Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 30 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩, gba mi-oo!

Eli ku ma ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩ de̩.

¹ O Jihofa, nadʼuwe̩ nʼoji ago, todu e̩ fʼumi fa dufu me̩, e̩ la je̩ ñw ame̩nebi-mi gwoye rʼumi oji n.

² O Jihofa O̩jo̩-mi, u kwadʼe̩, e̩ la fʼo̩ga-mi che.

³ O Jihofa, e̩ mʼonugo-mi du kwef o̩jegu dufu me̩, uwe̩ je̩ ñw mi deju todu kʼu we egwo̩ru nyʼef ura le̩.

⁴ Me̩ kʼeli do̩ Jihofa, ame̩ ku me̩ kpe̩do̩rʼu le̩, me̩ ki la gogbodo̩ odu-wñ kiafo̩.

⁵ Todu e̩ chʼeju be oñ uwe̩do̩-wñ takpa, i li one̩ eju mak iñmi i che. Ikani aku awa ru odu, uyo̩ muda awa odudu-wñ.

⁶ I chʼomi, e̩gba kʼe̩wñ ra ñw mi le̩, u kakini, Ma ache mi iche̩ ogbegbele̩ n.

⁷ O Jihofa, eli mi eju kʼe̩ li mi eju, e̩ je̩ ñw uwo-mi dago kpaka; uwe̩ dʼeju-we̩ maja, oñ i che mi e̩do̩ ñwalañwala.

⁸ U kwadʼe̩. O Jihofa; Jihofa oñ u gbo̩ko̩bʼo̩:

⁹ Ile e̩wñ dʼef e̩bie̩-mi edafo? owñ chʼe̩gba kʼu gwo̩ru nyʼef ura? Ebutu agogbodʼuwe̩? I adʼochochi-we̩ ka dufu?

¹⁰ O Jihofa, gbo̩, kʼe̩ li mi eju! Jihofa, uwe̩ ki mud e̩nate̩ko-mi!

¹¹ Uwe̩ fʼeku-mi ede̩ rida tef ido eta me̩; uwe̩ mʼe̩gbanukpo-mi tu me̩, e̩ la mʼuyo̩ ko lʼumi ago de,

¹² todu kʼojima-mi ki nakʼeli do̩ uwe̩, ki we echi echi. O Jihofa O̩jo̩-mi, omi agogbo̩dʼuwe̩ ogbegbele̩.