Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 25 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ ki gba mi, kʼi ño̩ tʼudu kʼu fe̩ no̩ ñw mi

E-Defid de̩.

¹ Uwe̩, O Jihofa, oñ nadʼonugo-mi dago ñw u.

² O O̩jo̩-mi, uwe̩ omi te̩take̩do̩nʼo, e̩ ki je̩ ñw anyo̩ ki mʼumi n; e̩ ki je̩ ñw ame̩nebi-mi gwoye rʼumi oji n.

³ I-i, i nʼe̩ne̩ du ki anede we̩ kʼanyo̩ amʼu n; anyo̩ amu abo ku ma dʼo̩wo̩ tef ukpo arʼo̩kpo̩ echichi ofo.

⁴ Kʼo̩na o̩na-we̩ ña mi, O Jihofa; ko̩ mi alu kʼikpa ikpa-we̩ de̩.

⁵ Ne̩ mi le ef ochochi-we̩, kʼe̩ ko̩ mi o̩la, todu uwe̩ chʼO̩jo̩ e-ujadu-mi; todu uwe̩ nanede-wñ o̩jo̩ du.

⁶ O Jihofa, e̩ nalibekado ejumomi o̩gbaje̩je̩-we̩ kpai ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩, todu e-le̩ te̩te̩de̩ kwʼigbelegbele.

⁷ E̩ ki rewa adure e-o̩jo̩kolo̩bia-mi n, kpai e̩re̩ ubi kʼu ro̩ ñw e̩ n; e̩ nalibekado mi likpa ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩, tod e̩nyo̩-we̩, O Jihofa!

⁸ Jihofa chenyo̩ kpai o̩kpakpa; todule̩ i ako̩ ame̩nadure o̩la ej o̩na.

⁹ I aña ame̩ne̩chikimi o̩na alu kʼajo̩ O̩jo̩ ka, i la ako̩ ame̩ne̩chikimi o̩na-wñ ge̩.

¹⁰ Ikpa ikpa Jihofa du chʼufe̩de̩nyo̩ kpai ochochi, tod abo ku ma de o̩la alo-wñ kpai o̩la ibenu-wñ.

¹¹ O Jihofa, tod odu-we̩, tʼudu kʼu fe̩ no̩, todu i tabale.

¹² Ugbo e̩ne̩ ki arailo Jihofa de̩? I ako̩ e̩ne̩ le̩ o̩na kʼi adu.

¹³ Onugo e̩ne̩ le̩ agugu to̩ko̩o̩, ugbe̩-wñ la aje̩ ane̩-i ogu.

¹⁴ Afili O̩jo̩ dʼugbo abo ku ma railo-wñ, i la adʼalo kʼi kpe̩ le̩ ña ma.

¹⁵ Eju-mi tʼo̩wo̩ ugbo ki Jihofa de̩ pioo, todu owñ awo̩ e̩re̩-mi bʼef iga te̩.

¹⁶ Rida aba mi, kʼe̩ li mi ejumomi; todu e̩nejuwee kpai e̩no̩bata u che.

¹⁷ O̩pe̩cha ki dʼe̩do̩-mi anana nyo̩gba, O fʼumi yo̩ kwef uwa-mi dufu.

¹⁸ Gʼo̩bata-mi kpʼakanya-mi, kʼe̩ la kʼadure-mi chaka rinyo̩.

¹⁹ Gʼame̩nebi-mi, todu ma chewewe, ma la nʼo̩lachi achʼulaka-mi.

²⁰ O fʼonugo-mi de, kʼe̩ gba mi; e̩ je̩ ñw anyo̩ ki mʼumi n, todu uwe̩ nachubiyʼo̩.

²¹ Je̩ ñw e̩do̩ foo kpai e̩do̩ kpoko ki gba mi nyi, todu uwe̩ nanede-wñ.

²² O O̩jo̩ mʼIsrae̩l gba tane̩, bʼef o̩pe̩cha-wñ te̩ chaka.