Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 45 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Eli udama onu kpʼo̩ya-wñ

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli. Ma nu Sho-shatum. E-amo̩ma Ko̩ra. Maskil.

¹ E̩do-mi agba o̩la e̩nyo̩ dufu; e̩wñ kʼu li ugbo onu le̩ naka; ukpalu-mi chʼiko kʼi aya e̩wñ eko̩.

² Uwe̩ chʼuto̩ tʼamo̩ma amone̩ le; ma mʼeli onu eju du danyʼuwe̩ uko; todule̩ oñ O̩jo̩ mʼe̩nyo̩ du ñwʼe̩ ogbegbele̩.

³ Mʼugbada-we̩ du ji mʼago-we̩, uwe̩ agbiti le̩, ojima-we̩ kpai e̩gahi-we̩!

⁴ E̩ natanʼe̩wñ alo ef e̩gahi-we̩ ki ra ñwʼe̩ todu ochochi, kpai ochikimi, kpai o̩kpakpa; o̩wo̩ awoto-we̩ la akʼuwe̩ e̩wñ ubailo!

⁵ O̩fa-we̩ ale̩ i jʼef e̩do̩ ame̩nebi onu; amone̩ ojoji ojoji awane̩ jʼe̩re̩-we̩.

⁶ O O̩jo̩, ede-we̩ chʼogbegbele̩ nyile̩wa: o̩kpa o̩da ki tʼo̩kpakpa chʼo̩kpa o̩da ojane̩ e-we̩;

⁷ uwe̩ te̩tafe̩do̩ e̩wñ o̩kpakpa, e̩ la chulaka e̩wñ bibi. Todule̩ O̩jo̩, O̩jo̩-we̩, mʼekpo uyo̩ du danyʼuwe̩ oji tʼameje̩go̩-we̩ le;

⁸ mur kpai alos kpai kasia dʼe̩wñ o̩la-we̩ chaka. Umolo ku ma jʼanu ef unyi ku ma nʼenyi adagba ko̩ le̩ je̩ ñw e̩do̩-we̩ bo̩;

⁹ amo̩ma amonu jʼef abobule̩-we̩ ku ma nʼojima; o̩ya onu dago o̩wo̩ awo̩to̩ we, o̩jamalia e-Ofir bʼo̩la-wñ ma.

¹⁰ Neti, O̩ma-mi onobule̩, go, hi eti-we̩ wane̩; e̩ ki gbenyo̩ abo-we̩ kpai abunyi ata-we̩;

¹¹ abe̩le̩ tak onu añeju alifia-we̩. Todu owñ chʼodu-we̩, e̩ ki dojikane̩ ñw u;

¹² o̩ma onobule̩ e-Taya la anʼe̩wñ ele wa, amanana ef amone̩ akutʼe̩ kʼe̩ li ma eju.

¹³ O̩ma onobule̩ e-onu kʼi dʼejefu le̩ chʼojima ojima chaka: o̩jamalia ma ne̩ chʼiya nyʼe̩wñ o̩la-wñ;

¹⁴ ma akʼukpo ku ma chʼiya nyu anʼowñ nyʼugbo onu, ma akʼabigbe̩le̩-wñ ku ma ma mʼe̩ne̩ke̩le̩ n ku ma tʼo̩ ubi wʼugbo we̩ ge̩.

¹⁵ Ma ane̩ ma le kpai e̩do̩ e̩bo̩ kpai uyo̩ ma agudu tef unyi onu.

¹⁶ Amo̩ma-we̩ akoji amata-we̩; uwe̩ ako ma chʼamagboji ugbo du ane̩-ile̩.

¹⁷ Naje̩ ñw abo o̩gba o̩gba rewa odu-we̩; todule̩ oñ amone̩ amone̩ agogbo̩dʼe̩ ogbegbele̩ nyile̩wa.