12 O Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du, kʼe̩ la ñw abo̩kpakpa go, kʼe̩ la ali ibe kpai e̩do̩, je̩ ñw mi li ache̩ kʼe̩ na bʼuma ma, todu uwe̩ omi dʼo̩la-mi ñw u kʼe̩ ka.
Abe̩le̩ oñ Joash onu, ma ño̩ rewa emo̩la ku Jiho̩yada, ata Ze̩karaya, mo̩la ñw u n; i muda dʼo̩ma-wñ kpa. Oñ abu kʼi aku i kakini, Jihofa ki go, kʼi fʼo̩me̩-wñ ra.
Ama, uwe̩ O Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du kʼe̩ kajo̩ tʼo̩kpakpa, kʼe̩ la ñwa e̩do̩ kpʼibe go, e̩ je̩ ñw mi li ache̩-we̩ kʼe̩ na oji-ma, todu omi dʼo̩la-mi ñwʼe̩ kʼe̩ ka.
E̩ ki je̩ ñw anyo̩ mu abo ku ma doli mi, e̩ ki muda je̩ ñw anyo̩ ki mu mi n; e̩do̩-ma ki muda kpu; e̩ ki muda je̩ ñw e̩do̩-mi ki da kpu n; mʼo̩jo̩ e̩bie̩ne̩ le̩ du wa abʼuma oji ma; e̩ ki nʼekpabie̩ meji kpa ma bie̩!
Oñ nanʼuku kpa amo̩ma-wñ; tak ujeju ujeju abudo̩ Ondu du ama ka kʼomi chʼe̩ne̩ kʼi atejane̩ ef ekpili kpʼef e̩do̩: u la adu ñw e̩ne̩ne̩ne̩ne̩-me̩ teju alii kʼuko̩lo̩-wñ de̩.
oñ ma nʼomuko̩la lile akwa kakini, Gbogbo nyʼe̩gba, O Ondu Onu kiafo̩ kpʼe-ogbolo, oñ e̩ ma kajo̩ kʼe̩ fʼache̩ e̩bie̩-wa na oji abo ku ma dodo ane̩ ile̩ n?
Ama Hana dohi kakini, O̩da, odu-mi; onobule̩ kʼe̩do̩-wñ ma nyo̩ n u che. Tʼomi achiwebe̩te̩ma tʼo̩te̩ una, u ñmʼejeji-wñ n, chai onugo e̩do̩-mi oñ u du da jʼane̩ o̩gba Jihofa-i.