1 A go̩gbodʼuwe̩, O O̩jo̩; a gogbodo̩; odu-we̩ chʼeme̩ru anane̩, uko̩lo̩ aye-we̩ adʼu kpogo.
Jihofa me̩ru abo du ku ma kwadʼowñ, owñ chʼabo du ku ma kwadʼowñ ef ochochi.
nadojikane̩ rʼo̩wo̩ unyi-we̩ kiafo̩ kʼu la gogbodʼodu-we̩ todu ufe̩de̩nyo̩ kpai ochochi-we̩; todu uwe̩ hi o̩la alu-we̩ ne tʼodu du kʼe̩ ko̩ le.
I nʼe̩ne̩ du ki dab uwe̩ n, O Jihofa; uwe̩ gbe̩gbe̩, odu-we̩ la tabale ef ukpahiu.
Ema O̩jo̩ de̩ Juda, i chenʼodu inaina ane̩ Israe̩l.
Li umi eju, O O̩jo̩, li umi eju, todu onugo-mi achubiyʼuwe̩; ochochi, o̩lubo̩ ika-we̩ nachubiyo̩, gbogbo tak e̩wñ agbajiko-i ki lale.
Todu ugbo abo uche̩ichi amone̩ lileʼka de̩, ku ma nʼO̩jo̩ ki me̩ru ma, alu ki Jihofa O̩jo̩-we̩ de̩ e̩gba du kʼa kwadʼo̩?
Me̩ fʼo̩la-me̩ de o̩gba-wñ, ku me̩ la gbʼomu-wñ gbo̩; me̩ ki la rʼe̩re̩ ubi ñw u n, todu i atʼada ku me̩ je̩ no̩ ñwu me̩ n; todu odu-mi dʼefu-wñ.
Awa nʼeti-wa gbo̩ me̩, O O̩jo̩, amata-wa ka ñw a, uko̩lo̩ kʼe̩ che o̩kpanachi e-ma, owñ chʼiko igbelegbele:
Echi ku me̩ chi le̩, e̩wñ o̩kpakpa me̩ ka ochochi? ame̩ kpʼoji ajo̩ amo̩ma amone̩ tʼo̩kpakpa?
O̩jo̩ e-amo̩jo̩, ki che Jihofa fʼo̩la ka me̩, i la dʼane̩-ile̩ akwo olodudu gbogbo nyʼolane̩ udo̩.