I la chʼuwe̩ So̩lo̩mo̩n, o̩ma-mi, uwe̩ ki fʼO̩jo̩ ata-we̩ ma, kʼe̩ nʼe̩do̩ ki mufu kpʼibe kolokolo rʼo̩; todu Jihofa atejane̩ ef e̩do̩ okoke du; i la chema ibe du kʼone̩ akpe̩. Uwe̩ tene owñ. I aje̩ ñw e̩ liʼu. E̩ muda hiʼu tinyo̩, i adʼuwe̩ tinyo̩ ogbegbele̩.
O o̩kwo̩chageli, mʼolu ji ke, kʼe̩ kobʼadidala-mi, e̩ kobo̩ e̩ne̩ ki chʼe̩go̩-mi le̩, Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du ka-i. Fʼadide le̩ gwo, tak ame̩wño̩re̩ egini akpatuka; tak omi arʼo̩wo̩-mi da abʼamo̩ma egini-ma.
Ondu fʼubo̩ iche̩bo̩-wñ hi tinyo̩ me̩, i ko̩ uña-wñ kiafo̩; i tʼo̩do̩ o̩do̩ unyi ojima-wñ no̩ nyʼef o̩wo̩ e̩nebi; ma la fʼekuku che ef unyi Jihofa dabe̩ne̩ kʼo̩jo̩ ujeju ku ma da.
Uwe̩ chʼo̩kpakpa, O Jihofa, e̩gba kʼu kʼomu-mi ñw e̩; e̩ muda je̩ ñw mi kʼo̩la oj ajo̩ kʼe̩ kpa kpʼuwe̩ ta. E̩wñ chi kʼo̩na e̩ne̩bibi ara ñw u ta? E̩wñ chi kʼo̩la abo du ku ma dʼo̩wo̩ tef ukpo arʼo̩kpo̩ aya ta?
O uwo uwo Gilboa, eli kpai omi ojale ki bʼe̩ ma n, kʼoko oko ki we enʼe̩wñ eko ne ate̩! Todu o̩mo̩ ugbe̩yo̩ e̩nugbiti chʼone̩ eju, Ugbe̩yo̩ So̩l dabe̩ne̩ kʼe-e̩ne̩ ku ma ma bʼekpo tʼo̩ oji n.