Jihofa anʼo̩ga ire̩ kpʼuwe̩, kpai afu kʼi akpa one̩ kpai o̩la ekpa gaa kpai e̩wñ ki akpa dab una kpai omi eda kpai ikpe̩-tubi kpai e̩kpebu; e̩wñ le̩ la aranʼe̩ gbogbo tak e̩ lenyo̩.
O Jihofa, eju-we̩ atejane̩ ochochi n? Uwe̩ fʼuma gwo me̩, i la wo̩ ma n; uwe̩ la fʼuma lie̩, ma muda ko̩ gba o̩la ku ma ko̩ ma. Ma fʼeju-ma lo ki gbiti tʼokuta le; ma ko̩ edabiwa.
Iche̩wñ kʼo̩kpo̩ta kpa ane̩-i, iche̩wñ kʼe̩wñ ibi lewa, iche̩wñ kʼe̩wñ oko chʼido̩ abe̩k i akpebu abe̩k imiejo abe̩k ide̩ akpʼe̩wñ-ma bie̩; i la che̩wñ kʼame̩nebi-ma la kpala nyʼuma oj ane̩ ugbo kʼalaku alaku ma jo̩; alu du kʼatulubo̩ abe̩k o̩ga le̩ de̩;
Go, o̩chaka-me̩ ku me̩ kʼuna, ku me̩ nʼe̩mu lʼo̩la-me̩ daka! Me̩ ki nʼugane̩ una-me̩ lule̩, kpai ef e̩mu ku me̩ dʼuna tʼo̩! E̩wñ kʼame̩ la agba o̩wo̩-mi le̩ de̩ kakini: Ame̩ adachi ef e̩do̩dudu.
Todu dagba kʼoli o̩gbaikolo̩ ma dikoko n, kʼe̩ro ma la jʼo̩la ikeli achiwebe̩te̩ma n, kʼakanya kʼoli o̩lif che, i che tinyo̩ ofo kʼoko oko ma rʼo̩je̩ n, ku ma kʼame̩wño̩re̩ egini daru bʼ iga te̩ kʼamokuno̩ ma la ajʼef unyi-ma n,
Abo Siria ajʼolodudu, abo Filistia la ajʼolane̩ ku ma achʼalu te̩ akʼabo Israe̩l mi. I chaka chʼe̩wñ-i du uwe̩do̩-wñ la rida bʼo̩ te̩ n o̩wo̩-wñ la chenadala te̩ ta.
Tak omi adejurʼafʼe̩wñ lie̩ le̩ todu me̩, kʼi we ekpʼe̩ro ane̩-me̩ bie̩; e̩ro achiwebe̩te̩ma oko-me̩ aña rinyo̩ o̩gba tak iko-wñ jo̩ n, Jihofa, ki nʼe̩wñ du ka-i.