Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 144 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Eli e̩do̩ ekono

Eli Defid de̩.

¹ Jihofa, okuta-mi, ki ne̩le, owñ kʼi ako̩ o̩wo̩-mi ogu eja, kpʼo̩mo̩wo̩-mi ki juja;

² ufe̩de̩nyo̩-mi kpʼaku-mi, o̩do̩go̩-mi ki gbo̩gba kpai e̩ne̩ ki agba mi, ugbe̩yo̩-mi kpʼe̩ne̩ kʼomi achubiyo̩; kʼi afʼamone̩-mi kamuhite̩ ñw mi.

³ O, Jihofa, abʼone̩ de̩ kʼuwe̩ anyʼe e̩ti? Abe̩k o̩ma e-one̩ kʼuwe̩ adʼibe tʼo̩?

⁴ One̩ dab iñmi ku ma ñmi rinyo̩, o̩jo̩ udeju-wñ dab ojiji e̩wñ ki alale rinyo̩.

⁵ Fʼefojale-we̩ te̩kpe̩ wane̩, O Jihofa, kʼe̩ gwo̩ru wa! Do̩wo̩kado uwo uwo kʼi kpʼodudu!

⁶ Kʼo̩mamanya rikpolo wa, kʼe̩ la fʼuma kpatuka, fʼo̩fa-we̩ kpuche̩ wa, kʼe̩ fʼuma dutu!

⁷ Fʼo̩wo̩-we̩ nadala kwʼate̩ o̩mo̩, mubi ñw mi kʼe̩ la mʼumi gba kwef omi ki nana-i, kwef o̩wo̩ amo̩ma ononojo,

⁸ e-kʼalu-ma aka e̩wñ ibe̩te̩, kʼo̩wo̩-ma awo̩to̩ la chʼo̩wo̩ awo̩-to̩ olemi.

⁹ Nakʼeli tito̩ ñw e̩, O O̩jo̩; ubo̩ ki nʼiku me̩gwa oñ nadu kʼeli dʼuwe̩,

¹⁰ uwe̩ kʼe̩ dʼujadu ñw amonu, kʼuwe̩ agba Defid adu-we̩ bʼugbada ki bie̩ne̩ te̩.

¹¹ Mubi ñw mi, kʼe̩ gba mi kwef o̩wo̩ amo̩ma abononojo, e-kʼalu-ma ako̩la e̩wñ ibe̩te̩, kʼo̩wo̩ awo̩to̩-ma la chʼo̩wo̩ awo̩to̩ e-olemi.

¹² Kʼamo̩ma-wa e-e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ ki dabu e̩wñ eñmi ki gbakpa iko o̩jo̩ okolobia-ma, kʼamo̩ma-wa e-onobule̩ ki dabe̩ne̩ kʼokuta alo ku ma da tod unyi o̩me̩me̩le̩;

¹³ aka-wa ki che̩ko̩, kʼe̩wñ ojoji ojoji jʼef uwñ; kʼame̩wño̩re̩-wa egini ki bi o̩ma jo̩ oko-wa icham nyʼo̩gwo̩ko̩ kpai icham nyʼo̩gwo̩ko̩ me̩gwa;

¹⁴ e̩re̩ ame̩nuto̩gba-wa ki lonyane̩, aku-wa ki lo̩ n edufu ki de̩ n; kʼelelelele ekpa ki dʼojukpologu-wa ge̩ n!

¹⁵ Amone̩ kʼe̩wñ dʼabe̩le̩ ugbo ma gbede! Amone̩ kʼO̩jo̩-ma che Jihofa gbede!