Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 42 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Buku Ekeji Eju O̩jo̩ anʼo

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli.

¹ Alu kʼabede ache fafafa atene omi, abe̩le̩ onugo-mi ache fafafa atene we̩, O O̩jo̩.

² Alugbe̩ O̩jo̩ akpa onugo-mi, owñ chʼO̩jo̩ kʼi deju. E̩gba oñ omi awa li eju O̩jo̩?

³ Omi aku-mi te̩te̩chʼuje̩wñ-mi tʼodu tʼo̩ro̩ka, abu ku ma jʼaka ñw mi gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩, kakini, Ugbo O̩jo̩-we̩ de̩ ke?

⁴ Ibe-mi chekadʼe̩wñ-i, oñ u mʼonugo-mi ejefu ejefu du dajane̩-i; alu kʼu te̩te̩ tʼef ugwe̩ko̩ amone̩ ale, kʼu lebʼuma nyʼunyi O̩jo̩, kpʼomu uyo̩ kpʼugwa, owñ chʼugwe̩ko̩ amone̩ ku ma jʼayo̩ o̩jo̩ uyo̩.

⁵ E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ dʼoji lo̩ efu-mi, O onugo-mi? E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ la dʼef umi akpogu? E̩ kibenʼO̩jo̩; todu omi agogbodʼo̩ chuu, owñ chʼujadu eju-mi kpai O̩jo̩-mi.

⁶ O O̩jo̩-mi, onugo-mi fʼoji dalo̩ efu-mi, todule̩ oñ omi adibekadʼuwe̩ akwʼoj ane̩ Jo̩rdan kpʼuwo uwo He̩rmo̩n, kpʼakwo otete Mizar.

⁷ Unefu akwado̩ unefu owulu omi-we̩ kʼi acha lef okuta kʼi agbo̩; omi-we̩ kʼi akpa bʼane̩ ma kpʼakpo-li-we̩ chaka acha lʼumi oji.

⁸ Jihofa adʼufe̩de̩nyo̩-wñ te̩ o̩ro̩ka; e̩li-wñ la adʼugbo mi odu, owñ chʼadua kʼu nache ñw O̩jo̩ e-iñmi-mi.

⁹ Naka ñw O̩jo̩, okuta-mi, kakini: E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ gbenyo̩ mi? E̩wñ chi kʼu tʼachʼe̩do̩dudu ale tod ekpama kʼe̩nebi akpa mi ma-i?

¹⁰ Ame̩no̩la-mi jʼabʼumi ina, dabe̩ne̩ ku ma nʼe̩wñ ku ma du kpʼone̩ akpʼumi achiku fo̩, abu ku ma jʼaka ñw mi o̩jo̩ du kakini, Ugbo O̩jo̩-we̩ de̩ ke?

¹¹ E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ dʼoji lo̩, O onugo-mi? E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ la dʼefu-mi akpogu? E̩ kibenʼO̩jo̩, todu omi agogbodʼo̩ chuu, owñ chʼujadu eju-mi kpʼO̩jo̩-mi.