Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 90 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Buku E̩ke̩le̩ O̩jo̩ ogbegbele̩ chʼoko ubi one̩

Adua Mose̩s, e̩ne̩ O̩jo̩ le̩.

¹ Ondu, uwe̩ te̩te̩chʼunyi ugugu-wa o̩gba o̩gba du.

² O̩gba taku ma kʼuwo uwo dufu, e̩gba kʼe̩ ma bo̩ ane̩ ile̩ kpai ugbo kʼone̩ adodo kade ta n, akwo̩ ogbegbele̩ tʼogbegbele̩ uwe̩ chʼO̩jo̩.

³ Uwe̩ arʼone̩ da kʼi dabi mud ebutu, oñ uwe̩ kakini, Mudabiwa, ame̩ amo̩ma amone̩!

⁴ Todu o̩do̩ icham nyʼo̩gwo̩ko̩ eju-we̩ dab o̩nale̩ ki lale, i la dabe̩ne̩ kʼideʼka odu.

⁵ Uwe̩ ako ma alo dabe̩ne̩ kʼuwobi omi; ma dab olu ele̩ ofo, odudu ma dab egbe ki aya:

⁶ odudu o̩la-wñ aya oñ i agba alo; e̩gba ane̩ ma fʼu ja oñ i agbe̩.

⁷ Uwe̩do̩-we̩ afʼuwa lie̩; oñ uke̩do̩fulu-we̩ je̩ ñw e̩do̩-wa muda kpu.

⁸ Uwe̩ mʼudu kʼa fe̩ kojo̩ o̩gba-we̩ me̩, adure-wa ki maja jʼef ugane̩ eju-we̩.

⁹ Todu o̩jo̩ñwa o̩jo̩ñwa e-wa chaka alale rinyo̩ ef o̩fu kʼe̩ lo̩ le̩, a fʼo̩do̩ o̩do̩-wa kpoji dabe̩ne̩ kʼifi ku ma ñ le̩.

¹⁰ Iko o̩do̩ o̩do̩ e-wa chʼo̩gbo̩ me̩ta nyoke me̩gwa, i la che̩wñ kʼukpahiu je̩ ñw u chʼo̩gbo̩ me̩le̩; i chaka dʼabe̩le̩ uba ikalibani-wñ chʼakanya kpai ibe̩te̩ kenehi; todu fai fai i le me̩, oñ a muwu kwʼemi alo.

¹¹ E̩ne̩ ma ukpahiu uwe̩do̩-we̩ taa? Kpai alu kʼuwe̩do̩-we̩ de̩ ugbo e̩ne̩ ki abʼe̩gahi-we̩?

¹² Ko̩ wa kʼa fʼo̩jo̩ñwa o̩jo̩ñwa-wa kaluka todu kʼa ki fʼe̩do̩ ki nʼibe ne̩ ñw o̩la-wa.

¹³ Mudabiwa, O Jihofa! gbogbo wʼe̩gba taa? E̩wñ amadu-we̩ ki wʼe̩ ke!

¹⁴ Odudʼodudu e̩ dʼufe̩de̩nye̩-we̩ ñwa kʼefu-wa ki ko̩, todu kʼa ki kʼeli uyo̩ kʼe̩do̩-wa ki bo̩ o̩jo̩ du kʼudeju-wa kade.

¹⁵ E̩ ki je̩ ñw e̩do̩-wa ki bo̩ alu kʼo̩jo̩ kʼe̩ de wa ma le̩ kpo̩kpe̩ kade, kpai alu kʼo̩do̩ kʼeju-wa li e̩bie̩ne̩ kade,

¹⁶ uko̩lo̩-we̩ ki kwotejugede ñw ama du-we̩ ke, ojima-we̩ ki la bʼamo̩ma-ma oji ma.

¹⁷ E̩wñ ube̩do̩ e-Ondu O̩jo̩-wa ki nabʼuwa oji ma, e̩ ki la fʼuko̩lo̩ o̩wo̩-wa lonyane̩ bʼuwa oji ma, ochochi, uwe̩ ki fʼuko̩lo̩ o̩wo̩-wa lonyane̩ ke.