Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 68 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Iya ogu tod ujadu O̩jo̩

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli. Eli ki Defid ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩. Eli de̩.

¹ O̩jo̩ ki kwane̩, ame̩ne̩bi-wñ ki mukpatuka; je̩ ñw abo ku ma chʼulaka-wñ ra rʼo̩gba-wñ!

² Alu kʼafu akʼodudu rinyo̩, abe̩le̩ e̩ ne̩ ma rinyo̩; alu kʼapachi iño̩ ayo̩ ugbo una, abe̩le̩ ame̩ne̩bibi ki lenyo̩ rʼane̩ eju O̩jo̩!

³ E̩do̩ ame̩no̩kpakpa abo̩; je̩ ñw ma gwoye eju O̩jo̩; i-i, je̩ ñw ma yo̩ tabale!

⁴ Kʼeli ñwʼO̩jo̩, kʼeli do̩ odu-wñ; fʼikpadala ko̩ ñw e̩ne̩ kʼi tane̩ e̩wñ ale aje̩tachi le̩; odu-wñ ko̩ Jihofa, me̩ nagwoye o̩gba-wñ!

⁵ O̩jo̩ kʼi gugu ef unyi ugugu-wñ ki-afo̩ le̩ chʼata abo ku ma ma nʼata n kpai e̩ne̩ ki akpʼoji ajo̩ amo̩yaukuo̩ko̩.

⁶ O̩jo̩ aje̩ ñw e̩ne̩ kʼowñ kate gugu kʼi nʼunyi; i akʼame̩namu dufu ki ra ñw ma; abo ku ma chʼagbo̩go̩ muda gugu oj ane̩ ki araku alugbe̩.

⁷ O̩ O̩jo̩, e̩gba kʼe̩ dufu atʼabo-we̩ o̩gba, e̩gba kʼe̩ lule̩ gu ef aje̩tachi du le̩, Sila

⁸ ane̩-ile̩-i kwomiejo, efojale ño̩ mugulo̩ bʼile̩ ma eju O̩jo̩; Sainai o̩mo̩ kwomiejo eju O̩jo̩ ki dʼane̩, owñ chʼO̩jo̩ e-Israe̩l le̩.

⁹ O O̩jo̩, uwe̩ gʼe̩do̩la-we̩ kʼe̩wñ ele wa bʼe̩wñ ogu-we̩ ma; i chikpe̩ke̩ te̩ oñ e̩ fʼu ruko̩;

¹⁰ a bo-we̩ e-iñmi gugu o̩mo̩; O O̩jo̩, uwe̩ fʼe̩wñ e̩nyo̩-we̩ ñwo̩che te̩ ñw ame̩no̩bata.

¹¹ Ondu adʼo̩la te̩; abobule̩ ku ma dʼinabali-wñ kpogo chʼo̩wo̩ one̩ inaina;

¹² Amonu udala udala abogu jʼara, era ma ra! onobule̩ ki gugu unyi nʼe̩wñ kʼogu je̩ akpe̩,

¹³ e̩gba kʼame̩ dachi alumeji iga iga amala le̩— ame̩ dab ika ikede ku ma dʼajifa ru, ku ma la dʼo̩jamalia emimi rʼedudu-wñ.

¹⁴ E̩gba kʼOdo̩bao̩gagu fʼamonu kpatuka rʼef uwñ, i dabe̩ne̩ ki sno awane̩ bi Zalmo̩n ma.

¹⁵ Uwo̩ Beshan chʼuwo e-O̩jo̩; ane̩ uwo Beshan chʼuwo uwo ki te̩ kadʼomune̩!

¹⁶ Ame̩ uwo uwo ki gbo̩gba le̩, e̩wñ chi ku me̩ jʼagʼuwo kʼO̩jo̩ ñeju-wñ kʼi gugu ef uwñ o̩ko̩nyo̩? I-i, Jihofa agugu ef uwñ pioo.

¹⁷ O̩ko̩ ogu O̩jo̩ chʼicham ogue̩lu, owñ chʼicham nʼoji icham wewe, Ondu dʼef uma, owñ che Sainai, ef uña kiafo̩ le̩.

¹⁸ Uwe̩ mute̩gu tʼatate̩ me̩, e̩ fʼo̩wo̩ ame̩namu mu lelo, uwe̩ la mʼamone̩ gba ele, i-i, i chaka chʼef abo ku ma chʼagbo̩go̩ ge̩, todu ki Jihofa O̩jo̩ ki gugu o̩mo̩.

¹⁹ Ondu ki nʼele̩, i agbʼadu-wa ne̩ o̩jo̩ ñwa o̩jo̩ ñwa; owñ chʼO̩jo̩ kʼi chʼujadu-wa. Sila.

²⁰ O̩jo̩-wa chʼO̩jo̩ ki agbʼone̩; Jihofa Ondu la ne̩ efʼuku o̩wo̩ tane̩.

²¹ O̩jo̩ muda adʼe̩wñ gwo ame̩nebi-wñ oji, owñ chʼakpe̩te̩ oji e̩ne̩ ki tʼef udu-wñ efe̩ alo waa.

²² Ondu kakini, Naño̩ ko ma dabi kwo Beshan wa, nako ma dabi kwʼunefu ohimini abadi wa ge̩,

²³ kʼuwe̩ ki dʼe̩re̩-we̩ tunyʼe̩bie̩, kʼukpalu amabia-we̩ ki nʼukpe̩ e-ma kwugbo ame̩nebi le̩.

²⁴ Elo kʼe̩ lo le̩ ma fʼu li me̩, O O̩jo̩, owñ chʼelo kʼO̩jo̩-mi, onu-mi, alo tʼef uña kiafo̩—

²⁵ amakeli mʼo̩gba du, abo ku ma nu e̩wñ tʼo̩ ubi, abimo̩to̩ igbe̩le̩ ku ma gwʼeicha jʼalumeji:

²⁶ Ame̩ ki kele O̩jo̩ ef ujeju ujeju, ele Ondu eka ki bi kwef Israe̩l dufu!

²⁷ O̩mo̩ Be̩njamin kekele, kʼi nʼo̩da-ma de̩, amagboji Juda kpʼabo-ma, amagboji Ze̩biulo̩n, amagboji Naftali.

²⁸ O̩jo̩-we̩ fʼukpahiu-we̩ ñwate̩; O O̩jo̩, fʼukpahiu e̩wñ kʼe̩ che ñw a lonyane̩.

²⁹ Todu unyi-we̩ kʼi de̩ Je̩rusale̩m amonu ako e̩wñ ele wa ñw e̩

³⁰ Dejurʼe̩la kʼi dʼef e̩che̩, owñ chʼo̩wo̩ amagbiti, manyʼamo̩-mokuno̩ e-amone̩. Ma nʼo̩ko̩ ajifa akpetili mʼane̩; e̩ fʼamone̩ ku ma yo̩ ñw ogu eja fiatuka.

³¹ Amidachi akwʼIjipti wa; Itio̩pia ahika nʼo̩wo̩ data ñw O̩jo̩.

³² Me̩ keli do̩ O̩jo̩, ame̩ ojane̩ ojane̩ ile̩-i; me̩ ki keli dʼOndu, Sila

³³ owñ chʼe̩ne̩ kʼi tane̩ efojale e-efojale kʼi jʼo̩mo̩ kwʼigbelegbele; go, omuko̩la-wñ adufu me̩, omu-wñ tabale.

³⁴ Me̩ dʼukpahiu ñw O̩jo̩, e̩gahi-wñ la bʼoji Israe̩l ma, ukpahiu-wñ la dʼef akpa akpa.

³⁵ O O̩jo̩, ailo-we̩ aba, kwʼef uña uña-we̩ kiafo̩, O̩jo̩ e-Israe̩l, owñ le̩ adʼugbiti kpai ukpahiu ñw abo-wñ. O̩jo̩ ki nʼele!