Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 39 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Udeju e-ile̩-i chʼogbolo n

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli: todu Jedutan. Eli ki Defid ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩ de̩.

¹ U kakini, Nafejutʼo̩na o̩na kʼu nale, kʼu we enʼukpalu-mi dure; nadʼiga wenyʼo̩la-mi alu, abu kʼe̩ne̩bibi dʼo̩gba-mi-i.

² U chechi te̩ dab ajalu, echi kʼu chi la nʼile ñw mi n, e̩do̩dudu ño̩ kwane̩,

³ e̩do̩-mi kpa efu-mi. Abu kʼu do̩mo̩ akpibe una le̩ najo waa; tak u nʼukpalu-mi ako̩la:

⁴ Jihofa, e̩ je̩ ñw mi ma ukpoji-mi, kpai aluka onu kʼo̩jo̩-mi che; i je̩ ñw mi ma alu kʼo̩gbe̩nye̩ o̩gbe̩nye̩-mi de̩!

⁵ Go, uwe̩ je̩ ñw o̩jo̩-mi chʼo̩gaba o̩wo̩ ofofo, olugbo-mi la chʼe̩wñ du eju-we̩ n. Ochochi, e̩ne̩ ki chaka dago kpaka afu ki kwef iñmo̩ ofo i che! Sila.

⁶ Ochochi, one̩ atale dabe̩ne̩ kʼojiji ofo! Ochochi, ma chʼekuku ibe̩te̩ ofofo; i akʼe̩wñ ma jo̩, kʼe̩wñ ma jo̩, i la mʼe̩ne̩ kʼi akʼo n!

⁷ Ondu, e̩wñ omi anede-wñ fai ge̩? Uwe̩ chʼukibeno-mi.

⁸ Mʼumi gba bʼada du kʼu je̩ te̩. E̩ ki du mi chʼoii ina ame̩nidada n!

⁹ U mud ajalu, u chi alu n; todabu ki chʼuwe̩ che-i.

¹⁰ Mʼatulubo̩-we̩ du bʼumi o̩la te̩; uja kʼo̩wo̩-we̩ kobʼumi fʼumi lie̩.

¹¹ E̩gba kʼe̩ nuka akʼone̩ o̩la tod udu kʼi fe̩, uwe̩ je̩ ñw uto̩-wñ lie̩ rinyo̩ dab oju-du; ochochi, e̩ne̩ du chʼafu ki alʼ iñmo̩ dufu ofo! Sila.

¹² Gbʼadua-mi, O Jihofa, kʼe̩ la netirʼukwa-mi; e̩ ki chʼomi aku-mi echi n! Todu ilowa omi che ugbo-we̩, u chʼabane̩ omune̩, alu kʼamata-mi chaka de̩.

¹³ Mʼeju-we̩ rida bʼumi te̩, kʼe̩do̩-mi ki lewane̩, o̩gba tak u kwʼemi alo, kʼomi ma ñʼado̩mo̩ ge̩ n!