Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 74 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

E̩nebi kpʼane̩-ma fo̩

Maskil e-Esaf.

¹ O O̩jo̩, e̩wñ chi kʼe̩ ko wa rinyo̩ o̩pioo ke? e̩wñ chi kʼuwe̩do̩-we̩ akpʼodudu rʼame̩wño̩re̩ egini e-okije̩-we̩?

² Dibekado abʼujo̩-we̩, e-kʼuwe̩ ne̩ ma ñw o̩la-we̩ kwʼigbe̩legbele̩, owñ chʼe-kʼe̩ gba tane̩ kʼi mud abo̩lo̩pu kʼuwe̩ aje̩ e̩wñ o̩gu! Owñ chʼuwo Zayo̩n, ugbo kʼe̩ gugu le̩.

³ Mʼe̩re̩-we̩ chi nyʼugbo achigodo kʼi chʼo̩pioo le̩; e̩nebi le̩ fʼe̩wñ e̩bie̩ne̩ che ugbo du ef uña kiafo̩!

⁴ Ame̩no̩la-we̩ fʼukwa kwa alumeji ujeju-we̩ me̩; ma kʼe̩wñ ujiwe-ma dago kʼi ajiwe ñw one̩.

⁵ I dabe̩ne̩ kʼaboke̩le̩ mʼo̩kanyi kowa abʼujo̩ oli ma.

⁶ Ma la nʼutumu kpai ugbolo oli akpʼe̩wñ ku ma kina nyu le̩ fo̩.

⁷ Ma mʼuna du tʼuña-we̩ kiafo̩ me̩; ma fʼuña ugbo kʼodu-we̩ dodo le̩ daji gbogbo wa tane̩.

⁸ Ma ka ef e̩do̩-ma kakini, A ki fʼuma kpo̩fo̩ hioko; ma fʼuña ujeju O̩jo̩ chaka kʼi jʼoj ane̩-i gujo rinyo̩.

⁹ A li ujiwe-wa n; akache̩ du do̩mo̩ ge̩ n, i la nʼe̩ne̩ du ef uwa ki ama iko ki akpo̩kpe̩ kade n.

¹⁰ O O̩jo̩, gbogbo wʼe̩gba oñ e̩ne̩ ki achʼuwa o̩pe̩cha le̩ ab ina kade? E̩nebi le̩ adʼodu-we̩ rʼibe̩te̩ o̩pioo?

¹¹ E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ fʼo̩wo̩-we̩ wʼubi, owñ chʼo̩wo̩ awo̩to̩-we̩ le̩? Mʼu du kwʼagbe̩do̩-we̩ kʼe̩ fʼuma lie̩.

¹² O̩jo̩ muda chʼonu-mi kwʼigbele-gbe̩le, i nʼuko̩lo̩ ujadu ache o̩ge̩ge̩de̩ ane̩-ile̩.

¹³ Lugbo ukpahiu-we̩ e̩ fʼohimini abadi kpe̩ru ojoji; uwe̩ fʼoji amidrago̩n inaina kpo̩fo̩ ejʼomi le̩.

¹⁴ Uwe̩ fʼoji oji Lifayatan kpo̩fo̩ hioko, uwe̩ mʼowñ du chʼuje̩wñ ñw abo ku ma dodo aje̩tachi.

¹⁵ Uwe̩ fʼe̩biomi kpai aji kpana; uwe̩ jʼe̩ ñw ohimini kʼe̩cha-wñ ma nʼuda n gbe̩.

¹⁶ O̩ro̩ka uwe̩ ne̩, uwe̩ ño̩ ne̩ odu ge̩; uwe̩ fʼe̩mu kpai olu ñwo̩che te̩.

¹⁷ Uwe̩ fʼalo̩me̩ alo̩me̩ ane̩-ile̩-i du ñwate̩; uwe̩ fʼo̩lo̩ji kpai uwo che.

¹⁸ O Jihofa, e̩ nare̩wa kakini, E̩nebi le̩ fʼe̩ bina me̩, ame̩nibe̩te̩ la fʼakpabie̩ odu-we̩ che.

¹⁹ O, e̩ ki mʼike̩de̩ akpe̩re̩-we̩ du ñw ame̩la oko n; e̩ ki gbenyo̩ oji abo-we̩ ku ma chʼame̩no̩bata pioo n.

²⁰ E̩ nabumo̩ ñw alo le̩; todu ugbo e̩chubi ane̩-i che̩ko̩ ñw odo abo o̩lachi.

²¹ O, e̩ ki je̩ ñw abo ku ma fʼuma te̩-mane̩ le̩ ku ma dabiwa kpai anyo̩ n; che kʼame̩no̩bata kpai ame̩nale ki je̩nyu ñw odu-we̩.

²² O O̩jo̩, kwane̩, kʼuwe̩ onugo ki kʼo̩la-we̩; e̩ narewa alu kʼe̩nibe̩te̩ abʼuwe̩ na gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩!

²³ E̩ ki gbenyo̩ omuko̩la ame̩no̩la-we̩ n, ekuku abo ku ma kwane̩ tʼuwe̩ o̩la ate̩gu tʼate̩ o̩ko̩ko̩lo̩!