Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 21 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Ugwa ujadu egwa

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli.

¹ Onu nayo̩ ef ukpahiu-we̩, O Jihofa; uyo̩-wñ la atabale ef ujadu-we̩!

² Uwe̩ mʼe̩wñ kʼe̩do̩-wñ ñeju du ñw u me̩, uwe̩ la do̩wo̩mʼe̩wñ kʼuko-wñ bi n. Sila.

³ Todu e̩wñ e̩nyo̩ kʼe̩ ko ledʼo chʼe̩nyo̩ kʼe̩ du ñw u; uwe̩ adʼike̩be̩ o̩jamalia o̩me̩me̩le̩ dʼo oji.

⁴ I bi iñmi ugbo-we̩; uwe̩ mʼu du ñw u, owñ chʼekpojolugbo ogbegbele̩ nyile̩wa.

⁵ Ojima-wñ chenana lef ujadu-we̩; ojima kpai e̩gahi uwe̩ adʼu nʼowñ oji.

⁶ Uwe̩ mʼowñ du chʼe̩nyo̩ edu ñw one̩ gbogbo alo; uwe̩ je̩ ñw e̩do̩-wñ bo̩ ñw uyo̩ eju-we̩.

⁷ Todu onu-i ke̩do̩no Jihofa; oñ lef ufe̩de̩nyo̩ O̩machala e̩wñ du achʼo iche̩ n.

⁸ O̩wo̩-we̩ akad ame̩ne̩bi-we̩ chaka; o̩wo̩-we̩ awo̩to̩ akadʼabo ku ma chʼulaka-we̩.

⁹ Uwe̩ ache ma ku ma dab aido e-una iko kʼeju-we̩ dʼane̩. Jihofa ako ma mi ef uwe̩do̩-wñ; una la afʼuma lie̩.

¹⁰ Uwe̩ akʼe̩ro-ma rinyo̩ bʼane̩-ile̩ te̩, kpai ugbe̩-ma bʼef amo̩ma amone̩ te̩.

¹¹ Todu ma fʼe̩bie̩ne̩ ñwa nyʼe̩, ma fʼibe e̩wñ bibi ñwa ku ma ma neke che kpoji n.

¹² Todu uwe̩ aje̩ ñw ma dʼubi gba; uwe̩ afʼo̩o̩do̩-we̩ bane̩ eju-ma.

¹³ Uwe̩ ki hi o̩la-we̩ ne ef ukpahiu-we̩, O Jihofa! abe̩le̩ oñ awa akeli, a la akeli do̩ ukpahiu-we̩.