1 Kele Jihofa, O onugo-mi; e̩wñ du ki dʼefu-mi, ki nake-le odu-wñ kiafo̩!
O̩jo̩ chʼAfu; oñ i dukpe̩ kʼabo ku ma dojikane̩ ñw u ki dojikane̩ ñw u ef afu kpai ochochi tila.
Todule̩ ab i de̩? nanʼafu chadua, naño̩ nʼibe chadua ge̩. Nanʼafu keli dʼO̩jo̩, naño̩ nʼibe keli dʼO̩jo̩ ge̩.
Me̩ ie̩nyu ñw Jihofa. Nadʼe̩do̩-mi chaka gogbodo̩ Jihofa, ef ojuju abo̩kpakpa, kpai ef O̩gbadu le̩.
Kele Jihofa, uko̩lo̩-wñ chaka, ugbo du kʼo̩da-wñ te̩ kade. Kele Jihofa, O onugo-mi!
Ama ki gogbodʼodu-we̩ inaina kʼi abailo le̩! I afo̩!
O̩la Kraisti ki nadodo ef ume̩ nana. Me̩ ki nʼofili du akʼo̩la-me̩ o̩la, me̩ ki dʼibe ñw o̩la-me̩; me̩ nanʼeli ku ma ko̩ do̩ O̩jo̩ kpai eli e̩wñ Afu ef ufe̩de̩nyo̩ ako̩ ef e̩do̩-me̩ ñw O̩jo̩.
Onugo-mi che̩ko̩ me̩ alu kʼula kpai ura ako̩ e̩wñ, alu-mi la anʼuko uyo̩ aje̩nyu ñwʼe̩
Todu O̩jo̩ chʼonu ane̩-ile̩ du; me̩ ki keli dʼo̩ ibe ibe!
Oñ adua kʼu nache-i chʼutodu kʼufe̩do̩-me̩ ki tule nyo̩gba ololo ef e̩wñ-ema ogbolo kpai o̩ka e̩wñ eche;
Nagogbodʼuwe̩ kpai o̩gbo e̩do̩-mi chaka; eju amo̩jo̩ nakʼeli dʼuwe̩;
Oñ oka-wñ nakwado̩ ekeji kakini: I afo̩, i afo̩, Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du afo̩; o̩gbo̩ ile̩ du che̩ko̩ ñw ojima-wñ.
Oñ ame̩wñ iñmi me̩le̩ le̩ e̩ne̩ne̩ne̩ne̩-ma nʼika me̩fa e̩fa, elʼuma año̩la daka kpʼejefu-ma che̩ko̩ ñw eju: ma la nʼuñmi o̩ro̩ka kpʼodu n, ma jʼakakini, I afo̩, i afo̩, i afo̩, Ondu O̩jo̩ Odobao̩gagu, e̩ne̩ kʼi do̩mo̩ akwoubi, kʼi la do̩mo̩ abajo̩-i, kʼi ñʼawa ge̩.
Kele Jihofa, O onugo-mi! O Jihofa O̩jo̩-mi, uwe̩ gbe̩-gbe̩! Ojima kpai e̩gahi bʼuwe̩ o̩la ma,
Nadʼuwe̩ noji ago, O̩jo̩-mi, O Onu, oñ nakadua ñw odu-we̩ ogbegbele̩ nyile̩wa.