Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 71 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Ogijo agwʼO̩jo̩

¹ Uwe̩, O Jihofa, nachubiyo̩; je̩ ñw anyo̩ ki mʼumi ogbegbele̩ n!

² Mʼumi gba ef o̩kpakpa-we̩, kʼe̩ je̩ ñw mi fʼuma o̩wo̩ tane̩; hi eti-we̩ wane̩ ñw mi kʼe̩ jadu mi!

³ Uwe̩ ki chʼokuta ugbo kʼu nagugu, ugbo kʼomi anyi o̩gbe̩nugbe̩, uwe̩ ñwa ñw ma ku ma jadu mi me̩, todu uwe̩ chʼokuta-mi kpai aku-mi.

⁴ O O̩jo̩-mi, je̩ ñw mi fʼe̩ne̩bibi le̩ o̩wo̩ tane̩, kʼu kwef o̩wo̩ e̩nuji kpai e̩no̩lachi le̩.

⁵ Todu uwe̩ chʼukibeno-mi, O Ondu Jihofa, uwe̩ chʼuke̩do̩no-mi kwʼo̩jo̩ imo̩-to̩-mi.

⁶ Uwe̩ oñ omi dachino kwef uwile̩; uwe̩ chʼe̩ne̩ kʼi dʼumi kwʼefu iye-mi, uwe̩ nañwulo̩-wñ o̩ko̩ko̩lo̩.

⁷ Omi dabe̩ne̩ kʼe̩wñ uno̩ ñw amone̩ wewe; uwe̩ muda chʼokoubi-mi ki gbiti.

⁸ Alu-mi ako̩ ñw uñwulo̩-we̩, kpai ojima-we̩ gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩.

⁹ E̩ ki hi umi tinyo̩ o̩jo̩ ogijo-mi n; e̩ ki tʼumi no̩ e̩gba kʼukpahiu-mi chane̩ ebulo̩ n.

¹⁰ Todu ame̩nebi-mi nʼo̩la-mi aka, abo ku ma tene oji-mi anyʼojuju kpʼo̩la-ma,

¹¹ ma kakini, O̩jo̩ tʼo̩ no̩ tinyo̩ me̩; me̩ ranʼo ku me̩ mʼu, todu i nʼe̩ne̩ du ki agbʼo̩ n.

¹² O O̩jo̩, e̩ ki jiji rʼumi n; O O̩jo̩-mi, hiane̩ wa kʼe̩ te̩ko mi!

¹³ Je̩ ñw anyo̩ ki mu abo ku ma chʼe̩no̩la onugo-mi kʼi fʼuma lie̩; je̩ ñw ina kpai achukata ki bʼabo ku ma tene kʼe̩bie̩ne̩ ki che mi oji ma.

¹⁴ Omi muda akibeno o̩ko̩ko̩lo̩, naño̩ ñwulo̩ we̩ nana nana nyo̩gba ta.

¹⁵ Alu-mi anʼo̩kpakpa-we̩, kpai ujadu-we̩ aka gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩, todu u mʼaluka-wñ n.

¹⁶ Nawa ef ukpahiu Ondu Jihofa, o̩la o̩kpakpa e-we̩ eka oñ alu mi ahi mo̩, owñ chʼe-we̩ kate.

¹⁷ O O̩jo̩, uwe̩ te̩tako̩ mi e̩wñ kwʼo̩jo̩ imo̩to̩-mi, omi la te̩tadʼuko̩lo̩ aye-we̩ kadufu akwobi me̩.

¹⁸ I-i, u chaka chʼogijo kʼiloji-mi chʼefufu, O O̩jo̩, e̩ ki tʼumi no̩ n, gbogbo tak u dʼo̩wo̩-we̩ dufu ñw abo̩gba ki awa kpʼukpahiu-we̩ ñw e̩ne̩ du kʼi awa ejo̩gba.

¹⁹ O O̩jo̩, o̩kpakpa-we̩ ño̩ dʼatate̩ ge̩. Uwe̩ kʼe̩ fʼe̩wñ inaina che le̩, O O̩jo̩, e̩ne̩ dʼab uwe̩?

²⁰ Uwe̩ kʼe̩ mʼo̩pe̩cha ki bie̩ne̩ wewe du ña wa le̩ e̩ ño̩ ko wa daji ge̩; uwe̩ la arʼuwa iñmi ko uwe̩ la ako wa dabi kwʼef ane̩-ile̩ ge̩.

²¹ Uwe̩ aje̩ ñw unana-mi ki nyo̩gba, kʼe̩ murida wa anyʼumi e̩do̩.

²² Naño̩ nʼufele ago̩gbo̩dʼuwe̩ owñ chʼochochi-we̩, O O̩jo̩-mi; uwe̩ nanʼumolo akeli dʼo, O uwe̩ E̩ne̩ kiafo̩ e-Israe̩l le̩.

²³ Uko-mi achʼo̩ga-uyo̩, e̩gba kʼu nakeli dʼe̩; kpʼonugo-mi kʼe̩ fulatane̩ le̩.

²⁴ Ukpalu-mi ñʼanʼoluka o̩kpakpa-we̩ ache gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩, todu eju-ma leku o̩bo̩no̩ anyo̩ la fʼabo ku ma tene kʼe̩bie̩ne̩ ki ke̩re̩bʼumi mu.