Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 17 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

E̩no̩kpakpa agbo̩ko̩bʼO̩jo̩ kʼi gbʼo̩

Adua Defid de̩.

¹ Gbʼo̩la o̩kpakpa, O Jihofa; nyʼukwa-mi eti! nʼeti rʼadua-mi e-ki ma lef uko ako̩ru dufu n!

² Oji ajo̩-mi ku ma kpa ki kwʼugbo-we̩! eju-we̩ ki go e-ki chʼeju-wñ!

³ Uwe̩ fʼe̩do̩-mi jama me̩, uwe̩ lewa fʼomi go odu, e̩ fʼumi ñwago, e̩ li e̩wñ du n; alu-mi adaba n.

⁴ I chʼe-uko̩lo̩ amone̩, lugbo o̩la uko-we̩ omi fʼo̩la-mi de bʼo̩na ajoji te̩.

⁵ E̩re̩-mi te̩tamane̩ ikpa ikpa-we̩, e̩re̩-mi ñwo̩ n.

⁶ U kwadʼe̩, todu uwe̩ adohi ñw mi, o O̩jo̩; hi eti-we̩ wane̩ ñw mi, gbʼuko̩la-mi.

⁷ Dʼufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ ki chʼawuwu ñe̩ña, O uwe̩ kʼe̩ nʼo̩wo̩ awo̩to̩-we̩ jadu abo ku ma chubiyʼe̩ bʼabo ku ma kwane̩ tʼuma o̩la te̩.

⁸ Demi dab e̩yo̩ eju; dʼumi maja o̩lubo̩ ika-we̩,

⁹ bʼame̩ne̩bibi ku ma akpa mi fo̩ te̩, owñ chʼame̩nebi-mi ku ma tene oji-mi ku ma lʼumi daka-i.

¹⁰ Ula-ma onugo bʼuma ma; ma nʼalu-ma ako̩la uba.

¹¹ A ache kʼa lule̩, ma donyʼuwa daka; ma fʼeju che te̩ ku ma ko wa rikpolo nʼane̩.

¹² I dab idu ki ache̩ño̩ e̩la kʼi akpaje̩, i dab o̩ma idu ki akpala maja.

¹³ Kwane̩, O Jihofa! gbʼo̩ oji, kʼe̩ mʼu du fiane̩! nʼo̩kwo̩chageli-we̩ gba onugo-mi bʼe̩ne̩bibi o̩wo̩ te̩,

¹⁴ nʼo̩wo̩-we̩ gba mi bʼamone̩ te̩, O Jihofa, owñ chʼabo o̩kpanachi-i kʼukpe̩-ma dʼef edeju ku ma deju ile̩-i. E̩ ki la nʼe̩wñ umaja-we̩ kʼuma efu; amo̩ma-ma nʼe̩wñ bʼuma jo̩; ma la tʼe̩wñ-ma ki bo̩ no̩ ñw amo̩me̩kpa e-ma.

¹⁵ I chʼe-mi, nali eju-we̩ ef o̩kpakpa; e̩gba kʼu mʼolu ji, alu kʼe̩ de̩ abʼumi jo̩.