Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 7 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ ki kpʼoji ajo̩

Shigaion e-Defid, e-kʼi ko̩ ñw Jihofa ugbo o̩la Kush e̩ne̩ Be̩njamin le̩.

¹ O Jihofa O̩jo̩-mi, uwe̩ nachubiyo̩; jadu mi bʼabo ku ma nʼumi ule o̩wo̩ te̩, kʼe̩ gba mi,

² tode̩gba ku ma fʼonugo-mi na alu kʼidu afʼe̩wñ na, ku ma fʼu nya rinyo̩ abu kʼe̩ne̩ du ma do̩mo̩ ki agba mi n.

³ O Jihofa O̩jo̩-mi, iche̩wñ kʼomi fʼe-i che, iche̩wñ kʼuji dʼef o̩wo̩-mi,

⁴ iche̩wñ kʼu dʼe̩bie̩ne̩ ro̩me̩ ñw e̩ne̩ kʼe̩do̩-wñ chʼoka kpʼomi i chaka chʼe̩ne̩ ki chʼe̩no̩la-mi echichi ofofo u mugba tane̩,

⁵ mak e̩ je̩ ñw e̩nebi le̩ ki ranʼonugo-mi kʼi fʼu mu, i-i, je̩ ñw u ki fʼumi oji kpetili mʼane̩, Sila kʼi la dʼojima-mi dachi ef ebutu.

⁶ Kwane̩, O Jihofa, ef uwe̩do̩-we̩, hi o̩la-we̩ dago kʼe̩ kobʼo̩fu ame̩nebi-mi; kʼe̩ la jʼolu todu mi; uwe̩ fʼajo̩ eka ñwate̩ me̩.

⁷ Ujeju amone̩ amone̩ ki donyʼuwe̩ daka: e̩ ki la mudabi tʼatate̩ todu ma.

⁸ Jihofa añwa amone̩ du go; kpʼoji ajo̩-mi O Jihofa, alu kʼo̩kpakpa-mi kpai e̩do̩ foo ki dʼefu-mi de̩.

⁹ O e̩ che kʼe̩bie̩ne̩ ame̩ne̩bibi ki kpoji, e̩ muda hi e̩re̩ ame̩no̩kpakpa nyane̩, todu uwe̩ O̩jo̩ o̩kpakpa, añwa e̩do̩ kpʼibe efu go.

¹⁰ Ugbe̩yo̩-mi dʼugbo O̩jo̩, kʼi ajadu ame̩ne̩do̩ o̩kpo̩ko.

¹¹ O̩jo̩ akpʼoji ajo̩ ame̩no̩kpakpa, i-i, e̩do̩ O̩jo̩ chʼe̩kpa o̩jo̩ du.

¹² One̩ ma rida n, O̩jo̩ ano̩ o̩kwo̩chageli-wñ; i fʼo̩o̩do̩-wñ bane, i la fʼu fa me̩;

¹³ i laño̩ fʼe̩wñ ido̩na uku ñwo̩che tane̩ ñw u, i fʼo̩fa o̩fa-wñ che ki chʼuna una.

¹⁴ Go, i achʼefu kʼi bi e̩wñ ibe̩te̩, ochochi, akanya i nyʼefu ñw u, oñ i fʼolemi bi.

¹⁵ 1 fʼura gwa, i laño̩ bu tʼo̩, oñ i muñwa tef ura kʼi gwa le̩ me̩.

¹⁶ Akanya-wñ adabi abʼoji-wñ onugo ma, e̩wñ afuma-wñ kʼi che abʼakpe̩te̩ oji-wñ onugo ma.

¹⁷ Nagogbodo̩ Jihofa ki chʼeju o̩kpakpa-wñ, oñ nakeli do̩ odu Jihofa Chamachala.