1 Nadʼufe̩de̩nyo̩ kpai ajo̩ o̩kpakpa eka tef eli ako̩; uwe̩, O Jihofa, nakeli dʼo̩.
Nanʼeli ufe̩de̩nyo̩ Jihofa ako̩ ogbegbele̩; nanʼalu-mi je̩ ñw abo o̩gba o̩gba du ma alu kʼe̩ chubi one̩.
Ma akʼuwohi e̩nyo̩-we̩ ki chʼololo e̩che̩ dufu, ma la anʼeli o̩kpakpa-we̩ ako̩ taa.
Mʼumi gba bʼabi e̩bie̩ eje̩ te̩, O O̩jo̩, uwe̩ O̩jo̩ e-ujadu-mi, tak ukpalu-mi anʼeli o̩kpakpa-we̩ ako̩ taa.
Zayo̩n gbo̩ oñ e̩do̩-wñ bo̩, oñ amo̩ma Juda onobule̩ kwogwoguyo̩, todu oj ajo̩-we̩ kʼe̩ kpa, O Jihofa.
Todule̩ e̩ nago umo̩la O̩jo̩ kpai ukpuna-wñ ta. Ukpuna-wñ dʼoji abo ki wane̩, umo̩la O̩jo̩ la dʼoji e-we̩, iche̩wñ kʼuwe̩ adʼef umo̩la-wñ alo waa; cho̩kpo̩ni ma ñʼakʼuwe̩ da tinyo̩ ge̩.
kʼa ki dʼufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ ka dufu odudu, kpai alu kʼe̩ chubi one̩ odu,
I ña we̩ e̩wñ ki nyo̩, O one̩; e̩wñ Jihofa la tene ugbo we̩ chai eche e̩wñ tʼeju-wñ kpakpa kʼe̩ la fe̩do̩ ufe̩de̩nyo̩, kʼe̩ ño̩ hi e̩do̩ wane̩ alule̩ kpʼO̩jo̩-we̩?