Ab u nale kʼu natʼuwe̩ no̩? O Ifraim! Ab u nale kʼu mʼe̩ du ñw ma? O Israe̩l! Ab u nale kʼu nachʼuwe̩ kʼe̩ dab Adma! Ab u nale kʼu chʼuwe̩ kʼe̩ dabu Ze̩boim! E̩do̩-mi murida ef umi, ejumomi-mi che̩tajo nyʼomune̩.
O̩pe̩cha du kʼama li owñ li duu, onuche̩ eju-wñ onugo gba ma; ef ufe̩do̩-wñ kpai ef ejumomi-wñ i gba ma tane̩; i la ko ma nʼo̩wo̩ ane̩ ma o̩jo̩ igbegbele le̩ du.
Onobule̩ neke gbenyo̩ o̩ma ki añmʼe̩nya-wñ? kʼi we eli o̩ma e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ kʼi bi lʼagada-wñ ejumomi? I-i, i nʼe̩gba kʼabo le̩ agbenyo̩, omi muda agbenyo̩ we̩ n.
Jihofa, o̩wo̩-we̩ chʼe̩chi nyʼate̩, ma la aliʼi n. Ma muda ali alu kʼe̩do̩-we̩ kadʼabo-we̩ oñ anyo̩ amu ma. Una ki chʼutodu abo ku ma kobʼuwe̩ le̩ ki fʼuma lie̩.
Enyo̩gba o̩da-wñ kpai ure̩do̩ anʼuloji n, oj ede Defid kpai ojane̩-wñ, kʼi fu lonyane̩, kʼi la nʼajo̩ o̩kpakpa kpai e̩wñ o̩kpakpa eche gwo̩nyʼu dago akwʼe̩gba-i tʼogbegbele̩. E̩do̩ Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du ki tʼe̩wñ-i ache.