Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 31 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Eke̩do̩nʼO̩jo̩ ef o̩bata

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli.

¹ O Jihofa, uwe̩ nachubiyʼo̩; e̩ ki je̩ ñw anyo̩ mʼumi o̩gbegbele̩ n; mʼumi gba ef o̩kpakpa-we̩!

² Hi eti-we̩ wane̩ ñw mi, mʼumi gba piopio! Uwe̩ ki chʼokuta ki gbiti ñw mi, kʼe̩ chʼunyi ki nʼaku ki ajadu mi!

³ Todu uwe̩ chʼokuta-mi kpai aku-mi; todule̩ e̩ nane̩ mi le kʼe̩ ña mi o̩na tod odu-we̩,

⁴ mʼumi yo̩ kwef iga ku ma du maja te̩ ñw mi-i, todu uwe̩ chʼaku-mi ki gbiti.

⁵ Uwe̩ nadʼafu-mi nyʼo̩wo̩; uwe̩ fʼumi la tane̩, O Jihofa, uwe̩ O̩jo̩ ki nʼochochi.

⁶ Abo ku ma nyʼe̩wñ o̩wai eti chʼe̩wñ ulaka-mi; u muda ke̩do̩no Jihofa.

⁷ E̩do̩-mi bo̩ oñ nayo̩ ef ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩, todu uwe̩ fʼo̩bata-mi li me̩, uwe̩ te̩te̩ma o̩pe̩cha onugo-mi,

⁸ uwe̩ la da mi hi tef o̩wo̩ e̩nebi le̩ n; uwe̩ mʼe̩re̩-mi ko dʼane̩ ugbo ki de̩ gbagada me̩.

⁹ Li mi eju, O Jihofa, todu u dʼef o̩pe̩cha; eju-mi alaja noj e̩do̩ e̩kpabie̩, tʼonugo-mi tʼaño̩la-mi ge̩.

¹⁰ Todu udeju-mi akpabie̩ ñw e̩do̩-dudu, o̩do̩ da o̩do̩ da e-mi chʼifi efi; ukpahiu-mi adabu noj udu kʼu fe̩, achiku-mi la agbe̩ rinyo̩.

¹¹ U mud oli ina ñw ame̩no̩la-mi chaka, i-i, ugbo amekeji-mi i chʼololo, u laño̩ mud e̩wñ ubailo ñw abo ku ma ma mi; abo ku ma li mi o̩do̩da ara bʼumi te̩.

¹² Ibe-mi kwef e̩do̩-ma dab e̩ne̩ ki ku; u dab ucha ki kpo̩fo̩.

¹³ U gbo̩ alu kʼamone̩ wewe akpa mi bie̩— e̩wñ ubailo dʼo̩wo̩ tʼo̩wo̩ du!— abu ku ma jo̩ anyojuju nyʼumi, ma ñwʼibe ku ma mʼumi oji du.

¹⁴ U muda ke̩do̩nʼuwe̩, O Jihofa, u kakini, Uwe̩ chʼO̩jo̩-mi.

¹⁵ Iko-mi du jʼef o̩wo̩-we̩; mʼumi gba bʼo̩wo̩ ame̩ne̩bi-mi te̩, kpai bʼo̩wo̩ abo ku ma doli mi te̩!

¹⁶ Je̩ ñw eju-we̩ ki chʼugane̩ bʼadu-we̩-i ma; jadu mi ef ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩!

¹⁷ Je̩ ñw anyo̩ ki mʼumi n, O Jihofa, todu uwe̩ nakwadʼo̩; anyo̩ ki mu ame̩ne̩bibi, kʼama ki chechi jʼef o̩jegu.

¹⁸ Je̩ ñw uko ki aremi ki mud ajalu, owñ chʼe-ki ako̩la o̩ko̩ko̩ nyʼe̩no̩kpakpa lef uba kpai eke̩.

¹⁹ E̩nyo̩ kʼuwe̩ do̩wo̩mo̩ te̩, tod abo ku ma railo we̩ tabale, owñ chʼe-kʼe̩ che te̩ tod abo ku ma chubiyʼuwe̩, eju amo̩ma amone̩!

²⁰ Uwe̩ ako ma maja uña umaja o̩gba-we̩ bʼe̩wñ kʼone̩ añwa nyʼuma te̩; uwe̩ ako ma maja ef ala bʼuja ukpalu te̩.

²¹ Jihofa ki nʼele, todu i mʼufe̩de̩nyo̩-wñ ki chʼawuwu du ña mi ef ewo ki nʼaku.

²² I chʼe-mi, edejiji kʼu dejiji u kakini, Ma fʼumi daru bʼeju-we̩ te̩ me̩. Uwe̩ muda gbo̩ o̩ko̩ kʼu gbabʼe̩, e̩gba kʼu kwadʼe̩.

²³ Ame̩ ki fe̩do̩ Jihofa, ame̩ ku me̩ kpe̩do̩rʼowñ chaka! Jihofa agbʼe̩ne̩ ki achubi-wñ nyi, i la aro̩me̩ ñw e̩ne̩ ki ache e̩wñ lef uba tuu.

²⁴ Fʼeju gbiti, me̩ ki la fʼe̩do̩ gbo, ame̩ ku me̩ kibeno Jihofa chaka!