Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 35 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ ki kpʼoj ajo̩ e̩no̩lo̩jo̩ kpʼabo ku ma kʼo̩wo̩ nyʼef ukpo arʼo̩kpo̩.

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¹ Jihofa, e̩ ki bʼabo ku ma jʼumi iñwa jiñwa; uwe̩ ki kʼuja bʼabo ku ma kʼuja ba mi!

² Gwo̩nyʼugbe̩yo̩ kekele kpʼe-lile, kʼe̩ la kwane̩ dago kʼe̩ chʼate̩ko-mi!

³ E̩ ki ño̩ mʼo̩kwo̩ wo̩ kʼe̩ gbʼo̩na nyʼabo ku ma ranʼomi! E̩ ki ka ñw onugo-mi kakini, Omi chʼujadu-we̩!

⁴ Je̩ ñw anyo̩ ki mu abo ku ma tene oji-mi kʼukata-mi ki chi! Je̩ kʼabo ku ma ñwa e̩wñ bie̩ne̩ nyʼumi ki mubi dagba mi alo ku ma ma gane̩ ñw anyo̩ ki mu ma n.

⁵ Je̩ ku ma dab igbogbo kʼafu ako alo, kʼonuche̩ Jihofa ki ne ma alo!

⁶ O̩na-ma ki chʼugbo ki chubi kʼi la nʼito̩lo̩, kʼonuche̩ Jihofa dʼubi-ma anʼuma ule!

⁷ Todu iga ku ma du maja ef ura anede mi nʼe̩te̩ n; i nʼe̩wñ kʼu che taku ma gwʼura te̩ ñw onugo-mi n.

⁸ Je̩ ñw uchile̩che̩ ki lewa bʼo ma iko kʼi ma nʼibe-wñ n! kʼe̩ la je̩ ñw iga kʼi du maja le̩ ki fʼowñ onugo mu; je̩ ñw u ñwa tʼo̩ kʼi chile̩che̩!

⁹ Tak onugo-mi ayo̩ efu Jihofa, e̩do̩-mi abo̩ ef ujadu-wñ.

¹⁰ Achiku-mi du aka kakini, O Jihofa e̩ne̩ dab uwe̩? Uwe̩ kʼe̩ gbʼe̩no̩bata bʼe̩ne̩ ki gbiti tʼowñ le o̩wo̩ te̩, i-i, uwe̩ kʼe̩ gba e̩no̩bata kpʼe̩nale bʼe̩ne̩ ki adinya o̩wo̩ te̩.

¹¹ Ame̩nibenu o̩lachi akwane̩ me̩; ma tʼumi ene e̩wñ kʼomi ma ma n.

¹² E̩bie̩ne̩ ma du rʼumi o̩me̩ e̩nyo̩; i je̩ ñw onugo-mi kʼo̩ma rinyo̩.

¹³ I muda chʼe-mi, e̩gba ku ma chʼo̩ga— u kʼe̩gbanukpo nyʼo̩la, u nʼalu eji dʼo̩bata ñw onugo-mi. Adua-mi la mudabi wʼef agbe̩do̩-mi,

¹⁴ u chʼo̩la-mi dabe̩ne̩ kʼi chʼonuku-mi abe̩k o̩maye-mi; u fʼoji dalo achʼe̩do̩dudu, alu kʼone̩ adeku iye-wñ.

¹⁵ Ama e̩gba kʼomi achika ma yo̩, oñ ma kʼo̩la-ma jeju jo̩; amakpʼone̩ bie̩ kʼo̩la-ma jeju nyʼumi o̩la u la ma ma n; ma fʼumi fana ma la we n;

¹⁶ ma lʼenyi bʼumi ma, alu ku ma kʼone̩ ru okʼo̩te̩.

¹⁷ Ondu, gbogbo nyʼe̩gba oñ uwe̩ adago ago ofo? gbʼonugo-mi bʼe̩kpabie̩-ma te̩, gbʼoji-mi okate le̩ bʼamo̩ma idu o̩wo̩ te̩!

¹⁸ Nagogbodʼuwe̩ ef ujeju lile le̩; naje̩nyu ñw e̩ ef amone̩ wewe.

¹⁹ E̩ ki je̩ ñw ame̩nebi-mi olemi ofo ki gwoye rʼumi oji n, e̩ ki la je̩ ñw abo ku ma chʼulaka-mi echichi ofo ki chʼomune̩ eju n.

²⁰ Todu ma ko̩la ure̩do̩ n, ma muda añwʼo̩la akpaine̩ nyʼabo ku ma gugu chii oj ane̩-i.

²¹ Ochochi, ma chi alu-ma te̩ fo̩o̩ rʼumi; ma kakini, Ibaa, ibaa! eju-wa fu li me̩!

²² O Jihofa, uwe̩ fʼu li me̩; e̩ ki chechi n! O Ondu, e̩ ki jiji rʼumi n!

²³ Dʼo̩la-we̩ e̩do̩ kwane̩, kʼe̩ la mʼolu ji kʼe̩ fʼoji ajo̩ o̩kpakpa-mi kpa ñw mi, owñ chʼo̩la e-mi, O O̩jo̩-mi kpai Ondu-mi!

²⁴ O Jihofa, O̩jo̩-mi, kʼajo̩-mi likpa alu kʼo̩kpakpa-we̩ de̩; e̩ ki la je̩ ñw ma gwoye rʼumi oji n!

²⁵ E̩ ki je̩ ñw ma we eka ef e̩do̩-ma kakini, Ibaa, alu ki dʼuwa e̩do̩ de̩! E̩ ki je̩ ñw ma we eka kakini, Awa mʼowñ du mi me̩.

²⁶ E̩ ki je̩ ñw anyo̩ ki mu abo ku ma yo̩ tod e̩wñ e̩bie̩ne̩ ki ke̩re̩bʼumi kʼama ki gane̩ ñw anyo̩ le̩ n! Anyo̩ kpai ukata echi ki mud e̩wñ ubo̩lama abo ku ma bʼukpa tʼo̩la-ma ugbo mi!

²⁷ Je̩ ñw abo kʼo̩kpakpa-mi che̩wʼuma eju ki fʼo̩ga uyo̩ chi kʼe̩do̩-ma ki bo̩, i-i, je̩ ñw ma naka pioo kakini, Jihofa ki chʼe̩ne̩lile, owñ kʼera ki ra ñw adu-wñ chenyʼo̩ eju!

²⁸ Ukpalu-mi la anʼe̩wñ o̩kpakpa-we̩ kpai uñwulo̩-we̩ aka gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩.