Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 77 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

I dʼef o̩bata oñ ibe-wñ kado ukpahiu

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli; alu ki Jedutan ache le̩. Eli kʼEsaf ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩.

¹ Na nʼomuko̩la-mi raku do̩ O̩jo̩, O̩jo̩, oñ omuko̩la-mi atʼugbo-wñ, i la, anʼeti rʼumi.

² O̩jo̩ o̩pe̩cha-mi u kwo̩te̩jane̩ Ondu; o̩wo̩-mi la chenadala te̩ odu, i la chʼe̩lo̩ n; onugo-mi ko̩ e̩nyie̩do̩.

³ U rewa O̩jo̩, mak ifi nafi; u fʼojuju nyi, oñ afu-mi adaku ef umi. Sila.

⁴ Uwe̩ fʼumi eju fa te̩; achibo kʼi bʼumi ma, i je̩ ñw mi ko̩la n.

⁵ U fʼe̩wñ iko igbele lo me̩, owñ chʼo̩do̩ igbegbele le̩.

⁶ Narewa eli kʼu ko odu; nadʼe̩do̩-mi onugochʼoluka; afu-mi la atejane̩ o̩bie̩ o̩bie̩:

⁷ Eko rinyo̩ e-Ondu chʼo̩gbegbele̩? I ñʼali one̩ eju ge̩ n?

⁸ Ufe̩de̩nyo̩-wñ muda hioko? E̩wñ kʼi katane̩ le̩ chi ñw abo o̩gba o̩gba du?

⁹ O̩jo̩ gbenyo̩ emo̩la? Ewe̩do̩ i we̩do̩ oñ i fʼo̩na ejumo̩-mi o̩gbaje̩je̩-wñ re? Sila.

¹⁰ Oñ u kakini, E̩gbo-mi de̩ owñ chʼo̩wo̩ awo̩to̩ O̩jo̩ Chamachala ki arida le̩.

¹¹ Narewa e̩wñ ki Jihofa che; todu u rewa e̩wñ aye-we̩ e-igbe-gbele le̩.

¹² U ñʼayaye uko̩lo̩-we̩ du, oñ o̩juju e̩wñ kʼe̩ che le̩ nanyi.

¹³ O O̩jo̩, o̩na-we̩ dʼef uña kiafo̩. E̩ne̩ chʼo̩jo̩ inaina dab O̩jo̩ ta?

¹⁴ Uwe̩ chʼO̩jo̩ kʼi ache e̩wñ aye, uwe̩ je̩ ñw ukpahiu-we̩ tejugede ef amone̩.

¹⁵ Uwe̩ la nʼo̩wo̩ e-we̩ gbʼamone̩-we̩ tane̩, amo̩ma Je̩ko̩b kpai Jo̩se̩f le̩. Sila.

¹⁶ Omi le̩ fʼuwe̩ li, O O̩jo̩, omi le̩ fʼuwe̩ li, oñ i tʼami gba gba gba, o̩lulu le̩ la chane̩ egaligaliga.

¹⁷ Akpa ojale kʼomi dafo; ojale fʼekuku kpuche̩ wa; o̩fa, o̩fa-we̩ kwota tʼemi tʼemi.

¹⁸ Omuko̩la akpabana-we̩ la dʼef ololo; o̩mamanya je̩ ñw ane̩ mune̩; ane̩-ile̩ naga, i la miejo.

¹⁹ O̩na-we̩ la dʼef ohimini abadi, ikpa o̩na-we̩ la dʼef omi ki nana le̩; ugbo kʼadabe̩re̩-we̩ mane̩, ma li n.

²⁰ Uwe̩ nʼamone̩-we̩ le lʼo̩wo̩ Mose̩s kpai Aro̩n dabe̩ne̩ kʼame̩wño̩re̩ egini.