Eli So̩lo̩mo̩n 8 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

¹ O uwe̩ ma dab o̩maye-mi e̩ne̩ke̩le̩, kʼi fʼe̩nya iye-mi ñmo̩! U ma li uwe̩ o̩lo̩fe̩ pee, omi ma dʼalu kʼuwe̩ alu, ochochi, oñ e̩ne̩ du ma ñʼache̩-de̩te̩ mi n.

² Omi ma nʼuwe̩ le kʼu dʼe̩ wʼef unyi iye-mi, tak owñ ma ko̩ mi e̩wñ. Omi ma je̩ ñw e̩ ñmʼomi achiwebe̩te̩ma ku ma dʼe̩wñ ki arinyo̩ tʼo̩, kpai omi e̩ro po̩me̩grane̩t-mi.

³ Oji-mi ma nʼo̩wo̩-wñ awohi, oñ o̩wo̩-wñ awo̩to̩ ma alʼumi de!

⁴ Ame̩ amo̩monobule̩ Je̩rusale̩m, nagʼO̩jo̩ nʼume̩, kʼame̩ ki dʼufe̩do̩ kwane̩ n, ame̩ ki jʼu olu n gbogbo tak i nyʼowñ eju.

⁵ E̩ne̩ kwʼef aje̩tachi awa-i? ono̩buie̩ ki lo̩ nʼe̩ne̩ ki ache̩do̩ awa le̩? Ofõli ape̩l le̩ oñ u jʼuwe̩ olu. O̩mo̩ oñ iye-we̩ chʼefu-we̩, o̩mo̩ oñ e̩ne̩ ki fʼe̩ bi de̩ achʼefu-we̩.

Ufe̩do̩ nʼukpahiu dab uku

⁶ Mʼumi du chʼuhiuko̩ e̩do̩-we̩, dabe̩ne̩ kʼuhiuko̩ o̩wo̩-we̩; todu ufe̩do̩ gbiti dab uku, ogu eja chʼo̩lachi dab o̩jegu, o̩go̩-wñ chʼo̩go̩ una, o̩go̩ una e-Jihofa ogbolo i che.

⁷ Omio̩fo̩ nana nana neke kpʼufe̩do̩ lu n, omi ki awobi la neke dʼu mi n. Dagba one̩ chaka kʼane̩ unyi-wñ chaka jo̩ kʼi ko kpailo̩ ufe̩do̩, ma ma che̩de̩te̩-wñ kpo̩.

⁸ Awa che̩nʼo̩maye onobule̩ ke̩ke̩, i la nʼe̩nya ta n. Aba ñʼache tod o̩maye-wa, o̩jo̩ ku ma tene owñ?

⁹ I ma chʼo̩do̩, a ma anʼajifa kʼunyi ugbo ku ma jo̩ adide oji-wñ; i ma chʼalugbana, a ma anʼikatakpo sida bʼo̩gba nyʼu daka.

¹⁰ Omi chʼo̩do̩, e̩nya-mi la dab o̩do̩go̩-wñ; e̩gbale̩ u dab e̩ne̩ kʼu fʼure̩do̩ ne̩ eju-wñ.

¹¹ So̩lo̩mo̩n nʼuche̩ achiwebe̩te̩ma Be̩-e̩l-hemo̩n; i mʼuche̩ achiwebe̩te̩ma le̩ ko nyʼabo ku ma de o̩wo̩; e̩ne̩ne̩ne̩ne̩ akʼajifa icham nyʼo̩gwo̩ko̩ wa tod e̩ro-wñ.

¹² Uche̩ achiwebe̩te̩ma-mi, kʼomi ne̩, tʼo̩gba-mi-i; uwe̩, O So̩lo̩mo̩n, ki ne̩ icham nyʼo̩gwo̩ko̩-wñ ke, abo ku ma ade ki la nʼo̩gwo̩ko̩ o̩gwo̩ko̩-wñ.

¹³ Uwe̩ kʼe̩ gugu oko le̩, ame̩numana-we̩ jʼaneti ku ma gbʼomu-we̩; je̩ ñw mi gbʼo̩ ke.

¹⁴ Hiane̩ wa, uwe̩ kʼu nache̩do̩-i, kʼuwe̩ ki dab egbi abe̩k o̩ma abede oj uwo uwo kʼi akpo e̩rinyo̩ le̩.