Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 62 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ kate agbʼone̩ kwef o̩wo̩ abo ugbeju

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli: alu ku Jedutan che le̩. Eli ki Defid ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩.

¹ Onugo-mi chechi te̩ anede O̩jo̩ kate; ugbo-wñ ujadu-mi akwo wa.

² Owñ kate chʼokuta-mi kpai ujadu-mi, owñ chʼo̩do̩go̩-mi ki gbo̩gba; ma ache mi iche̩ ololo n.

³ Gbogbo nyʼe̩gba oñ ame̩ akobʼone̩, kʼo̩chaka-me̩ akʼo̩ e̩che̩ anʼane̩? Dab e̩ne̩ kʼo̩do̩ ki te̩ o̩do̩o̩lo̩, kpai o̩gba ki gbali ne?

⁴ Ma nyʼojuju du n, chai alu ku ma ale ku ma kʼo̩ e̩che̩ anʼane̩ bʼudago-wñ te̩. Ma yo̩ ñw olemi. Ma nʼalu-ma kaduwa, ejefu-ma la chʼina ebu. Sila.

⁵ Onugo-mi, echi e̩ chi anede O̩jo̩ kate, todu ugbo-wñ ukibeno-mi de̩.

⁶ Owñ kate chʼokuta-mi kpai ujadu-mi, owñ chʼo̩dgo̩-mi ki gbo̩gba; ma achʼumi iche̩ n.

⁷ Ujadu-mi kpai ojima-mi dʼugbo O̩jo̩; okuta e-ugbiti-mi, kpai okoubi-mi dʼef O̩jo̩.

⁸ Ame̩ amone̩, me̩ ke̩do̩nʼo e̩gba du; mʼe̩wñ ki dʼe̩do̩-me̩ ko dajʼane̩ o̩gba-wñ; O̩jo̩ chʼokoubi-wa. Sila.

⁹ Ochochi amone̩ chʼafu ki adufu lef iñmo̩, one̩ e-one̩ la chʼolemi; ma ko ma jʼoji e̩bo̩ ma ale tʼate̩; ma de̩ fuye̩e̩ tʼafu ki lʼef iñmo̩ dufu le.

¹⁰ E̩ ki ke̩do̩no e̩wñ afuma eche n, e̩ ki dʼoji eji yʼo̩la n; iche̩wñ kʼe̩wñ anana ñw e̩, e̩ ki dʼe̩do̩-we̩ tʼo̩ n.

¹¹ O̩jo̩ ka onuʼka me̩; onu meji u gbo̩-i kakini: ukpahiu chʼe-O̩jo̩;

¹² O Ondu, ufe̩de̩nyo̩ ño̩ chʼe-we̩ ge̩. Todu uwe̩ arʼo̩me̩ ñw e̩ne̩ne̩ne̩ne̩ alu kʼuko̩lo̩-wñ de̩.