4 Me̩ kʼeli do̩ Jihofa, ame̩ ku me̩ kpe̩do̩rʼu le̩, me̩ ki la gogbodo̩ odu-wñ kiafo̩.
Me̩ nayo̩ efu Jihofa, ame̩ abo̩kpakpa, me̩ rewa efo̩ kʼi afo̩ me̩ gogbodʼo̩!
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.
I la mʼigba du kwane̩ tod abo-wñ me̩, owñ chʼuñwulo̩ abo-wñ ku ma kpe̩do̩rʼowñ chaka, owñ chʼabo Israe̩l ku ma me̩rʼowñ le̩. Me̩ je̩nyu Jihofa!
E̩ ki je̩ ñw amatama-we̩ kʼo̩kpakpa bʼo̩la ma, e̩ ki la je̩ ñw abo ku ma kpe̩do̩rʼuwe̩ ku ma chʼo̩ga uyo̩.
Tak i chi abo Lifai iche̩ka ku ma jʼo̩gba akpati Jihofa ache e̩wñ, ku ma je̩ ñw ma rewa, ku ma gogbo̩do̩, ku ma ño̩ je̩nyu Jihofa, O̩jo̩ Israe̩l.
Oñ oka-wñ nakwado̩ ekeji kakini: I afo̩, i afo̩, Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du afo̩; o̩gbo̩ ile̩ du che̩ko̩ ñw ojima-wñ.
kakini, Kʼabo ku ma kpe̩do̩rʼumi jeju wʼugbo mi, owñ chʼabo ku ma kpʼalo kpai omi lugbo e̩wñ e̩bie̩ ekpa!
E̩do̩-me̩ ki bo̩ efu Jihofa, ame̩ ki gwoguyo̩, ame̩ ame̩no̩kpakpa, me̩ ki la fʼo̩ga uyo̩ chi, ame̩ kʼe̩do̩-me̩ chʼokpoko chaka!
E̩ne̩ dʼef amo̩jo̩ kʼi dab uwe̩, O Jihofa? E̩ne̩ dab uwe̩, kʼe̩fo̩ kʼe̩ fo̩ chʼojima-we̩? Kʼuñwulo̩-wñ abailo, kʼi ache e̩wñ awuwu?
Jihofa akpʼone̩, i ñʼadʼone̩ daji ge̩; i adʼone̩ gwo̩ru gbogbo nyʼef O̩je̩gu, i lañʼadʼu kwʼo̩mo̩ wa ge̩.
O Jihofa, uwe̩ nakwado̩-i; okuta-mi, e̩ ki chʼumi echi n, todu iche̩wñ kʼuwe̩ achʼumi echi, nadab abo ku ma gwo̩ru nyʼef ura.
Todu ufe̩de̩nyo̩ kʼe̩ che kpʼomi ta bale; uwe̩ la mʼonugo-mi gba kwef o̩jegu o̩gane̩ o̩gane̩.
i fʼo̩la-wñ kpuche̩ wa, afʼo̩ga-ma che kpa, oñ i je̩ ñw ma fʼo̩fe̩ ku ma ñwa chu o̩wo̩.