Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 58 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ ki rʼo̩mo̩ ñw ame̩ne̩bibi

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli: Al-tash-he̩t. E-Defid de̩. Miktam.

¹ Echi ku me̩ chi le̩, e̩wñ o̩kpakpa me̩ ka ochochi? ame̩ kpʼoji ajo̩ amo̩ma amone̩ tʼo̩kpakpa?

² O̩da, me̩ nʼuko̩lo̩ uji ache ef e̩do̩-me̩; me̩ jʼañwa e̩wñ o̩lachi o̩wo̩-me̩ jo̩ ane̩-ile̩.

³ Ame̩ne̩bibi mud e̩wñ ejaduña kwef uwile̩, ma fʼuma bi, ma muna bʼo̩na te̩, ma nʼolemi aro̩.

⁴ Olo-ma dab olo ejo, ma dabe̩ne̩ kʼolijo kʼi chʼajeti kʼi fʼeti chʼo̩hialigbo̩,

⁵ kʼi ma netirʼomu amachifamu n alu du ku ma chaka chʼifamu-ma ibe ibe.

⁶ O O̩jo̩, fʼenyi-ma guche̩ nyʼuma alu; O Jihofa, fʼo̩go̩ amo̩ma idu guche̩ rinyo̩!

⁷ Je̩ ñw ma muya rinyo̩ dab omiofo kʼi acha rinyo̩; e̩gba kʼi mʼo̩fa-wñ duña mi, je̩ ñw u ki dabe̩ne̩ kʼoji-wñ chʼegwu-tu.

⁸ Ama ki dabe̩ne̩ kʼigbi ki awʼito̩ rinyo̩, eju-ma ki we edʼolu dabe̩ne̩ kʼo̩ma kʼonobule̩ ko rinyo̩.

⁹ O̩gba tak ucha-me̩ ama ka kʼikeke jʼofe-wñ, i anʼofutu fʼu kwu rinyo̩, tʼe-einimi tʼe-kʼuna tʼo̩ okujo̩!

¹⁰ E̩no̩kpakpa le̩ ayo̩ e̩gba kʼeju-wñ do ache̩ ku ma ana; i agwʼe̩re̩-wñ ef e̩bie̩ amene̩bibi.

¹¹ Oñ amone̩ akakini, Ochochi uro̩me̩ ado̩mo̩ ñw e̩no̩kpakpa: ochochi O̩jo̩ ki akpʼoji ajo̩ ane̩-ile̩ do̩mo̩.