Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 44 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

I dibekado e̩gba kʼO̩jo̩ gbʼo̩ akwoubi

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli, e-amo̩ma Ko̩ra. O̩la ekʼone̩.

¹ Awa nʼeti-wa gbo̩ me̩, O O̩jo̩, amata-wa ka ñw a, uko̩lo̩ kʼe̩ che o̩kpanachi e-ma, owñ chʼiko igbelegbele:

² uwe̩ nʼo̩wo̩-we̩ fʼabo uche̩ichi ne dufu, e̩ muda ko amata-wa gbe̩; uwe̩ che amone̩ amone̩ le e̩bie̩ne, e̩ muda je̩ ñw abo-wa ya agbʼane̩ nyʼo̩wo̩.

³ Todu i chʼugbada e-ma oñ ma ne̩ gbʼane̩ le̩ n, i la chʼo̩wo̩ e-ma onugo jadu ma n; chai o̩wo̩ e-we̩ awo̩to̩ kpʼugbogbolo o̩wo̩-we̩, kpʼugane̩ eju-we̩; todabu kʼe̩ yo̩ ñw ma.

⁴ Uwe̩ chʼOnu-mi O O̩jo̩-mi, kʼuwe̩ ñwa ñw ujadu ki do̩mo̩ ñw Jeko̩b.

⁵ Lugbo we̩ oñ a akʼabo ku ma kobʼuwa e̩che̩ wane̩; lugbo odu-we̩ a afʼabo ku ma kwane̩ tʼuwa o̩la kpetili mane̩.

⁶ Todu i chʼo̩o̩do̩-mi oñ nake̩do̩no n, o̩kwo̩chageli-mi la ajadu mi n.

⁷ E̩ muda fʼuwa jadu bʼabo ku ma chʼuwa o̩pe̩cha te̩ me̩, e̩ laño̩ je̩ ñw anyo̩ mu abo ku ma chulaka wa.

⁸ A aje̩nyʼO̩jo̩ gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩, a la agogbodʼodu-we̩ ogbegbele̩. Sila.

⁹ E̩ muda hi uwa tinyo̩ me̩, e̩ la je̩ ñw ukata-wa muchi, e̩ la le bʼabo-wa nyʼokogu n.

¹⁰ Uwe̩ je̩ ñw a mʼubi dagbʼabo ku ma kobʼuwa; abo ku ma chʼulaka-wa la añʼane̩-wa ñw o̩la-ma.

¹¹ Uwe̩ ko wa jo̩ dab ame̩wño̩re̩ egini ku ma kpaje̩, uwe̩ la fʼuwa fiatuka rʼef abo uche̩ichi me̩.

¹² E̩ kʼamone̩-we̩ ta ukpo̩ ukpo̩, alaja-ma la nʼile ñw e̩ n.

¹³ Uwe̩ je̩ ñw a chʼoli ina ñw amekeji-wa, awa mud o̩pianya kpai e̩wñ kʼabo ku ma lʼuwa daka do̩rʼo̩che̩ke̩ne̩.

¹⁴ Uwe̩ je̩ ñw a mud e̩wñ kʼabo uche̩ ichi dute̩ akwaku, amone̩ amone̩ ami oji ejo rʼuwa.

¹⁵ Eju-mi kad ukata-mi ku ma chi gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩, anyo̩ la bʼumi eju ma,

¹⁶ nʼoj omuko̩la e̩ne̩ ki abina, kʼi achʼakpabie̩, lugbo e̩nebi kpai anache̩ le̩.

¹⁷ E̩wñ-i du lewa bʼuwa ma, a la gbenyo̩ we̩ n, a la che e̩wñ olemi ugbo alo-we̩ n.

¹⁸ E̩do̩-wa la dabi wʼubi n, e̩re̩-wa la na bʼo̩na-we̩ te̩ n,

¹⁹ kʼuwe̩ fʼuwa che te̩ ugbo amogbemgbem, e̩ la kʼojiji uku bʼuwa ma.

²⁰ Iche̩wñ kʼa gbenyo̩ odu O̩jo̩-wa, abe̩k a fʼo̩wo̩-wa nadala ñw o̩jo̩ ej aduña,

²¹ O̩jo̩ ma atejane̩ e-le̩ n? Todu i chema e̩wñ ki maja ef e̩do̩.

²² Ochochi, tod uwe̩ oñ ma ko wa kpa gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩, ma fʼuwa lo rʼame̩wño̩re̩ egini ku ma che ku ma kpaje̩.

²³ Mʼolu ji! e̩wñ chi kʼe̩lolu, O Ondu? Kwane̩! eko wa rinyo̩-i ki chʼo̩pioo n!

²⁴ E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ dʼeju-we̩ maja? kʼe̩ la gbenyo̩ o̩bata-wa kpai o̩pe̩cha-wa?

²⁵ Todu onugo-wa fʼoji dalo̩ tunyʼebutu; efu-wa lamʼane̩.

²⁶ Kwane̩, kʼe̩ chʼate̩ko wa! Fʼuwa la tane̩ tod ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩!