1 Gbʼukwa-mi, O O̩jo̩, netirʼaduwa-mi.
Me̩ ki dejiji e̩wñ du n; ama ef e̩wñ du me̩ nanʼadua eche kpʼo̩ko̩ e̩gba bʼo̩ manyʼugwa egwa je̩ ñw O̩jo̩ ma ebi-me̩ ku me̩ bi.
Dohi ñw mi e̩gba kʼu nadʼe̩, O O̩jo̩ e-o̩kpakpa-mi! Uwe̩ fʼuña fe̩ ñw mi e̩gba kʼu dʼef o̩pe̩cha. Li mi eju, kʼe̩ gbʼadua-mi.
O Jihofa, netirʼadua-mi; e̩ ki gbʼomu o̩ko̩ kʼu nagbabʼe̩.
Ondu, gbʼomu-mi! Uwe̩ ki nyʼomu o̩ko̩ kʼu nagba eti!
Mʼumi gba, O O̩jo̩, lugbo odu-we̩, kʼe̩ la fʼoji ajo̩-mi kpa ef ukpahiu-we̩.
Gbʼo̩la o̩kpakpa, O Jihofa; nyʼukwa-mi eti! nʼeti rʼadua-mi e-ki ma lef uko ako̩ru dufu n!
O O̩jo̩, o̩la ki dʼefu-mi awo̩ mi, gbʼomu-mi ke; dejutʼiñmi-mi bʼokpo e̩nebi le̩ kʼu nachi te̩.
Gbʼomu o̩ko̩ kʼu nagba, e̩gba kʼu nakwa dʼe̩, e̩gba kʼu nakʼo̩wo̩-mi nyʼate̩ rʼo̩wo̩ ejefu ejefu uña-we̩ kiafo̩.
O Jihofa, e̩ ki dʼo̩la bi mi ef uwe̩do̩-we̩ n, e̩ ki la ko̩ mi o̩la e̩gba kʼe̩do̩-we̩ kpa n.