Job 3 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Job adinaku

¹ Ubile̩ taku Job chi alu-wñ oñ i fʼama na ñw o̩jo̩ ku ma biʼu.

² Job la dohi kakini:

³ O̩jo̩ ku ma bi mi kʼi lenyo̩, kpʼodu ku ma kakini, Ma fʼefu o̩ma e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ nyo̩ me̩.

⁴ O̩jo̩ le̩ ki chubi! O̩jo̩ kʼi dʼate̩ ki tene n, ugane̩ ki bʼo ma n.

⁵ E̩chubi kpʼojiji uku ki ka kʼe-ma de̩. Akpa ojale ki bʼo ma te̩; e̩wñ du ki aje̩ ñw o̩ro̩ka mud edudu kʼi bʼo̩ ailo.

⁶ I chʼe-odu le̩, e̩chubi gbe̩m ki fʼu mu! I ki gwoguyo̩ ef o̩jo̩ o̩do̩ n, i ki wʼef aluka ochu ochu n.

⁷ Odu le̩ kate ki te̩ ojoji; omu uyo̩ ki wʼefu-wñ n.

⁸ Abo ku ma nama ñw o̩ro̩ka le̩ ki nanʼama ñw odu le̩ ge̩, owñ chʼabo ku ma chʼo̩ka edu Lifayatan kwane̩.

⁹ Je̩ ñw ilawo ki agane̩ e̩gba kʼo̩jo̩ adu bulubulu le̩ ki chubi; i ki tejane̩ ugane̩ kʼi muda ne̩ n, i ki li añeju odudu n;

¹⁰ ukpe̩ kʼi ma re abio̩ma iye-mi n, kʼi ma la dʼakanya maja ñw eju-mi n.

¹¹ E̩wñ chi kʼomi ma ku kwef uwile̩ n? E̩wñ chi kʼomi ma tʼafu-mi no̩ e̩gba kʼiye-mi bi mi ababa n?

¹² E̩wñ chi kʼokuku gba mi ne̩? E̩wñ chi kʼe̩nya do̩mo̩ kʼomi ñmo̩?

¹³ Todu, fai omi ma dachi ye̩e̩; omi ma lolu; tak u ma ñmi me̩,

¹⁴ manyʼamonu kpʼabo̩hiala ane̩-ile̩-i ku ma fʼalache̩ ñwo̩che ñw o̩la-ma,

¹⁵ abe̩ku manyʼamagboji ku ma nʼo̩jamalia, ku ma je̩ ñw unyi-ma ko̩ ñw ajifa.

¹⁶ Abe̩ku dab o̩ma ku ma ko rinyo̩ ku ma bi maja maja, omi onugo ma de̩ n dab amo̩me̩kpa kʼeju-ma ma li ugane̩ n?

¹⁷ O̩mo̩ ame̩ne̩bibi we o̩fu elo̩, oñ o̩mo̩ abo kʼuhia ahia ma jʼañmi.

¹⁸ O̩mo̩ ame̩namu jo̩ to̩ko̩o̩ kpʼo̩la-ma; omu e̩ne̩ kʼi nʼitali tʼuma ofe atʼumi eti n.

¹⁹ Abo kekele kpʼabo lile jʼo̩mo̩, adu laño̩ kwotane̩ bʼo̩wo̩ odu-wñ te̩ o̩mo̩.

²⁰ E̩wñ chi ku ma dʼugane̩ ñw e̩ne̩ kʼi dʼef akanya, kpʼiñmi ñw e̩ne̩ kʼonugo-wñ rikoko?

²¹ Ku ma jo̩ anede uku, kʼi mala awan, ku ma laño̩ gwʼura atene-wñ alu ku ma tene e̩wñ akoko ki maja;

²² ku ma la gwoguyo̩, kʼe̩do̩-ma bo̩, e̩gba ku ma fʼoji li?

²³ E̩wñ chi kʼi adʼugane̩ ñw e̩ne̩ kʼo̩na-wñ maja, e̩ne̩ kʼO̩jo̩ fʼo̩gba bu nyʼu?

²⁴ Todu ifi-mi kʼu nafi adʼuje̩wñ-mi o̩gba, ukwa-mi la adafo dab omiofo.

²⁵ Todu e̩wñ kʼu railo le̩ lewa bʼumi ma me̩, oñ e̩wñ kʼu nachokpo-wñ awʼugbo mi.

²⁶ E̩do̩-mi dachi n, u la gu chi n; u la nʼuñmi n; o̩la ega muda awa kpo̩.