Taku Jihofa anʼomu-wñ data o̩gba abogu-wñ, todu uru ogu-wñ tabale; tod e̩ne̩ ki ache teju alu kʼo̩la-wñ ka gbiti. Todu o̩jo̩ Jihofa chenana i la abailo tabale; e̩ne̩ abʼo̩ jo̩?
Kʼe̩wñ lʼago-me̩, ku me̩ dinaku, ame̩, amatama, me̩ kwa, ame̩ ku me̩ che e̩wñ ugbo ubo̩ iche̩bo̩ le̩. Lewa ku me̩ dachi ef e̩gbanukpo gbogbo ñw o̩jo̩, ame̩ amache̩wñ ñw O̩jo̩-mi! Todu ma ko̩ eko e̩wñ ele kpʼomi wʼunyi O̩jo̩-me̩.
Mʼolu ji, ame̩ amañmo̩te̩, ku me̩ raku; me̩ dinaku, ame̩ ku me̩ ñmʼo̩te̩ achiwebe̩te̩ma chaka, todu omi achiwebe̩te̩ma e̩rinyo̩, todu i muda bʼume̩ alu te̩ me̩.
Kpogu, O alaku; ewo le̩ ki kwa taa; uwe̩ muya rinyo̩ me̩, o̩chaka we̩, O Filistia! Todu odudu kwo o̩pata ate̩ awa me̩, e̩ne̩ ki adʼe̩re̩ ma ubi dʼef abudala udala-wñ n.
Anyo̩ ki mu me̩, ame̩ amaluche̩, kwa, ame̩ ku me̩ dejute̩ ikeli achiwebe̩te̩ma, todu o̩ka wit kpai barli; todu e̩wñ ku ma ako kwʼoko wʼunyi lenyo̩ me̩.
E̩wñ u dʼemi ache fa-i? abu ku ma kʼamone̩-mi alo ofofo. Jihofa aka-i. Abo ku ma nʼo̩da-ma jʼakpogu, Jihofa ka-i, ma la dʼodu-mi rʼibe̩te̩ gbogbo dʼo̩jo̩ o̩ko̩ko̩lo̩.
O̩la Taya de̩. Kwa, ame̩ o̩ko̩ Tarshish du, todu ma fu Taya kpe̩fo̩ te̩, unyi du bo̩ ge̩ n, i nʼegudu nyʼo̩mo̩ n! Ma dʼu tejugede ñw ma kwʼoj ane̩ Saipro̩s.
Todule̩ oñ e̩bie̩ne̩ awa bʼe̩ ma, uwe̩ anʼogu kʼe̩ dʼo̩ hi n; uchobi la abʼe̩ ma, uwe̩ la neke rʼugbo̩ nyʼu n; alache̩ abʼe̩ ma achigili, e-kʼe̩ ma nʼibe-wñ n.
Me̩ ki fʼo̩kakachi fa Zayo̩n, me̩ ki la kpʼelelelele oj uwo-mi kiafo̩! O̩la abo du ku ma dodo ane̩-i ki naga gogodo, todu o̩jo̩ e-Jihofa awa, todu i me̩rʼanane̩ me̩,