Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 56 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

I achʼadu n abo ugbeju oji

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli: Jonat-ele̩m-rehokim ma nu. E-Defid, Miktam, e̩gba kʼabo Filistia fʼu mu Gat le̩.

¹ Lʼumi eju, O O̩jo̩, todu one̩ neku edʼumi mi; gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩ i akʼuja bʼumi kʼi che mi o̩pe̩cha;

² abo ku ma jʼago mi-i neku edʼumi mi gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩, todu abo ku ma kʼuja eju ene̩ ba mi chewewe.

³ Iko kʼu narailo, nake̩do̩nʼuwe̩.

⁴ Ef O̩jo̩, naje̩nyu ñw o̩la-wñ, O̩jo̩ u ke̩do̩nʼo, narailo n. E̩wñ o̩re̩la neke che mi?

⁵ Ma rʼo̩la-mi da gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩; ibe du ku ma kpe̩, ibe e̩bie̩ne̩ ma kpe̩ nyʼumi.

⁶ Ma kʼo̩la-ma jeju, ma la kʼo̩la-ma maja, ma fʼeju bʼe̩re̩-mi le. Owñ chʼalu ku ma jo̩ anede onugo-mi le̩,

⁷ e̩wñ ibe̩te̩ abe̩i eche amʼuma fu? O O̩jo̩, mʼamone̩ le̩ ko ro̩ fiʼane̩ ef uwe̩do̩!

⁸ Uwe̩ adʼibe tʼe̩do̩ ñwañwala-mi; mʼomi aku-mi du danyʼaiko-we̩! I jʼef o̩takada-we̩ n?

⁹ E̩gbale̩ ame̩nebi-mi alububi o̩jo̩ kʼu nadudo̩. U chema e-le̩, todabu kʼO̩jo̩ chʼe̩ne̩-mi.

¹⁰ Ef O̩jo̩, naje̩nyu ñw o̩la-wñ, efu Jihofa naje̩nyu ñw o̩la-wñ,

¹¹ O̩jo̩ u ke̩do̩nʼo nachokpo n. E̩wñ one̩ neke che mi?

¹² Edoji kʼu doji ñw e̩ nʼumi oji te̩, O O̩jo̩; omi akʼe̩wñ ugwa wa ñw e̩.

¹³ Todu uwe̩ mʼonugo-mi gba bʼuku te̩ me̩, uwe̩ agwo̩nyʼe̩re̩-mi kʼu we ewa-ne̩, kʼu nalule̩ o̩gba O̩jo̩ ef ugane̩ abo ku ma deju.