Jihofa la aje̩ ñw ma gbʼomu e-e̩gahi-wñ le̩, i la adʼo̩wo̩-wñ ki acho̩ko̩ wane̩ ef uwe̩do̩ kpʼo̩go̩ una ki alie̩ e̩wñ, manyʼomi ki alo̩ akiliwo, kpʼafu ibi, kpʼokuto̩mo̩jo̩cha ñe̩ña.
O̩kanyi aba ñw e̩ne̩ ki ane̩ dʼoli? Icho̩ ahi o̩la-wñ ne ñw e̩ne̩ ki ne̩ achʼuko̩lo̩? mak o̩kpa akʼabo ku ma dʼu kwane̩ jo̩ amiejo ke, abe̩k i dabe̩ne̩ kʼokute̩ ma dʼe̩ne̩ ki ma chʼoli n kwane̩!
Eju-me̩ la aliʼu, e̩do̩-me̩ la ayo̩, oñ achiku-me̩ aya dabe̩ne̩ kʼegbe emimi; taku ma ama ka kʼo̩wo̩ Jihofa dʼubi amadu-wñ, e̩do̩-wñ la akparʼame̩nebi-wñ.
nʼo̩wo̩-we̩ gba mi bʼamone̩ te̩, O Jihofa, owñ chʼabo o̩kpanachi-i kʼukpe̩-ma dʼef edeju ku ma deju ile̩-i. E̩ ki la nʼe̩wñ umaja-we̩ kʼuma efu; amo̩ma-ma nʼe̩wñ bʼuma jo̩; ma la tʼe̩wñ-ma ki bo̩ no̩ ñw amo̩me̩kpa e-ma.
Uwe̩ gbʼinabali alu kʼu che igbelegbele le̩ n? Alu kʼu fʼu bo̩ o̩gbo̩gba le̩ n? fa-i u che kʼegu ewo ewo ki nʼaku lo̩ ki mud ugbudu ugbudu alache̩ jo, ki mud ukpe̩ e-we̩,
ifai, tod e-le̩, go, Ondu akʼomi Ohimini kʼi nʼukpahiu kʼi ño̩ nana le̩ wa abʼuma oji ma, owñ chʼonu Asiria kpʼojima-wñ chaka; i la awobi bʼo̩cha-wñ du ma, i ñʼawobi lʼoj o̩gba-wñ du;
Me̩ go, ane̩ abo Kaldia! Abo-i te̩te̩do̩mo̩ n; e̩ne̩ Asiria le̩ fʼu che te̩ tod abo ku ma dodo aje̩tachi. Ma mʼodo̩go̩-ma ko dago jo̩, ma fʼunyi unyi ojima-wñ kpo̩fo̩ rinyo̩, ma mʼu du chʼalache̩ te̩.
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.
Tak onu-i ache alu ki dʼowñ e̩do̩; i ahi o̩la-wñ ne, i la abukpa tʼo̩la-wñ ka kʼi tʼo̩jo̩ du le, i la aka e̩wñ awuwu rʼO̩jo̩ e-amo̩jo̩ o̩la. I la ara ñw u gbogbo kadʼiko kʼe̩do̩ e̩kpa le̩ ki takpa; todu ma ache tʼeju ibe ku ma ñwatane̩ le̩ chuu.