Maika 2 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Udu ku ma bu ñw e̩nejufufu kpʼe̩ne̩ ki atʼone̩ mane̩

¹ Atogwo ñw abo ku ma ñwʼibe udu efe̩ ku ma laño̩ chʼuko̩lo̩ e̩bie̩ne̩ oj ate̩-ma! O̩jo̩ muñwa ma chane̩ eche, todabu ki tʼuma o̩wo̩.

² Ma chejufufu oko oko, ma la bʼone̩ gba afuma; kpai unyi unyi, oñ ma mʼu ko; abe̩le̩ ma fʼone̩ kpʼunyi-wñ te̩ mane̩, owñ chʼone̩ kpʼe̩wñ ogu-wñ.

³ Todule̩ abu ki Jihofa aka de̩, kakini, Go, omi añwʼibe e̩bie̩ne̩ nyʼabo o̩lo̩pu kide̩, e-kʼame̩ ma afʼo̩lo̩-me̩ kwʼef uwñ n; me̩ ñʼalule̩ eke ge̩ n, todu iko e̩bie̩ne̩ de̩.

⁴ Iko le̩ ma akpʼita rʼume̩ oji, ku ma kwa gboo̩, kakini, A chile̩che̩ hioko me̩; i mʼukpe̩ abo-mi rida; go, abu kʼi kʼo̩ bʼumi te̩! i fʼoko oko-wa kpe̩ ñw ʼabo ku ma mʼubi dagbʼo̩.

⁵ Todule̩ uwe̩ ñʼanʼe̩ne̩ du kʼi arʼanya kʼiku e̩ñwa ki je̩ ñw e̩ ef ujeju Jihofa n.

⁶ Me̩ ki kache̩ n; ma kache̩ waa. One̩ ki kache̩ e̩wñ abe̩le̩ n, anyo̩ akwo n.

⁷ O uwe̩ kʼe̩ kʼodu Unyi Jeko̩b, i nyo̩ ku ma ka abe̩le̩? Afu O̩jo̩ bu wane̩? E̩wñ kʼowñ che de̩-i? Uko̩la-mi ache nyo̩ ñw e̩ne̩ ki alule̩ tʼo̩kpakpa n?

⁸ O̩feje-i abo-mi kwane̩ dabe̩ne̩ kʼe̩nebi; me̩ mʼotogbo manyʼe̩wñ o̩la gwo̩, bʼabo ku ma lale no̩ko̩o̩ kʼibe uja ma dʼef uma n o̩la te̩.

⁹ Me̩ kʼabobule̩ abo-mi rikpolo bʼef unyi ube̩do̩-ma te̩; me̩ mʼojima-mi ko̩ bʼamo̩ma-ma egini te̩ ogbegbele̩.

¹⁰ Me̩ kwane̩, ku me̩ lo̩, todu emi chʼuña uñmi-me̩ n; todabu kʼemi mudaji te̩ kʼi akpʼe̩wñ bie̩ e̩kpabie̩-wñ abie̩ne̩.

¹¹ Iche̩wñ kʼone̩ ki alule̩ ef afu olemi fʼo̩lemi ro̩ kakini, Omi akache̩ omi achiwebe̩te̩ma kpai o̩te̩ una ñw e̩, owñ le̩ achʼakache̩ amone̩-i.

Ma kʼe̩bo̩bo̩-ma dabi tiko

¹² O Jeko̩b, omi akʼabo-we̩ chaka jeju chuu, u la akʼe̩bo̩bo̩ abo Israe̩l jo̩ chuu; nako ma dama dabe̩ne̩ kʼame̩wño̩re̩ egini e-Bo̩zra, dabe̩ne̩ kʼujo̩ ame̩wño̩re̩ alumeji iga-ma, ma achʼekuku tabale noj uwewe amone̩.

¹³ Akpʼe̩wñ fo̩ le̩ mute̩gu wa o̩gba ma me̩; ma fʼalaku kpo̩fo̩ lale me̩, oñ ma lʼo̩mo̩ dufu. Onu-ma dʼo̩gba ma le, Jihofa la tʼuma o̩gba.