Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 143 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ ki gba mi

Eli Defid de̩.

¹ Gbo̩ aduwa-mi, O Jihofa; netirʼo̩ko̩ kʼu nagba-i! ef ubi one̩ kʼe̩ che e̩ nadohi ñw mi, kpʼef o̩kpakpa-we̩!

² E̩ ki la bʼadu-we̩ kajo̩ n; todu e̩ne̩ ki deju chʼo̩kpakpa eju-we̩ n.

³ Todu e̩nebi le̩ adoli onugo-mi; i fʼiñmi-mi gwo mʼane̩pe̩te̩; i je̩ ñw mi gugu uña e̩chubi, dab abo ku ma ku kpo̩kpe̩.

⁴ Todule̩ afu-mi adaku efu-mi; ugoju-wñ mʼumi da dago.

⁵ Narewa iko igbelegbele, u nʼibe e̩wñ kʼe̩ che chaka akpe̩; nayaye uko̩lo̩ kʼo̩wo̩-we̩ che.

⁶ Nafʼo̩wo̩-mi nadala ñw e̩; onugo-mi atene we̩ alu kʼane̩ e̩gbe̩ atene omi. Sila.

⁷ E̩ hika dohi ñw mi, O Jihofa! afu-mi anya me̩! E̩ ki dʼeju-we̩ maja ñw mi n, tode̩gba kʼu nadab abo ku ma gwo̩ru nyef ura le̩.

⁸ Je̩ ñw mi gbo̩ ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ odudu, todu uwe̩ nake̩do̩no. Je̩ ñw mi mʼo̩na ki dʼukpe̩ kʼu nale, todu uwe̩ oñ nadʼonugo-mi kwane̩ ñw u.

⁹ O Jihofa, mʼumi gba bʼo̩wo̩ ame̩nebi-mi te̩! Nara nyʼugbo we̩ kʼe̩ dʼumi maja!

¹⁰ E̩ nako̩ mi kʼu che e̩wñ ki dʼuwe̩ e̩do̩, todu uwe̩ chʼO̩jo̩-mi! Afu-we̩ ki nyo̩ ki ne̩ mi le oj ane̩ ki de̩ te̩e̩le̩!

¹¹ O Jihofa, dʼiñmi ñw mi tod odu e-we̩! E̩ nadʼonugo-mi kwef o̩pe̩cha dufu ef o̩kpakpa-we̩!

¹² Oñ e̩ nakʼame̩nebi-mi da rinyo̩ ef ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩, kʼe̩ la fʼabo du ku ma fʼonugo-mi dema kpabie̩ rinyo̩, todu adu-we̩ u che.