Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 48 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Uto̩ kpʼukpahiu Zayo̩n

Eli de̩. Eli kʼamo̩ma Ko̩ra ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩ de̩.

¹ Jihofa gbe̩gbe̩ i laño̩ dʼukpe̩ ku ma je̩nyʼu gbalii ef ewo O̩jo̩-wa!

² Oj uwo-wñ kiafo̩ le̩, i jʼatate̩ alifia, e̩wñ uyo̩ ane̩-ile̩ du, chʼuwo Zayo̩n, kʼi jʼakolo o̩wo̩ o̩pata ate̩ le̩, owñ chʼewo Onu lile le̩.

³ O̩jo̩ dʼo̩la-wñ dufu ñw ma ef unyi-wñ ku ma ma ka kʼi chʼo̩do̩go̩ ki gbo̩gba.

⁴ Todu go, amonu kʼo̩la-ma jeju jo̩, ma kpe̩re̩ lale.

⁵ Ma fʼu li, tak awuwu fʼuma mu, ma mudutu, oñ ma hi e̩re̩ mane̩ kwʼo̩mo̩;

⁶ o̩la-ma chane̩ ega o̩mo̩, efu nadʼama lo̩ dab onobule̩ kʼi achʼefu.

⁷ Uwe̩ nʼafu olodudu fʼo̩ko̩ o̩ko̩ Tarshish kpo̩fo̩ rinyo̩.

⁸ Alu kʼa gbo̩ le̩, abe̩le̩ a li ef ewo Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du, ef ewo O̩jo̩-wa, kʼO̩jo̩ fʼe̩re̩-wñ lonyane̩ ogbegbele̩ le̩. Sila.

⁹ A te̩takpibe ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩, O O̩jo̩, alumeji unyi-we̩.

¹⁰ O O̩jo̩, alu kʼodu-we̩ de̩, abe̩le̩ uñwulo̩-we̩ de̩ gbogbo tʼukpoji ane̩-ile̩. O̩wo̩-we̩ awo̩to̩ che̩ko̩ ñw o̩kpakpa;

¹¹ e̩do̩ uwo Zayo̩n ki bo̩! Amo̩ma onobule̩ e-Juda ki gwoguyo̩ todu oj ajo̩ kʼe̩ kpa!

¹² Me̩ lule̩ le Zayo̩n daka, me̩ la lʼubi-wñ daka, me̩ ki kʼo̩do̩go̩-wñ aluka,

¹³ me̩ dʼe̩do̩ te̩ ugbo ugbiti-wñ nyo̩nyo̩, me̩ ki dibete̩ uña ojima ki jʼefu-wñ; ku me̩ mʼu du ka ñw abo o̩gba ki awa-i

¹⁴ todu O̩jo̩-i chʼO̩jo̩ e-wa tʼogbegbele̩ nyile̩wa; owñ aña wa o̩na gbogbo alo.