1 U raku do̩ Jihofa ef o̩pe̩cha-mi, oñ i mʼohi du ñw mi.
U do̩ Jihofa ef ope̩cha-mi; u la kwado̩ O̩jo̩-mi. I fʼomu-mi gbo̩ ef unyi-wñ, oñ ukwa kʼu kwa o̩gba-wñ mugudu tʼo̩ eti.
Oñ i kakini, Tod o̩pe̩cha-mi omi raku do̩ Jihofa, i la dʼohi ñw mi; u dʼejefu ejefu o̩jegu akwa, uwe̩ la gbʼomu-mi.
Efuña-e̩kpama-mi u kwa do̩ Jihofa; Jihofa dohi ñw mi oñ i du mi tef uña ki de̩ gbodo.
Ef o̩jo̩ o̩re̩la-wñ i nʼukwa akwa taa kpʼaku ero̩ agbo̩ko̩bo̩ kpʼejumomi eche ugbo e̩ne̩ ki neke jadu-wñ kwef uku, oñ abu kʼO̩jo̩ gbo̩ tod ekpe̩do̩ru kʼi kpe̩do̩rʼu,
e̩ ki la kwado̩ mi o̩jo̩ o̩pe̩cha; oñ nagbʼe̩, tak uwe̩ adojima ñw mi.
O Jihofa, u dʼef unefu-i akwa dʼe̩!
Oñ abu kʼeju-wñ kpa nana i no̩ feju kpa rʼadua ache tule; ugu kʼi gu la dab e̩bie̩ ki akito̩ wane̩ dab o̩kpo̩ omi lile.
Jihofa, u hi e̩do̩-mi ne n, nachʼeju nyanya n; omi la lule̩ ef e̩wñ elile n, kpʼef e̩wñ kʼaye-wñ tʼumi le n.
Abo ku ma ke̩do̩no Jihofa dab uwo Zayo̩n, ku ma ma neke chʼo iche̩ n, i muda gugu ogbegbele̩.
Taku ma raku do̩ Jihofa ef o̩pe̩cha-ma, oñ i mʼuma gba kwef uwa-ma;
Go, me̩ je̩nyu ñw Jihofa, ame̩ amadu Jihofa chaka, kʼame̩ dago ef unyi Jihofa odu!
Go, abu ki chenyo̩, abu ki abo̩la kʼamo̩maye ki jo̩ kpʼo̩la-ma to̩ko̩o̩!
Jihofa, e̩ narewa ukata Defid, ku ma chi le̩ chaka;
I ma che Jihofa ko̩ unyi n, mak abo ku ma jʼakʼo achʼakanya-ma tinyo̩ ofofo. I ma che Jihofa ade ewo n, mak adaku gwe̩ke̩ adide ofofo.
I ma che Jihofa chʼe̩ne̩-wa n, Israe̩l ki ka abajo̩-i kakini—
E̩do̩-mi bo̩ e̩gba ku ma ka ñw mi kakini, Lewa kʼa nyʼunyi Jihofa!
Nachi eju-mi nyʼate̩ ago uwo uwo. Ugbo ate̩ko-mi akwo wa ta?
E̩ ki dʼeju-we̩ maja bʼumi te̩ iko kʼu dʼef o̩pe̩cha n! Hi eti-we̩ wane̩ ñw mi; o̩jo̩ kʼu nakwadʼe̩ e̩ dohi ñw mi piopio!
Ma te̩tachʼumi o̩pe̩cha nana akwʼo̩jo̩ o̩ko̩lobia-mi gbogbo wa-i, Israe̩l ki ka ke—
E̩ne̩ du kʼi arailo Jihofa gbede, owñ chʼe̩ne̩ kʼi alule̩ o̩na-wñ!
E̩gba ki Jihofa mʼabo Zayo̩n ku ma mu le̩ ko dabi wa, a dab abo ku ma nʼo̩na.
Uwe̩ nachi eju-mi nyʼate̩ ñw u, O uwe̩ kʼe̩ gugu efojale efojale!
Oñ e̩gba kʼiko-wñ jo̩ Hana fʼefu nyo̩ oñ i fʼo̩ma e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ bi. I la dʼodu-wñ ko̩ Samiue̩l, Ukpe̩ kʼu bi ebi o̩ma le̩ ugbo Jihofa, i ka.
Tod o̩ma-i oñ u rodubʼo̩; Jihofa la mʼebi kʼu biʼi du ñwu mi me̩:
E̩ne̩ du kʼi nʼugwa wa achʼiche̩bo̩ mak ojima i adu ñw mi le̩; oñ omi adʼujadu O̩jo̩ ña e̩ne̩ ki añwʼo̩na-wñ che!
Tod uwe̩ dʼumi rikpolo tef unefu, alumeji ohimini abadi, uwobi omi la lʼumi daka; akpoli-we̩ chaka kpai o̩gbagbagba omi-we̩ lʼumi oji.