Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 80 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ ki gba wa!

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli: omu-wñ che Shoshanim Edut. Eli kʼEsaf ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩ i che.

¹ Neti, uwe̩ adide Israe̩l le̩, uwe̩ ki ane̩ Jose̩f le dab ame̩wño̩re̩ egini! Uwe̩ kʼe̩ gugu atate̩ amiche̩rubi le̩, ta dufu ke

² eju Ifraim kpai Be̩njamin kpai Manasa! Jʼukpahiu-we̩ olu, kʼe̩ lewa fʼuwa jadu!

³ O O̩jo̩, mʼuwa rida tʼe̩gu-wa; eju-we̩ ki chʼugane̩, taku ma ajadu wa!

⁴ O Jihofa, O̩jo̩ kʼi nʼe̩wñ du, gbogbo wʼe̩gba oñ e̩do̩-we̩ akparʼadua amone̩-we̩ ke?

⁵ Uwe̩ te̩tadʼuje̩wñ omi aku ñw ma je̩, uwe̩ la mʼomi aku du ñw ma ñmo̩ ololo me̩.

⁶ Uwe̩ la ko wa che e̩wñ ukana ñw amekeji-wa; ame̩nebi-wa la jʼadokanyi kpai o̩la-ma.

⁷ Mʼuwa rida tʼe̩gu-wa, O O̩jo̩ kʼi nʼe̩wñ du; eju-we̩ ki chʼugane̩, taku ma ajadu wa!

⁸ Uwe̩ dʼikeliʼka kwef Ijipti wa; uwe̩ fʼabo uche̩ichi uche̩ichi ne i rinyo̩, tak e̩ mʼu du ne̩.

⁹ E̩ fʼo̩mo̩ ñwo̩che tane̩ ñw u; oñ i tʼili nyʼane̩ nyo̩nyo̩ oñ i mʼane̩ le̩ gba nyʼo̩wo̩.

¹⁰ Olubo̩-wñ bʼuwo uwo le̩ ma, i dabu sida e-O̩jo̩ manyʼe̩to̩-wñ;

¹¹ i tʼe̩to̩ tʼohimini abadi, eta-wñ la kad ohimini le̩.

¹² E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ gu o̩gba-wñ lo̩, tak e̩ne̩ du kʼi alale aka je̩?

¹³ Ehi kʼi kwef oko wa nakpʼo̩ bie̩, ame̩la oko la aje̩.

¹⁴ Murida ge̩, egbo̩ko̩ a gbo̩ko̩bʼuwe̩, O O̩jo̩ kʼi nʼe̩wñ du le̩! dʼeju-we̩ wʼane̩ kwʼefojale, kʼe̩ go; kʼe̩ lewa fejudo ikeli-i,

¹⁵ owñ chʼikeli kʼo̩wo̩-we̩ awo̩to̩ da nyʼane̩-i. Owñ chʼo̩ma kʼe̩ ne̩ gba ñw o̩la-we̩.

¹⁶ Una fʼu jo, i mulo̩ wane̩ me̩; eju kʼe̩ daru ma oñ ma lenyo̩!

¹⁷ O̩wo̩-we̩ ki nabʼoji e̩ne̩-we̩ e-o̩wo̩ awo̩to̩ le̩ ma, owñ chʼoji o̩ma one̩ kʼuwe̩ je̩ ñw u nʼukpahiu ñw o̩la-we̩ le̩!

¹⁸ Abe̩le̩ tak a ma ñʼadabi tʼubi bʼuwe̩ te̩ n; dʼiñmi ñw a, tak a kwadʼodu-we̩!

¹⁹ Mʼuwa rida tʼe̩gu-wa, O Jihofa O̩jo̩ kʼi nʼe̩wñ du! eju-we̩ ki chʼugane̩, taku ma ajadu wa!