Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 85 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

I arodubʼO̩jo̩ kʼi liʼi ejumomi

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli.

¹ Jihofa, uwe̩ li ane̩-we̩ eju; uwe̩ mʼamu Jeko̩b rida me̩.

² Uwe̩ tʼudu kʼamone̩-we̩ fe̩ no̩; uwe̩ la fʼe̩wñ bʼadure-ma du ma. Sila.

³ Uwe̩ mʼubieju-we̩ chaka ko; uwe̩ murida bʼuwe̩do̩-we̩ ki kpuna te̩ me̩.

⁴ Murida abʼawa, O O̩jo̩ e-ujadu-wa, e̩ ki je̩ ñw e̩do̩-we̩ ki kpabie̩ ugbo wa le̩ ki nyi!

⁵ Uwe̩ awe̩do̩rʼuwa ogbegbele̩? Uwe̩ awe̩do̩ gbogbo abʼoji abo o̩gba o̩gba du ma?

⁶ Uwe̩ ñʼadabi adʼiñmi ñw a ge̩ n? kʼamone̩-we̩ ki yo̩ efu-we̩ n?

⁷ Dʼufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ ña wa, O Jihofa, kʼe̩ dʼujadu-we̩ ñw a.

⁸ Nagbo̩ e̩wñ kʼO̩jo̩ Jihofa aka, todu i ako̩la ure̩do̩ ñw abo-wñ, kpai abo ku ma kpe̩do̩rʼowñ, ama ki muda ño̩ rida tef ibe̩te̩ ge̩ n.

⁹ Ujadu-wñ cheme̩ru abo ku ma railo-wñ, kʼojima ki dodo oj ane̩-wa.

¹⁰ Ufe̩de̩nyo̩ kpai ochochi de kpai o̩la-ma; o̩kpakpa kpai ure̩do̩ fʼalu kʼomu-ne̩ me̩.

¹¹ Ochochi atiga kwef ane̩, o̩kpakpa la adʼojale adʼoji lo̩ ago ile̩.

¹² Ochochi, Jihofa adʼe̩wñ ki nyo̩ wa, tak ane̩-wa arʼoje̩.

¹³ O̩kpakpa atʼowñ o̩gba, kʼi dʼo̩na ugbo kʼe̩re̩ ate̩.