1 Me̩ je̩nyu Jihofa! Me̩ ki kʼeli etito̩ ñw Jihofa, kpai uñwulo̩-wñ ef o̩gbadu abo ku ma kpe̩do̩rʼowñ!
Me̩ ki kʼeli etito̩ ñw u, me̩ nu lef o̩ka, uko̩la-wñ ki nana.
Oñ ma nʼeli etito̩ ako̩, kakini, Uwe̩ nyo̩ bo̩jo̩ kʼe̩ mʼubuku le̩ gba, kʼe̩ la mʼuhiuko̩-wñ chi, todabu ku ma dʼuwe̩ kpa, kʼe̩ laño̩ fʼamone̩ la ñw O̩jo̩ ef e̩bie̩-we̩, kwef o̩lo̩pu kpʼalichi, kpʼamone̩ kpʼabo uche̩ichi du,
i kakini, Nadʼodu-we̩ ka ñw amo̩maye-mi, alumeji ujeju nakeli we̩.
Me̩ je̩nyu Jihofa! Ame̩ ku me̩ jʼefojale me̩ ki je̩nyu Jihofa, me̩ jʼugbo ki gbo̩gba le̩ aje̩-nyu ñw u!
O, me̩ ki kʼeli etito̩ ñw Jihofa, todu i fʼe̩wñ aye wewe che me̩! O̩wo̩-wñ awo̩to̩ kpai ugbogbolo o̩wo̩-wñ kiafo̩ fʼujadu che todu-wñ me̩.
Me̩ ki kʼeli etito̩ ñw Jihofa, kpai uñwulo̩-wñ kwʼukpoji ane̩ ile̩! Owñ chʼame̩ ku me̩ gwo̩ru nyʼef ohimini abadi ale, kpai e̩wñ du ki jʼef uwñ, ala ala kpai abo ku ma dodo o̩mo̩.
Nakʼeli tito̩ ñw e̩, O O̩jo̩; ubo̩ ki nʼiku me̩gwa oñ nadu kʼeli dʼuwe̩,
Oji kʼu da nara ñw Jihofa owñ chʼeju abo-wñ chaka,
Ame̩ ki kele O̩jo̩ ef ujeju ujeju, ele Ondu eka ki bi kwef Israe̩l dufu!
Ef ujeju lile le̩ uñwulo̩-mi akwʼugbo-we̩ wa; oji kʼu da le̩ nara eju abo ku ma railo-wñ.
Alu kʼodu-we̩ de̩ nacholi jane̩ ñw amo̩maye-mi; naje̩nyu ñw e̩ alumeji ujeju:
Efojale efojale agogbodʼe̩wñ aye-we̩, O Jihofa, kpai echubi kʼe̩ chubi one̩ ma aka ef ujeju abo-we̩ kiafo!
O, me̩ kʼeli etito̩ ñw Jihofa; me̩ ki kʼeli ñw Jihofa, ame̩ abo ane̩ ile̩ du!
Me̩ ie̩nyu ñw Jihofa. Nadʼe̩do̩-mi chaka gogbodo̩ Jihofa, ef ojuju abo̩kpakpa, kpai ef O̩gbadu le̩.
Nagogbodʼuwe̩ ef ujeju lile le̩; naje̩nyu ñw e̩ ef amone̩ wewe.