Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 52 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

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Tugbo Agboji Amakeli. Maskil e-Defid, e̩gba ki Doe̩g, e̩ne̩ Ido̩m le̩ lewa ka ñw So̩l, kakini. Defid lewa unyi Ahime̩le̩k me̩.

¹ E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ je̩nyu ñw e̩wñ e̩bie̩ne̩, O uwe̩ agbiti le̩, ufe̩de̩nyo̩ O̩jo̩ chʼo̩ko̩ko̩lo̩?

² Ukpalu-we̩ añwa e̩wñ ibi dab abe̩ kʼi ale̩, kʼi achʼuko̩lo̩ akpaine̩.

³ Uwe̩ fe̩do̩ e̩bie̩ne̩ tʼe̩nyo̩ le, Sila kpʼolemi ero̩ tʼo̩kpakpa eka le.

⁴ Uwe̩ fe̩do̩ o̩la ki akʼone̩ mi, O uwe̩ ukpalu kʼi achʼakpaine̩.

⁵ O̩jo̩ ñʼagu uwe̩ lo̩ abe̩le̩ o̩pioo; i agwo̩nyʼe̩ kʼi la chi uwe̩ bʼunyabo-we̩ te̩; i la achi we̩ tʼili tʼili kwo bʼane̩ abo ku ma deju te̩. Sila.

⁶ Ame̩no̩kpakpa ali, oñ ailo amʼuma, taku ma anyʼowñ anyi, kakini,

⁷ Go, e̩ne̩ kʼi ma dʼO̩jo̩ chʼaku-wñ ni le̩ de̩, kʼi la ke̩do̩no e̩wñ anana-wñ ki chʼololo, oñ i nʼe̩wñ ibi-wñ dʼukpahiu ñw o̩la-wñ!

⁸ I muda chʼe-mi, omi dab oli o̩lif emimi ef unyi O̩jo̩. Nake̩do̩no ufe̩de̩nyo̩ O̩jo̩ tʼo̩gbegbele̩ nyile̩wa.

⁹ Nago̩gbodʼuwe̩ ogbegbele̩, todabu kʼuwe̩ chʼe-i. Oñ nakibenʼodu-we̩, todabu kʼi chenyo̩ eju abo-we̩ ku ma kpe̩do̩rʼO̩jo.