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,
Ama i ka ñw u kakini, Uwe̩ ko̩la alu kʼonobule̩ e̩fule̩fu aka. E̩wñ? A gbʼe̩nyo̩ o̩wo̩ O̩jo̩, a ñʼagba e̩bie̩ne̩ ge̩ n? Ef e̩wñ-i du Job nʼuko-wñ dure n.
oñ i lewatʼagbagba uru abo Israe̩l kpai uru abo Ijipti. Abe̩le̩ akpa kpai e̩chubi do̩mo̩, oñ i je̩ ñw ane̩ ne̩ odu oñ e̩ne̩ du ma te̩ me̩ru ekeji gbogbo ñw o̩jo̩ n.
I chaka dʼabe̩le̩ owñ ño̩ chʼanibe ge̩, i la akʼe̩bie̩ne̩ wa, i fʼo̩la ka i ñʼadʼo̩ dabi wa n, i la akwane̩ akobʼunyi amache e̩wñ bie̩ne̩ le̩, kpai abo ku ma te̩ko abo ku ma chʼuko̩lo̩ ibe̩te̩ le̩.
Omi la akʼamafeju wa lʼo̩na kʼama ma ma n, lʼikpa ikpa kʼama ma ma n oñ nane̩ ma le. Naje̩ ñw e̩chubi mud ugane̩ o̩gba-ma, oñ ugbo ki de̩ kpolo kpolo nache te̩e̩le̩. E̩wñ-i nache, u la ahiʼuma tinyo̩ n.
Abu ki Jihofa, Agbʼe̩ tane̩ te̩, kpai E̩ne̩ ki fʼuwe̩ bo̩ kwef iye-we̩, ka de̩ kakini: Omi che Jihofa ki che e̩wñ du, kʼowñ o̩to̩to̩la-wñ fʼefojale nadala te̩, kʼi fʼane̩ ile̩ fa te̩, —e̩ne̩ dʼugbo mi?—
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 dʼojima ñw Jihofa, O̩jo̩-me̩, o̩gba tak i dʼe̩chubi wa, o̩gba tak e̩re̩-me̩ ki ko̩ e̩wñ oj uwo ugbo kʼane̩ de̩ bulu bulu, kʼabu ku me̩ jo̩ atene ugane̩ owñ fʼu rida chʼolubo̩ uku, kʼi la mʼu du chʼe̩chubi gbe̩m.
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:
O̩jo̩ kʼane̩ chubi i che, kʼe̩wñ de̩ bulubulu, o̩jo̩ kʼakpa ma te̩, kʼi chubi gbe̩m! Alu kʼo̩jo̩ añwa bulubulu abʼoj uwo uwo ma oñ amone̩ ki nana kpʼe-ki gbiti jo̩: e̩go̩-wñ de̩ mama ta n, i ñʼade̩ ubi-ma ge̩ n, gbogbo tʼo̩do̩ o̩gba o̩gba wewe.
Todule̩, go, e̩ne̩ ki abo̩ ewo uwo jo̩, kʼi la nyʼafu ki aju, kʼi laño̩ dʼibe ki dʼef uwñ ka ñw one̩; kʼi la aje̩ ñw ane̩ ki chubi odudu, kʼi la adʼe̩re̩-wñ tane̩ otete otete ane̩ ile̩-i— Jihofa, O̩jo̩ ki nʼe̩wñ du, oñ odu-wñ ko̩!
Oñ amonuche̩ O̩jo̩ ku ma ma fejute̩ o̩da oji o̩la e-ma n, ku ma muda hi odo e-ma tinyo̩, i la nafejute̩ ma oj igbaligba e-ogbegbele̩ ef e̩chubi gbe̩m ñw o̩jo̩ ajo̩ lile le̩.