Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 28 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ ki nʼache̩

E-Defid de̩.

¹ O Jihofa, uwe̩ nakwado̩-i; okuta-mi, e̩ ki chʼumi echi n, todu iche̩wñ kʼuwe̩ achʼumi echi, nadab abo ku ma gwo̩ru nyʼef ura.

² Gbʼomu o̩ko̩ kʼu nagba, e̩gba kʼu nakwa dʼe̩, e̩gba kʼu nakʼo̩wo̩-mi nyʼate̩ rʼo̩wo̩ ejefu ejefu uña-we̩ kiafo̩.

³ E̩ ki fa mi alo manyʼame̩ne̩bibi, kpai abo ku ma chʼuko̩lo̩ ibe̩te̩ n, ku ma la nʼo̩la ure̩do̩ aka kpʼekeji-ma, e̩bie̩ne̩ muda dʼe̩do̩-ma.

⁴ Du ñw ma likpa alu kʼuko̩lo̩-ma de̩, kpai alu kʼe̩wñ ku ma che chʼe̩wñ bibi; du ñw ma likpa alu kʼe̩wñ kʼo̩wo̩-ma ache de̩; du ñw ma alu ki chʼeju-wñ.

⁵ Todabu ku ma ma nyʼe̩wñ ki Jihofa ache eti n, kpai uko̩lo̩ o̩wo̩-wñ n, i agu ma lo̩ wane̩, i añʼane̩ ma ge̩ n.

⁶ Jihofa ki nʼele! todabu kʼi gbʼomu o̩ko̩ kʼu gbabʼo̩.

⁷ Jihofa chʼukpahiu-mi kpai ugbe̩yo̩-mi; e̩do̩-mi ke̩do̩nʼo; oñ i fʼate̩ko-mi che, todule̩ e̩do̩-mi agwoguyo̩ tabale-i, oñ nanʼeli-mi gogbodʼo̩.

⁸ Jihofa chʼukpahiu-ma, i la chʼaku ujadu ñw e̩ne̩-wñ kʼi fʼekpo ba tʼo̩ oji.

⁹ Fʼabo-we̩ jadu, kʼe̩ la de̩nyo̩ ñw e̩wñ ogu-we̩; uwe̩ ki dʼuje̩wñ ñw ma je̩, e̩ ki ne̩ ma ogbegbele̩.