Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 83 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ ki fʼame̩nebi-wñ du ke!

Eli kʼEsaf ko dʼO̩jo̩.

¹ O O̩jo̩, e̩ ki chechi n; e̩ fʼeti kpo̩bo n, e̩ ki la we n, O O̩jo̩!

² Todu go, ame̩nebi-we̩ adutu me̩; abo ku ma nʼulaka-we̩ ache mʼoji chi dago me̩.

³ Ma nyʼojuju ugbeju nyʼamone̩-we̩; ma la bʼo̩la-ma lo nyʼabo-we̩ ki maja.

⁴ Ama kakini, Me̩ lewa, kʼa fʼuma ko̩da rinyo̩ ku ma we chʼuche̩ichi amone̩; ku ma ño̩ rewa odu Israe̩l ge̩ n!

⁵ Ochochi, alu-ma chʼokate abʼo̩la-ma lʼo̩la me̩; uwe̩ ma kpʼilo nyu—

⁶ Unyabo Ido̩m kpai abo Ishmae̩l, Moab kpai abo Hagar,

⁷ Gebal kpai Amo̩n kpai Amale̩k, Filistia manyʼabo ku ma dodo Taya;

⁸ Asiria laño̩ manyʼuma ge̩; ama chʼugbogaga amo̩ma Lo̩t. Sila.

⁹ E̩ che ma alu kʼe̩ che Midian, dabu Sise̩ra, dabu Jabin o̩la aji Kisho̩n le̩,

¹⁰ abo le̩ lenyo̩ E̩ndo̩r, oñ ma mud echu tod ane̩ le̩.

¹¹ E̩ che kʼame̩numo̩la-ma ku ma dab O̩re̩b kpai Zee̩b, e̩ che amadokanya-ma chaka ku ma dabu Zeba kpai Zalmuna,

¹² abo le̩ kakini, Me̩ lewa kʼa mʼokije̩ O̩jo̩ gba chʼe-wa.

¹³ O O̩jo̩-mi, fʼuma che dab ebutu ki adʼololo le̩, alu kʼafu ache kpʼigbogbo.

¹⁴ Alu kʼuna akʼoko, kpʼalu kʼo̩go̩una agu uwo uwo jo,

¹⁵ abe̩le̩ e̩ ki nʼafu ibi-we̩ rano ma kʼe̩ la nʼofutu-we̩ uyʼuma okpo!

¹⁶ E̩ ki che kʼeju ki mud eju anyo̩, kʼama ki tene odu-we̩, O Jihofa.

¹⁷ Che kʼanyo̩ ki mu ma, kʼe̩do̩-ma ki muda kpu gbogbo alo; ochochi, je̩ ñw ukata-ma ki chi ku ma lenyo̩.

¹⁸ Kʼama ki ma ka kʼuwe̩ kate, kʼodu-we̩ ko̩ Jihofa le̩, uwe̩ chʼO̩machala ki nʼo̩da ane̩-ile̩ du.