Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 6 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩, e̩ li mi eju n?

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli; tod e̩wñ iku ku ma nu, oji She̩minit. Eli ki Defid ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩ de̩.

¹ O Jihofa, e̩ ki dʼo̩la bi mi ef uwe̩do̩-we̩ n, e̩ ki la ko̩ mi o̩la e̩gba kʼe̩do̩-we̩ kpa n.

² O Jihofa, li mi eju todu u gwe̩gbo te̩; O Jihofa, fʼo̩ga-mi che kpa todu achiku-mi aga.

³ E̩do̩ ache onugo-mi kpukputu. Oñ uwe̩, O Jihofa—gbogbo nyʼe̩gba taa?

⁴ Mudabiwa, O Jihofa, gbʼonugo-mi tane̩; jadu mi tod ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩.

⁵ Tod urewa-we̩ du dʼef uku n; e̩ne̩ agogbodʼuwe̩ ef o̩jegu?

⁶ Ifi efi fʼumi hia me̩; odu o̩jo̩ du, naje̩ ñw omi aku wobi bʼate̩-mi ma; nagbʼomi aku-mi nyʼo̩kpo̩kpo̩-mi.

⁷ Eju-mi agbe̩ noj e̩do̩ e̩kpabie̩, egbo i agbo noj ame̩no̩la-mi chaka.

⁸ Me̩ kwo bʼumi te̩, ame̩ amachuko̩lo̩ ibe̩te̩ chaka; todu Jihofa fʼomu aku-mi gbo̩ me̩.

⁹ Jihofa fʼo̩ko̩-mi kʼu gbabʼo̩ gbo̩ me̩; Jihofa agbʼadua-mi.

¹⁰ Anyo̩ amu ame̩nebi-mi chaka, o̩la-ma la aga gogodo; ma adabi tʼubi, anyo̩ amu ma achigili.