Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 19 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Ojima O̩jo̩ kʼa ali ef uko̩lo̩-wñ

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli. Eli ki Defid ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩ de̩.

¹ Ojale ojalejʼadʼojima O̩jo̩ kpogo; oñ agbagba ate̩-i adʼuko̩lo̩ o̩wo̩-wñ ñe̩ña.

² O̩jo̩ñwa o̩jo̩ñwa adʼuko̩la-wñ dufu, odu tʼodu du adʼe̩wñ ema ñe̩ña.

³ I nʼichi eka n, uko̩la la de̩ n; e̩ne̩ du agbo̩ omuko̩la-ma n.

⁴ Iku e̩ñwa-wñ ledufu tʼugbo du ane̩-ile̩-i, uko̩la-ma le tʼukpoji ugbo kʼone̩ dodo kade. I fʼunyabo fa dago ef uwñ tod olu,

⁵ e-le̩ adufu wa dab o̩ko̩ya tito̩ ki akwʼef unyi-wñ dufu, e̩do̩-wñ bo̩ dabe̩ne̩ kʼagbiti kʼo̩la-wñ che̩mu ule era.

⁶ Edufu-wñ chʼekwo ukpoji efojale efojale, edagbala-wñ la le tʼukpoji ukpoji-wñ; e̩wñ du la maja ñw una-wñ n.

⁷ Ukpo̩la Jihofa mufu kpa, i arʼonugo one̩ ko; ibenu Jihofa chʼo̩kpaka, i adʼibe ñw e̩nemo̩.

⁸ O̩la ki Jihofa kajane̩ ñw one̩ ki de̩ chʼo̩kpakpa, i aje̩ ñw e̩do̩ bo̩; uko̩ ki Jihofa te̩ de̩ yaala, i aje̩ ñw eju one̩ ne̩.

⁹ Ailo Jihofa era chʼefe̩, i adago ogbegbele̩; oji ajo̩ ki Jihofa ka chʼochochi, o̩kpakpa i che chaka.

¹⁰ I dukpe̩ kʼone̩ ki ñeju e̩wñ le̩ du tʼo̩jamalia le, ochochi, i tʼo̩jamalia o̩me̩mele̩ nana le; i laño̩ rinyo̩ tʼiño̩ kpai e-ki akito̩ bʼ apachi iño̩ o̩la te̩ wane̩ le.

¹¹ Anoji-wñ, ma nʼe-le̩ ajuka ñw adu-we̩-i ge̩; e-le̩ ede nʼuro̩me̩ ubi tabale.

¹² E̩ne̩ neke ma ila-wñ kpa? Mʼumi fu bʼe-ki maja te̩.

¹³ E̩ ki ño̩ fʼadu-we̩ wubi bʼuba eba te̩; e̩ ki je̩ ñw u nʼo̩da mi n! E̩gbale̩ tak u nadago kpakpa, oñ nafu bʼena lile le̩ te̩.

¹⁴ E̩ che kʼo̩la alu-mi kpai aye ki dʼe̩do̩-mi kʼi rʼuwe̩ eju, O Jihofa, okuta-mi kpai e̩ne̩ ki gba mi tane̩.