8 O, Ondu, abʼu naka, abu kʼabo Israe̩l murida rʼame̩nebi-ma o̩gba.
Oñ fa-i, O O̩jo̩-wa, ab a ñʼaka ubi e-i ge̩? Todu a tʼuko̩ kʼe̩ te̩ no̩ tinyo̩,
Uwe̩ je̩ ñw a mʼubi dagbʼabo ku ma kobʼuwa; abo ku ma chʼulaka-wa la añʼane̩-wa ñw o̩la-ma.
Ochochi, uwe̩ mʼalu ugbada-wñ rida tʼubi, uwe̩ la je̩ ñw u dago ef ogu n.
Omi adago oj ide-mi, nagugu oj o̩do̩go̩, tak u nakpʼeju rʼo̩do̩da kʼu go e̩wñ kʼi aka ñw mi, kpʼe̩wñ kʼu nadohi ugbo o̩la ki awo̩ mi le̩.
Taku Jo̩shua kakini, Atogwo, Ondu Jihofa, e̩wñ chi kʼe̩ kʼe̩ko amone̩-i du wʼudaba Jo̩rdan-i kʼe̩ mʼuwa ko nyʼef o̩wo̩ abo Amo̩r, kʼe̩ je̩ ñw a lenyo̩? E̩do̩-wa du kʼa gugu ejudaba Jo̩rdan le̩, i ma nyo̩.
Todu abo Kenan, kpai abo ku ma dodo ane̩-i chaka agbʼinabali-wñ, taku ma ado nyʼuwa daka, taku ma akʼodu-wa da bʼane̩-ile̩ te̩; oñ abʼuwe̩ ache todu odu-we̩ inaina-i ta?
Tak e̩gba kʼabogu le̩ mudabi wa uru ogu, abogijo Israe̩l kakini, E̩wñ chi ki Jihofa fʼuwa gwo rʼabo Filistia o̩gba eñini-i ta? A nyʼadʼakpati alo Jihofa kwo Shailo wʼugbo wa, todu kʼi wʼef uwa kʼi gba wa kwef o̩wo̩ ame̩nebi-wa.