1 O Jihofa, u dʼef unefu-i akwa dʼe̩!
Unefu akwado̩ unefu owulu omi-we̩ kʼi acha lef okuta kʼi agbo̩; omi-we̩ kʼi akpa bʼane̩ ma kpʼakpo-li-we̩ chaka acha lʼumi oji.
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,
Uwe̩ kʼe̩ mʼo̩pe̩cha ki bie̩ne̩ wewe du ña wa le̩ e̩ ño̩ ko wa daji ge̩; uwe̩ la arʼuwa iñmi ko uwe̩ la ako wa dabi kwʼef ane̩-ile̩ ge̩.
I mʼumi du kwef ura ugbo kʼekuku de̩, bʼugbo ki chʼe̩pio̩ te̩, i la mʼe̩re̩-mi ko dʼane̩ oj okuta, oñ i fʼelelo kpai elewa-mi lonyane̩.
I fʼuche̩ kpe̩ kwʼatate̩, i mʼumi du, i fʼumi fa kwef omi inaina.
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!
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.
E̩gba ki Jihofa mʼabo Zayo̩n ku ma mu le̩ ko dabi wa, a dab abo ku ma nʼo̩na.
Abo ku ma ke̩do̩no Jihofa dab uwo Zayo̩n, ku ma ma neke chʼo iche̩ n, i muda gugu ogbegbele̩.
I ma che Jihofa chʼe̩ne̩-wa n, Israe̩l ki ka abajo̩-i kakini—
Uwe̩ nachi eju-mi nyʼate̩ ñw u, O uwe̩ kʼe̩ gugu efojale efojale!
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?