Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 88 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

One̩ dachi achʼo̩ga oñ eju abo-wñ anʼo

Eli kʼamo̩ma Ko̩ra ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩. Tugbo Agboji Amakeli: omu-wñ che Mahalat Leano̩t. Maskil e-Heman e̩ne̩ E̩zra le̩.

¹ O Jihofa, O̩jo̩ ujadu-mi, u te̩taraku odu kpai o̩ro̩ka o̩gba-we̩.

² Je̩ ñw adua-mi ki gudu wʼugbo kʼe̩ de̩, hi eti-we̩ wane̩ ñw ukwa-mi!

³ Todu onugo-mi che̩ko̩ ñw e̩wñ e̩bie̩ne̩, iñmi-mi ate̩me̩ru o̩jegu me̩.

⁴ Ma fʼumi kaluka tef abo ku ma gwo̩ru tef o̩lo̩ulu; u dab e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ ki ma nʼukpahiu n,

⁵ ku ma hiʼu tinyo̩ tef abo ki ku, dabe̩ne̩ kʼabo ku ma kpa ku ma dachi ef ura, e-kʼuwe̩ ma ño̩ dibekado ge̩ n, ma la che̩daru bʼuwe̩ o̩wo̩ te̩ me̩.

⁶ Uwe̩ dʼumi dachi ef o̩lo̩ulu o̩gane̩ o̩gane̩, ugbo ki chubi ef unefu le̩.

⁷ Uke̩do̩fulu-we̩ dachi no mi de̩mm, uwe̩ nʼakpoli omi-we̩ chaka fʼumi dema me̩. Sila.

⁸ Uwe̩ mʼabo-mi ku ma ma mi ko jʼo̩najiji ñw mi me̩; uwe̩ dʼumi chʼe̩wñ ihie̩ne̩ ñw ma. Ma fʼo̩na re nyʼumi, u la neke dufu n;

⁹ eju-mi agbe̩ noj o̩bata. Omi te̩tadʼomu dʼuwe̩ o̩jo̩ du, O Jihofa; omi fʼo̩wo̩-mi nadala ñw e̩.

¹⁰ Uwe̩ achʼe̩wñ aye ñw abo ki ku? Abo ki mʼiñmi da akwane̩ agogbodʼe̩? Sila.

¹¹ Ma adʼufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ ka ef ura? abe̩ku ma aka alu kʼe̩ chubi one̩ ef Ulenyo̩?

¹² Ma ama e̩wñ aye-we̩ ef e̩chubi? ma la ama o̩kpakpa-we̩ ef ane̩ ugbenyo̩?

¹³ Ama uwe̩, O Jibofa, naraku dʼo̩; odudu adua-mi aledʼuwe̩.

¹⁴ Jihofa, e̩wñ chi kʼe̩ dʼonugo-mi tinyo-i? E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ dʼeju-we̩ maja ñw mi taa?

¹⁵ Omi chʼe̩no̩bata, u te̩te̩dʼo̩wo̩ uku kwʼo̩jo̩ okolobia-mi, abu kʼokpo-we̩ chʼumi ofe o̩la-mi lekuijele.

¹⁶ Ukpe̩do̩-we̩ ki kpuna le̩ lʼumi oji; e̩wñ ubailo-we̩ fʼumi chile̩che̩ me̩.

¹⁷ I lʼumi de dabe̩ne̩ kʼomiofo gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩; i kpe̩re̩ donyʼumi daka alukate.

¹⁸ E̩ mʼe̩nufe̩do̩ kpai onuku ko jʼo̩najiji ñw mi me̩; e̩chubi chʼe̩ne̩ ki ma mi.