1 Alu kʼabede ache fafafa atene omi, abe̩le̩ onugo-mi ache fafafa atene we̩, O O̩jo̩.
U mʼalu-mi chi te̩ ache fa fa fa, todu u te̩tañeju uko̩ kʼe̩ te̩.
Jihofa gbe̩gbe̩ i laño̩ dʼukpe̩ ku ma je̩nyʼu gbalii ef ewo O̩jo̩-wa!
O̩jo̩ chʼokoubi-wa kpai ukpahiu-wa, ate̩ko kʼa ali iko o̩pe̩cha, i che.
Jihofa, uwe̩ li ane̩-we̩ eju; uwe̩ mʼamu Jeko̩b rida me̩.
E̩do-mi agba o̩la e̩nyo̩ dufu; e̩wñ kʼu li ugbo onu le̩ naka; ukpalu-mi chʼiko kʼi aya e̩wñ eko̩.
O, me̩ fʼo̩wo̩ gwo̩, ame̩ amone̩ du! Me̩ fʼo̩ga uyo̩ chi ñw O̩jo̩!
Awa nʼeti-wa gbo̩ me̩, O O̩jo̩, amata-wa ka ñw a, uko̩lo̩ kʼe̩ che o̩kpanachi e-ma, owñ chʼiko igbelegbele:
Me̩ gbʼe-i, ame̩ amone̩ du! Neti, ame̩ ku ma jo̩ o̩kpanachi-i chaka,
tak ane̩pe̩te̩ mʼalu-wñ chi oñ i mʼuma ko mi kpai abo unyi-ma chaka kpai aboke̩le̩ du ku ma jʼef o̩wo̩ Ko̩ra kpai ane̩-ma chaka.
Iko le̩ Ko̩ra, o̩ma Izhar, o̩ma Ko̩hat, o̩ma Lifai, manyu Detan kpai Abiram, amo̩ma Eliab, kpai On, o̩ma Pe̩le̩t, ku ma chʼamo̩ma Rube̩n,
Amo̩me̩ne̩ke̩le̩ Ko̩ra muda ku no.
Amo̩ma Ko̩ra e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ che: Asir kpai E̩lkana kpai Abiasaf; abo-i chʼabo akwo̩ra unyi akwo̩ra unyi abo Ko̩ra.
Amo̩ma Kohat e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ che Aminadab o̩ma-wñ, Ko̩ra o̩ma-wñ, A sir o̩ma-wñ,
Unyane̩-wñ dʼoj uwo uwo kiafo̩;
O Jihofa, O̩jo̩ ujadu-mi, u te̩taraku odu kpai o̩ro̩ka o̩gba-we̩.