Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 36 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Ame̩ne̩bibi nʼeju eg bo, Jihofa nʼufe̩denyo̩

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli. E-Defid adu Jihofa de̩.

¹ Ada kʼe̩ne̩bibi aje̩ nʼakomu ef e̩do̩-wñ kpakpa ki akakini, Ailo O̩jo̩ du dʼo̩gba eju-wñ n.

² Todu i ache kʼe̩wñ du ki de̩ me̩e̩le̩ eju o̩la-wñ udu kʼi fe̩ ekwotejugede kate chʼe̩wñ ulaka-wñ.

³ O̩la alu-wñ chʼibe̩te̩ kpai akpaine̩; i we ibe ene̩ kpai e̩nyo̩ eche me̩.

⁴ I añwʼibe e̩wñ ibe̩te̩ oj ate̩-wñ; i adʼo̩la-wñ gugu ej o̩na ki ma nyo̩ n; i ahihie̩ne̩ e̩wñ e̩bie̩ne̩ n.

⁵ O Jihofa, ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ dʼefojale efojale, echubi kʼe̩ chubi one̩ kad ojale.

⁶ O̩kpakpa-we̩ dabe̩ne̩ kʼuwo uwo e-O̩jo̩, oji o̩la-we̩ kʼe̩ kpa chʼunefu ki tabale; O Jihofa, uwe̩ ajadu one̩ kpʼe̩la abe̩re̩me̩le̩.

⁷ O O̩jo̩, akoko ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ gbe̩gbe̩! amo̩ma amone̩ achubiyo̩ o̩lubo̩ ika-we̩.

⁸ Ula ki dʼunyi-we̩ akʼuma e̩fu, oñ uwe̩ aje̩ ñw ma ñmo̩ ohimini ube̩do̩-we̩.

⁹ Todu ugbo-we̩ oñ e̩bi omi iñmi de̩; ef ugane̩-we̩ tak a anʼugane̩.

¹⁰ O uwe̩ ki je̩ ñw ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ ki do̩mo̩ ñw abo ku ma mʼuwe̩ alo waa, kpai o̩kpakpa-we̩ ñw abo kʼe̩do̩-ma chʼokpoko!

¹¹ E̩ ki je̩ ñw e̩re̩ uba ki wa akobʼumi n, e̩ ki la je̩ ñw o̩wo̩ e̩ne̩bibi ki ne mi tinyo̩ n.

¹² O̩mo̩ amachuko̩lo̩ ibe̩te̩ lewane̩ me̩, ma fʼuma ro fiane̩, ma la neke kwane̩ ge̩ n.