Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 94 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

O̩jo̩ anache̩ chuu

¹ O Jihofa, uwe̩ O̩jo̩ ki anache̩, uwe̩ O̩jo̩ ki anache̩, ta dufu!

² Dʼo̩la-we̩ kwane̩, uwe̩ akajo̩ ane̩ ile̩-i; dʼuro̩me̩ ki chʼeju-wñ ñw abo ku ma ke!

³ Jihofa, gbogbo wʼe̩gba oñ ame̩ne̩bibi, gbogbo wʼe̩gba oñ ame̩ne̩bibi agwoye kade taa?

⁴ Ma kekale̩ o̩la atʼe̩ne̩ le ma ka, amache uko̩lo̩ ibe̩te̩ chaka jʼabʼukpa tʼo̩la-ma.

⁵ Ma nʼabo-we̩ aguche̩ mane̩, O Jihofa, ma la adʼabo-we̩ ma.

⁶ Ma kpa o̩yaukuo̩ko̩ kpai ilowa, oñ ma gwejugede kpa abo ku ma ma nʼata n;

⁷ oñ ma kakini, Jihofa ali n; O̩jo̩ e-Jeko̩b la adibetʼo̩ n.

⁸ Ame̩ ki dibetʼo̩, ame̩ ku me̩ nʼibe e̩la ef amone̩-i! amake̩do̩nʼo̩la-me̩, e̩gba oñ ame̩ anʼibe taa?

⁹ Owñ ki dʼeti gbe̩, agbʼo̩la n? Owñ ki fʼeju bo̩, agane̩ n?

¹⁰ Owñ ki ako̩ abo uche̩ichi o̩la le̩, i adʼo̩la bi one̩ n? Owñ kʼi akʼone̩ e̩wñ ema le̩?

¹¹ Jihofa chema ibe ki dʼef one̩, ka kʼiñmi kʼone̩ añmi rinyo̩ ofo i che.

¹² E̩ne̩ kʼuwe̩ akʼo̩ o̩la, O Jihofa, gbede, kʼuwe̩ akʼo̩ ef uko̩-o̩la-we̩

¹³ kʼe̩ dʼuñmi ñw u bʼiko e̩bie̩ne̩ te̩, gbogbo taku ma fʼura gwa te̩ tod ame̩ne̩bibi.

¹⁴ Todu Jihofa akʼabo-wñ rinyo̩ n; i la ahiʼe̩wñ ogu-wñ tinyo̩ n;

¹⁵ todu ajo̩ eka adabi tef o̩kpakpa, oñ abo du kʼe̩do̩-ma chʼo̩kpakpa atʼo̩ ubi.

¹⁶ E̩ne̩ akwane̩ akobo̩ amachuko̩lo̩ e̩bie̩ne̩ ñw mi taa? E̩ne̩ adago agbʼona nyu amachuko̩lo̩ ibe̩te̩ todu mi taa?

¹⁷ I ma che Jihofa chʼateko mi n, onugo-mi ma hika gugu ef echi echi.

¹⁸ E̩gba kʼu kakini, E̩re̩-mi añwo̩ me̩, ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ gwonyʼumi dago, O Jihofa.

¹⁹ Ef ejiji o̩wo̩wo̩ kʼu nada, eba kʼe̩ ba mi je̩ ñw e̩do̩-mi bo̩.

²⁰ Ede uji adama kpai uwe̩, owñ chʼe-ki ahi o̩me̩ akanya te̩?

²¹ Ma jʼalu ku ma kobo̩ onugo e̩no̩kpakpa, ma la fʼabo ku ma ma nʼudu n kpabi.

²² Jihofa muda achʼo̩do̩go̩-mi kʼi gbo̩gba, O̩jo̩-mi la achʼokuta ki chʼoko-ubi-mi.

²³ I la akʼe̩wñ ibe̩te̩-ma wa bʼuma oji ma i akʼuma da rinyo̩ ef e̩wñ bibi-ma; Jihofa O̩jo-wa, akʼuma da rinyo̩.