Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 59 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

I fʼadua che rʼame̩nebi-wñ ku ma ke oji

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli: Al-tash-he̩t. E-Defid. Miktam, e̩gba ki So̩l kpʼa-mone̩ wa ku ma dide unyi le̩ ku ma fʼu kpa.

¹ Mʼumi gba bʼo̩wo̩ ame̩nebi-mi te̩, O O̩jo̩-mi, dʼurru gugu atate̩ bʼo̩wo̩ abo ku ma kwane̩ tʼumi o̩la te̩,

² mʼumi gba bʼo̩wo̩ abo ku ma che uko̩lo̩ ibe̩te̩ te̩, kʼe̩ la jadu mi bʼabo kʼolugbe̩ e̩bie̩ akpa ma o̩wo̩ te̩.

³ Todu, go, ma kpala jo̩anedeonugo-mi me̩; amagbiti kʼo̩la-ma jeju nyʼumi. I la chʼutodu ada kʼu je̩ n i la chʼutodu adure e-mi n, O Jihofa,

⁴ ma fule amʼo̩la jo̩, ma li udu kʼu fe̩ n. Mʼolu ji, kʼe̩ ledo mi, kʼe̩ go!

⁵ Uwe̩, O Jihofa O̩jo̩ ki nʼe̩wñ du, O̩jo̩ e-Israe̩l. Kwane̩ kʼe̩ nyʼafejudʼabo uche̩ichi chaka; e̩ ki li e̩ne̩ ibe̩te̩ ki adʼo̩wo̩ tef ukpo arʼo̩kpo̩ eju n. Sila.

⁶ Ma dabiwa ane̩ ane̩, ma ko̩ dab abia ma la lʼewo-i daka.

⁷ Go, alu-ma aru, o̩kwochageli dʼef uko-ma— todu, e̩ne̩ agbo?

⁸ Ama uwe̩, O Jihofa, anyʼuma anyi; uwe̩ adokanyi rʼabo uche̩ichi du oji.

⁹ O Ukpahiu-mi, uwe̩ nade; todu O̩jo̩ chʼo̩do̩go̩-mi ki gbo̩gba.

¹⁰ O̩jo̩ anʼufe̩de̩nyo̩-wñ ledo mi; O̩jo̩ aje̩ ñw eju-mi li e̩wñ ki abʼabo ku ma jʼago mi oji ma.

¹¹ E̩ ki ko ma kpa n, tode̩gba kʼamone̩-mi agbenyo; nʼukpahiu-we̩ je̩ ñw ma ro̩ko̩ibu, kʼe̩ fʼuma ke̩che̩ nʼane̩, O Ondu, uwe̩ Ugbe̩yo̩-wa!

¹² Toduadurealu-ma, kpai o̩la-e-uko-ma, ma ki fʼuma mu ef uba-ma, todu ina ku ma bu kpai olemi ku ma ro̩,

¹³ fʼuma lie̩ ef uke̩do̩fulu, fʼuma lie̩ ku ma takpa rʼane̩, kʼone̩ ki ma ka kʼO̩jo̩ nʼo̩da efu Je̩ko̩b gbogbo tʼukpoji ane̩-ile̩-i. Sila.

¹⁴ Ma dabiwa ane̩ ane̩, ma ko̩ dab abia ma la lʼewo-i daka.

¹⁵ Ma te̩ agwʼalu ane̩ atene uje̩wñ, efu-ma ma ko̩ n, ma chane̩ eñwʼuke̩le̩.

¹⁶ Omi muda nʼeli ukpahiu-we̩ ako̩; ochochi, nanʼeli ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ ako̩ taa odudu. Todu uwe̩ chʼo̩do̩go̩-mi ki gbo̩gba kpai ugbo kʼu nara nyi ef o̩pe̩cha-mi.

¹⁷ O Ukpahiu-mi, nakʼeli dʼe̩, todu O̩jo̩ chʼo̩do̩go̩-mi kʼi gbo̩gba, owñ chʼO̩jo̩ ki ali umi eju.