Omi li e̩bie̩ Nebo̩t o̩nale̩ ochochi, kpai e̩bie̩ amo̩ma-wñ, Jihofa ka-i; oñ omi achʼuwe̩ koji ugbo ukpe̩ ane̩ kide̩, Jihofa ka-i, Todule̩ e̩ mʼu du fai, kʼe̩ mʼu du ro̩ tinyo̩ oj ukpe̩ ane̩ kide̩, alu kʼo̩la ki Jihofa ka de̩.
Oñ u kakini, Nagbo̩ko̩bʼuwe̩ O Jihofa, O̩jo̩ e-efojale, kʼe̩ chʼO̩jo̩ inaina kʼi abailo kʼi la ade alo kpai ufe̩de̩nyo̩ ugbo abo ku ma fe̩do̩ owñ, ku ma la de uko̩ kʼi ate̩;
Jihofa tale o̩gba-wñ, oñ i nadudo̩ kakini, Jihofa, Jihofa, kʼi chʼO̩jo̩ kʼi ali one̩ ejumomi kʼi ali one̩ eju, i hika we̩do̩ n, ufe̩de̩nyo̩-wñ kpai ochochi-wñ chʼololo.
Todu ma fʼo̩ma bi ñw a, ma la mʼo̩me̩ne̩ke̩le̩ du ñw a; o̩da du ajʼojika-wñ, ma la adʼodu-wñ ko̩ Awuwu, E̩no̩hiala, O̩jo̩ ki gbiti, Ata o̩gbegbele̩ le̩, Onu Ure̩do̩.
Jihofa muda dʼugbo mi dab agbiti ki abʼone̩ ailo; todule̩ abo ku ma doli mi ake̩re̩, ma adu mi n, Anyo̩ amu ma gbalii, todu ma te̩tache e̩wñ ibe ibe n. Ma ñʼagbenyo̩ ukata-ma ki chi ogbegbele̩ n.
Abu ki Jihofa kʼi adʼolu chʼugane̩ o̩ro̩ka kʼi la hi o̩me̩ ñw ochu kpʼilawo ki chʼugane̩ odu, kʼi amʼi omi ohimini ejo kʼakpoli-wñ ki chʼekuku— odu-wñ ko̩ Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du, ka de̩ kakini:
Agba ma tane̩ chʼegbiti: Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du, oñ odu-wñ ko̩; i agba ma tubi, todu kʼi dʼuñmi ñw ane̩ ile̩, kʼi la je̩ ñw abo ku ma dodo Babilo̩n ku ma we enʼuñmi.
Abu kʼe̩ li ka ku ma fʼokuta da kwʼibe̩ uwo le̩, ki ma chʼo̩wo̩ one̩ che n, ki la fʼebije kpʼebi-jekpa kpʼama kpʼajifa kpʼo̩jamalia le̩ kpo̩fo̩ rinyo̩, mak O̩jo̩ Inaina je̩ ñw onu ma e̩wñ ki awache ejo̩gba: alu kʼo̩na le̩ de̩ achi n, oji-wñ ogbolo la de̩.
I chʼuwe̩ do̩mo̩ kwʼigbelegbele n, O Jihofa O̩jo̩-mi, E̩ne̩-mi Kiafo̩? Awa aku n. O Jihofa, uwe̩ fʼuma date̩ tod ajo̩; uwe̩, O Okuta, e̩ fʼuma e̩re̩ lonyane̩ todu kʼe̩ kʼuma o̩la.
Jihofa ache̩du e̩we̩do̩, ufe̩de̩nyo̩-wñ la tabale, i atʼudu kʼone̩ fe̩ kpai ada kʼi je̩ no̩ ñw u, i muda anʼugbo du kʼi adale ñw e̩ne̩ kʼi fʼabi je̩ n, i adʼudu kʼamata fe̩ nʼamo̩ma-ma oji gbogbo nyʼo̩gba o̩gba e̩ke̩ta kpai e̩ke̩le̩.
me̩ kʼe̩wñ chʼele, taku ma akʼe̩wñ chʼume̩ ele; ma añwa e̩ñwa o̩me̩me̩le̩ ñwu me̩, ma ake̩che̩mane̩, ma amiejo ki hime̩rʼo̩la-wñ, i ako̩ adaho, oñ ma adʼu mʼume̩ e̩do̩. Todu uñwa e̩wñ ku me̩ du ñwa ñw one̩, e-le̩ ma adu ñwa ñw ame̩ koji.
Todu Jihofa O̩jo̩-we̩ chʼO̩jo̩ e-amo̩jo̩ kpai Ondu e-amodu, owñ chʼO̩jo̩ inaina kpai e-e̩gbiti kpai e-ubailo, kʼi ma la nʼe̩nejuma n, kʼi ma la gbʼo̩ko̩ ugwa n.