Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 37 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Jihofa adejutʼabo ku ma ke̩do̩nʼowñ; ame̩ne̩bibi alenyo̩

E-Defid de̩.

¹ E̩ ki kpe̩do̩bie̩ tod amachʼe̩wñ bie̩ne̩ n, e̩ ki lie̩na abo ku ma chuko̩lo̩ uji n!

² Todu ma aja ma dab egbe fai fai, ma la agbe̩ dabe̩ne̩ kʼeñmi emi-mi.

³ Ke̩do̩no̩ Jihofa, kʼe̩ la che e̩wñ e̩nyo̩; dodo ane̩-i, echubi O̩jo̩ ki chʼokije̩-we̩.

⁴ Eliura-we̩ ki ño̩ chʼefu Jihofa, tak i adʼe̩wñ kʼe̩do̩-we̩ abi ñw e̩.

⁵ Mʼo̩na-we̩ lino Jihofa; e̩ ki ño̩ ke̩do̩nʼo, tak i aje̩ ñw u noji.

⁶ I aje̩ ñw o̩kpakpa-we̩ kwodufu dab ugane̩, ajo̩-we̩ la adab o̩ro̩ka gbaa.

⁷ Chechi o̩gba Jihofa, kʼe̩ fe̩do̩je̩ anede owñ; e̩ ki kpe̩do̩bie̩ tod e̩ne̩ kʼe̩wñ ara ñw u ej o̩na kʼi ale n, owñ chʼe̩ne̩ ki añwa e̩wñ bie̩ne̩ ki anoji ñw u!

⁸ We ewe̩do̩, kʼe̩ la hi uke̩do̩fulu-we̩ tinyo̩! e̩ ki kpʼo̩la-we̩ e̩do̩ bie̩ n; e̩wñ bie̩ne̩ eche kate oñ e-le̩ anyi.

⁹ Todu ama akʼamachʼe̩wñ e̩bie̩ne̩ da rinyo̩; abo ku ma muda nede Jihofa, ama le̩ aje̩ ane̩-i.

¹⁰ I bo re ta, tak e̩ne̩bibi le̩ ma ñʼado̩mo̩ ge̩ n; ochochi, uwe̩ atejane̩ uña-wñ, i la ñʼade̩ ge̩ n.

¹¹ Ame̩ne̩chikimi muda aje̩ ane̩-i, ma la aliʼura-ma ef ure̩do̩ ki chʼe̩be̩le̩ke̩te̩.

¹² E̩ne̩bibi añwa e̩wñ nyʼe̩no̩kpakpa, i la alʼenyi bʼo ma;

¹³ Ondu muda anyanyi-wñ, todu i cheli ka kʼo̩jo̩-wñ ajo̩ me̩.

¹⁴ Ame̩ne̩bibi mʼo̩kwo̩chageli-ma wo̩ ma la fʼo̩o̩do̩ fa, kʼama ki fʼame̩no̩bata kpai ame̩nale ro̩ jʼane̩, ku ma kʼame̩no̩kpakpa ej o̩na le̩ kpa;

¹⁵ o̩kwo̩chageli-ma agwunyʼe̩do̩ e-ma onugo, o̩odo-ma la aguche̩.

¹⁶ E̩wñ ree kʼe̩no̩kpakpa ne̩ nyo̩ tʼe̩wñ o̩be̩le̩ke̩te̩ kʼame̩ne̩bibi wewe ne̩ le.

¹⁷ Todu ma agwʼo̩wo̩ ame̩ne̩bibi che̩; Jihofa muda agwo̩nyʼame̩no̩kpakpa dago.

¹⁸ Jihofa chema eñini ñʼo̩na e-abo ki mufu, e̩wñ ogu-ma la ado̩mo̩ tʼogbegbele̩;

¹⁹ anyo̩ la amu ma iko e̩bie̩ne̩ n, iko o̩kpo̩ta efu-ma la ako̩.

²⁰ Ame̩ne̩bibi muda alenyo̩; ame̩nebi Jihofa dab ula amo̩ma-la, ma lie̩ rinyo̩—ma atakpa rʼeju dabe̩ne̩ kʼodudu una.

²¹ E̩ne̩bibi ame̩ e̩wñ, i la ara n, e̩no̩kpakpa muda amo̩la i akʼe̩wñ chele;

²² todu abo kʼowñ de̩nyo̩ ñw ma aje̩ ane̩-i e̩wñ ogu, ma muda akʼabo kʼi nama ñw ma da rinyo̩.

²³ Jihofa fʼugbo kʼe̩ne̩ke̩le̩ adʼe̩re̩ tʼo̩ ñwo̩che te̩ ñw u, oñ o̩na-wñ cherʼo̩ e̩do̩;

²⁴ dagba i wane̩, i chʼedʼu tinyo̩ o̩pioo de̩ n, todu Jihofa agwo̩nyʼo̩wo̩-wñ.

²⁵ U chʼimo̩to̩ g bog bo, u la mud ogijo me̩; u muda li abu ku ma hi e̩no̩kpakpa tinyo̩ mama ta n u la li ugbe̩-wñ ki dago abiebi uje̩wñ n.

²⁶ I chʼemo̩la, i ame̩ e̩wñ ñw one̩ gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩, ugbe̩-wñ fʼe̩nyo̩ li me̩.

²⁷ Kwo bʼe̩wñ bie̩ne̩ te̩ kʼe̩ che e̩wñ e̩nyo̩; abe̩le̩ oñ uwe̩ adodo ogbegbele̩.

²⁸ Todu Jihofa afe̩do̩ ajo̩ o̩kpakpa eka; i la ahi abo ku ma kpe̩do̩rʼowñ tinyo̩ n. Ma afejute̩ ma ogbegbele̩, ma muda akʼugbe̩ ame̩ne̩bibi da rinyo̩.

²⁹ Abo̩kpakpa aje̩ ane̩-i e̩wñ ogu, ma la adodo o̩mo̩ gbogbo alo.

³⁰ Alu e̩no̩kpakpa nʼe̩wñ ibe aka, ukpalu-wñ aka oj ajo̩ o̩kpakpa.

³¹ Uko̩o̩la O̩jo̩-wñ dʼef e̩do̩-wñ; e̩re̩-wñ du kʼi du tane̩ añwo̩ n.

³² E̩ne̩bibi afʼeju bʼe̩no̩kpakpa le, i la atene kʼi fʼu kpa.

³³ Jihofa atʼo̩ no̩ tef o̩wo̩-wñ n, e̩gba ku ma kʼajo̩-wñ i la akpʼo̩ abi n.

³⁴ Nede Jihofa, kʼe̩ la fʼo̩na-wñ de, tak i adʼuwe̩ dago kʼe̩ je̩ ane̩-i e̩wñ ogu; e̩gba ku ma akʼame̩ne̩bibi da rinyo̩, uwe̩ ali.

³⁵ U fʼe̩ne̩bibi li e̩gba kʼukpahiu-wñ abailo, i dab oli emimi ki dago ane̩ e-wñ ahidu.

³⁶ I muda lale rinyo̩, e̩ la go, i ño̩ de̩ ge̩ n; ochochi, u tejane̩-wñ, ma muda liʼu n.

³⁷ Kejurʼe̩ne̩ ki mufu, e̩ la go e̩no̩kpa kpa, todu ukpoji e̩ne̩ le̩ chʼure̩do̩.

³⁸ I chʼe-abo ku ma jʼada ño̩ jʼada, ma akpʼuma fo̩ rinyo̩ alukate; ma akʼukpoji ame̩ne̩bibi da rinyo̩.

³⁹ Ujadu ame̩no̩kpakpa muda dʼugbo Jihofa; owñ chʼaku-ma iko o̩pe̩cha.

⁴⁰ Oñ Jihofa ate̩ko ma i la agba ma te̩; i agba ma bʼame̩ne̩bibi o̩wo̩ te̩, i la ajadu ma, todabu ku ma chubiyʼo̩.