼe̩, O Jihofa; u kakini, Uwe̩ chʼokoubi-mi, uwe̩ chʼukpe̩-mi oj ane̩ abo ki deju.

⁶ Nyʼukwa-mi eti; todu ma fʼumi hi wane̩ ololo! Mʼumi gba bʼo̩wo̩ abo ku ma doli mi te̩; todu ma nʼukpahiu tʼumi le!

⁷ Mʼonugo-mi du kwef unyi uga dufu, kʼomi ki gogbodo̩ odu-we̩! Ame̩no̩kpakpa adonyʼumi daka; todu uwe̩ achʼo̩wo̩ nyaa ñw mi.