Job 4 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Elaifaz ko̩la e-wñ ejodudu

¹ Tak E̩laifaz, e̩ne̩ Teman dohi kakini:

² Iche̩wñ kʼone̩ che kʼi bʼuwe̩ chʼolu-ka i abiʼe̩ eju? E̩ne̩ la neke mʼo̩la-wñ ne̩ kʼi we eko̩la?

³ Go, uwe̩ ko̩ amo̩ma wewe o̩la me̩, uwe̩ laño̩ dʼukpahiu ñw o̩wo̩ ki gulo̩.

⁴ Uko̩la-we̩ gwo̩nyʼe̩ne̩ ki che ki wane̩ dago, uwe̩ ño̩ je̩ ñw e̩ne̩ kʼokuku-wñ ate̩kpe̩ kʼi lo dago kpaka.

⁵ Fai i la wʼugbo we̩ me̩, oñ e̩do̩-we̩ mukpabie̩; i kadʼuwe̩, oñ e̩ chʼe̩do̩ ñwañwala

⁶ I chʼailo O̩jo̩ kʼe̩ ra chʼuke̩do̩no e-we̩ n? I chʼo̩kpakpa o̩na kʼe̩ le chʼukibeno-we̩ n?

⁷ E̩ nadibetʼo̩, agba, e̩ne̩ ki jale tak i lenyo̩, de̩ mama me̩? Ugbo ma kʼame̩no̩kpakpa da rinyo̩ mama me̩?

⁸ Alu kʼomi te̩tali, abo ku ma luche̩ ibe̩te̩ ku ma la dʼakanya gbe̩, alu le̩ ma ako wʼunyi.

⁹ Iñmi ki kwef iñmo̩ ñmiru ma oñ ma lenyo̩, iñmo̩ O̩jo̩ kʼi abu oñ i fʼuma lie̩.

¹⁰ Ukwa idu, kpʼomuko̩la idu ki acho̩ko̩, kpʼenyi amagbadufu idu, mugu-che̩ me̩.

¹¹ Idu ki gbo̩ alenyo̩ tod e̩la kʼi akpaje̩ añʼo̩, oñ amo̩ma ole idu fiatuka.

¹² Ma gwo̩ wa adʼinabaliʼka ñw mi ye̩ye̩, oñ eti-mi gbo̩ alu ku ma ka ye̩ye̩.

¹³ Alu kʼone̩ akpibe kʼi agane̩ odu, e̩gba kʼolu ele̩ dabo̩ta lewa bʼone̩ ma,

¹⁴ ailo fu mi mu, kpʼo̩la ega, e-ki je̩ ñw achiku-mi du miejo.

¹⁵ Tak afuʼka lale gu o̩gba-mi du; edudu año̩ia-mi kwane̩.

¹⁶ I kwodago, u muda neke ma alu kʼi de̩ n. E̩wñʼka dʼo̩gba eju-mi; e̩wñ du de hiolii, tak u gbʼomuko̩la kakini:

¹⁷ One̩ ki aku neke jale eju O̩jo̩? One̩ ofo afe̩ eju Acho̩na-wñ le̩?

¹⁸ Go, i adʼo̩la amadu-wñ rʼochochi re n, i la agwajo̩ nʼamonuche̩-wñ ka kʼama la;

¹⁹ mak e-abo ku ma dodo ef unyi ike̩te̩ tule n? kʼunyane̩-ma chʼef ebutu, ku ma neke fʼuma kpetili mane̩ dab achibebene.

²⁰ Agbagba odudu kpʼane̩ oñ ma kpa ma bie̩; ma lenyo̩ ogbegbele̩ e̩ne̩ du la anye̩ti n.

²¹ Ma fʼiku unyabo-ma jada ef uma n? ma ku, ma la nʼibe ta n?