Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 60 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Aku ero̩ ukpe̩ kʼamone̩ fʼu du

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli: ma nu Shu-shan Edut. Miktam e-Defid; kʼi kʼone̩ o̩la; owñ chʼe̩gba kʼi ja kpai Aram-naharaim kpai Aram-zoba, taku Joab mudabi akpa abo Ido̩m one̩ icham nyʼo̩gwo̩ko̩ me̩gweji ef O̩go̩ Omu le̩.

¹ O O̩jo̩, uwe̩ mʼuwa ko rikpolo rinyo̩, uwe̩ fʼuwa gulo̩ wʼane̩ me̩; uwe̩ te̩tawe̩do̩; O, mʼuwa ko dabi ajʼe̩gu-wa.

² Uwe̩ je̩ ñw ane̩-i miejo, e̩ fʼu ge̩ me̩; uwe̩ ki fʼe̩kpana e̩kpana-wñ ñwo̩che, todu i aga.

³ Uwe̩ mʼe̩wñ ki gbiti ko ña amone̩-we̩ me̩; uwe̩ je̩ ñw a ñmʼo̩te̩ ki amʼone̩.

⁴ Uwe̩ mʼagaliga du ñw abo ku ma railo we̩ me̩, ku ma dʼu dago pee tod ochochi-we̩. Sila.

⁵ Nʼo̩wo̩-we̩ awo̩to̩ jadu wa, kʼe̩ dohi ñw a, kʼama ki gba ame̩nufe̩do̩-we̩ tane̩!

⁶ O̩jo̩ ka ef efo̩-wñ me̩: nagwoye; nafu She̩ke̩m kpe̩ru u la añwa o̩go̩ Suko̩t jo̩.

⁷ Gilead omi ne̩; omi ño̩ ne̩ Manasa ge̩; Ifraim ño̩ chʼaku oji-mi; Juda chʼe̩ne̩ ki dʼo̩da-mi wa.

⁸ Moab chʼukpachi ugwo̩la-mi; nadʼe̩da-mi rikpolo nʼIdo̩m oji; Filistia fʼogu kpa todu mi.

⁹ E̩ne̩ adʼumi wʼef ewo kʼi nʼaku le̩? E̩ne̩ ane̩ mi nyʼIdo̩m?

¹⁰ O̩ O̩jo̩, i chʼuwe̩ kʼe̩ ko wa rinyo̩ le̩ ache n? O O̩jo̩, uwe̩ la dufu manyʼabogu-wa n.

¹¹ Gbutu ñw a ef o̩pe̩cha-wa, todu ujadu e-one̩ chʼofofo!

¹² Lugbo O̩jo̩ oñ a ache e̩wñ ugbiti; todu owñ chʼe̩ne̩ kʼi akʼabo ku ma chʼuwa o̩pe̩cha kpetili mʼane̩.