1 Uwe̩, e̩ne̩ du kʼolugbe̩ akpʼo̩, me̩ lewʼugbo omiofo-i; kpai e̩ne̩ ki ma nʼo̩ko̩ n, me̩ lewa la ku me̩ je̩! Me̩ lewa lʼomi achiwebe̩te̩ma kpai omi e̩nya, i nʼo̩ko̩ oji n, i nʼalu aja n.
TʼAfu, tʼo̩ya-etito̩ le̩ kakini, Lewa. E̩ne̩ ki la gbo̩ kʼi nakakini, Lewa, oñ e̩ne̩ kʼolugbe̩ akpʼo̩, kʼi nawa: e̩ne̩ du ki dʼowñ e̩do̩ ki lewa gba omi e-iñmi ele ofofo.
Ojane̩ efojale dab e̩wñ akoko kʼi maja oko kʼe̩ne̩ʼka fʼu li tak i ño̩ hiʼu maja; oñ tod eyo̩ kʼi ayo̩ i nyʼakʼe̩wñ kʼi ne̩ ta, tak i mʼoko le̩ gba la.
Me̩ nafʼame̩ne̩gbo o̩la che kpa, me̩ kʼabo ki ku kwane̩, me̩ fʼame̩no̩ga ikpemute o̩la fe̩, me̩ fʼamebili ne rinyo̩; ele ofo oñ me̩ gba, ele ofo le̩ me̩ ki dʼu ñw one̩.
Oñ o̩jo̩ kʼa ka-i omi achiwebe̩te̩ma e̩rinyo̩ akʼito̩ kwʼoj uwo uwo ki gbo̩gba wane̩, omi e̩nya acha oj uwo uwo, omi la acha ef o̩cha aji Juda du; omi e̩biʼka la akwef unyi Jihofa dufu kʼi ache omi rʼo̩go̩ Shitim.
O O̩jo̩, O̩jo̩-mi uwe̩ che, natejane̩ we̩ ejugbogbo, alugbe̩-we̩ akpa onugo-mi; uwe̩ kʼomi ma li n, elu-mi muda, dabe̩ne̩ kʼoj ane̩ e̩gba kʼi ku te̩ ugbo kʼomi ma de̩ n.
Nadʼibe ñw e̩ kʼe̩ la ajamalia kʼuna gwe̩ ugbo mi, todu kʼuwe̩ ki chʼanana; kpʼe̩wñ o̩la efufu, todu kʼuwe̩ ki ko bʼo̩la ma, kʼanyo̩ ago ofo-we̩ ki we etejugede; kpʼogu eju, kʼe̩ dʼu kurʼeju-we̩, todu kʼuwe̩ ki gane̩.
Ame̩ ki ñeju omi e̩nya ku ma ma chʼe̩wñ gwʼo̩ n, kʼi chʼe-ibe, dabe̩ne̩ kʼamo̩me̩kpa ku ma bi e̩bie̩ e̩bie̩, todu kʼame̩ ki gbʼo̩kone̩ alo ef e-le̩ tef ujadu,
Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du ahie̩do̩ bʼo ma, ma la ako ma mi, ma anʼe̩re̩-ma fʼokuta ku ma ro̩ ñw ma kpetili mʼane̩, ma la añmʼomi, ma la achʼekuku dabe̩ne̩ kʼomi achiwebe̩te̩ma che ma, efu-ma la ako dab ugba, dabe̩ne̩ kʼalo alo ubo̩ iche̩bo̩ le̩.
Fa mi, awa la afule tʼuwe̩ ubi. Onu mʼumi du wʼef unyi-wñ me̩. E̩do̩-wa abo̩, a la nʼuyo̩ ef uwe̩; awa aje̩nyu alu kʼe̩ che̩do̩ tʼomi achiwebe̩te̩ma le; ma fe̩do̩-we̩ o̩kpakpa.
Taku Boaz mute̩gu nyʼalaku, oñ kwoguguane̩ o̩mo̩; e̩ la go, e̩ne̩ kʼi nʼo̩da egba ma tane̩ ki Boaz kʼo̩la-wñ le̩ alale; oñ i kakini, Uwe̩ ki alo-i, na emi, kʼe̩ guguane̩; oñ i muna aguguane̩.
I la ade̩ kʼonugo e̩wñ du ki añmiñmi ki achiche̩ ugbo du kʼohimini lile le̩ acha kade adeju. Uwewe e̩ja-wñ le̩ atabale; todu omi-i lewa o̩mo̩ me̩. Oñ o̩ga du atakpa. Ugbo du kʼohimini le̩ acha kade e̩wñ o̩mo̩ du adeju!