Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 9 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Oji ajo̩ kʼO̩jo̩ kpa chʼo̩kpakpa

Tugbo Agboji Amakeli: Mut-la be̩n ma nu. Eli ki Defid ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩ de̩.

¹ Nagogbodo̩ Jihofa kpai e̩do̩-mi du; nadʼuko̩lo̩-we̩ ki afiteju du ka dufu.

² E̩do̩-mi abo̩ oñ nagwoguyo̩ ef uwe̩, nakeli do̩ odu-we̩, O uwe̩ O̩ma-chala.

³ E̩gba kʼame̩nebi-mi mudabi tʼubi, ma fʼe̩re̩ ko̩, ma lenyo̩, tod eju-we̩ ku ma li.

⁴ Todu uwe̩ je̩ ñw ma kpʼoji ajo̩-mi kpai o̩la-mi tʼeju-wñ; uwe̩ gugu oj ede akpʼoji ajo̩ o̩kpakpa.

⁵ E̩ fʼeju darʼabo uche̩ichi me̩, uwe̩ fʼame̩ne̩bibi chile̩che̩; uwe̩ fʼodu-ma kpalu rinyo̩ ogbegbele̩ nyile̩wa.

⁶ O uwe̩ e̩nebi e̩wñ ekpabie̩ muda pioo me̩; e̩ la mʼewo ewo gujo rinyo̩; i chaka chʼurewa-ma i lenyo̩ rʼ ile̩!

⁷ Jihofa muda gugu e-wñ ogbegbele̩, i fʼede-wñ ñwo̩che te̩ kʼi akajo̩;

⁸ i añwʼile̩ go ef o̩kpakpa, i akpʼoji ajo̩ amone̩ tʼeju-wñ.

⁹ Jihofa achʼo̩do̩go̩ ki gbo̩gba tod abo ku ma che ma achekpa, o̩do̩go̩ ki gbo̩gba adiko o̩pe̩cha i che.

¹⁰ Oñ abo ku ma mʼodu-we̩ ake̩do̩nʼuwe̩, todu, O Jihofa, uwe̩ kʼabo ku ma tene we̩ rinyo̩ n.

¹¹ Me̩ ki keli do̩ Jihofa ki dodo Zayo̩n! Dʼe̩wñ kʼi che kpogo ñw amone̩ du!

¹² Todu ibe e̩ne̩ ki agwili e̩bie̩ ki adafo te̩ ma; i agbenyo̩ uwa ame̩no̩bata n.

¹³ O Jihofa, li mi eju! Gʼo̩bata kʼu nali ugbo abo ku ma chʼulaka-mi, uwe̩ kʼe̩ dʼumi kwane̩ kwʼalaku alaku uku le̩,

¹⁴ todu kʼu dʼuñwulo̩-we̩ chaka ka dufu alaku alaku o̩monobule̩ Zayo̩n nayo̩ ef ujadu-we̩.

¹⁵ Ura kʼabo uche̩ichi gwamʼumako mi me̩; iga kʼuma fa maja le̩ fʼama onugo e̩re̩ mu.

¹⁶ Ma fu Jihofa ma lugbo ajo̩ kʼi aka; uko̩lo̩ kʼame̩ne̩bibi che mud oku ki fʼama onugo mu. Higaion. Sila.

¹⁷ Ma arʼame̩ne̩bibi da nyʼef ojegu, owñ chʼabo uche̩ichi uche̩ichi du ku ma gbenyo̩ O̩jo̩.

¹⁸ Todu egbenyo̩ e̩nale chʼo̩pioo n, ukibeno e̩no̩bata alenyo̩ gbogbo alo n.

¹⁹ Kwane̩, O Jihofa! E̩ ki je̩ ñw one̩ du n; je̩ ñw ma kʼajo̩ abo uche̩ichi eju-we̩!

²⁰ Nyʼuma okpo, O Jihofa! je̩ ñw abo uche̩ichi uche̩ichi ki ma ka kʼone̩ ofo ma che! Sila.