Todu Jihofa añwʼabo-wñ go i la ali amadu-wñ ejumomi, e̩gba kʼi ali ka kʼukpahiu-ma takpa, ki ma la nʼe̩ne̩ du kʼi bo̩ n, tʼe̩ne̩ ki tane̩, tʼe̩ne̩ ku ma fu dahi.
Ab u nale kʼu natʼuwe̩ no̩? O Ifraim! Ab u nale kʼu mʼe̩ du ñw ma? O Israe̩l! Ab u nale kʼu nachʼuwe̩ kʼe̩ dab Adma! Ab u nale kʼu chʼuwe̩ kʼe̩ dabu Ze̩boim! E̩do̩-mi murida ef umi, ejumomi-mi che̩tajo nyʼomune̩.
Todule̩ me̩ nagbalu adure-me̩ ñw omune̩, ku me̩ nachadua tod omune̩, ku ma ki fʼo̩ga-me̩ che. Uko̩lo̩ kʼo̩ko̩ kʼe̩no̩kpakpa agba bʼO̩jo̩ ache chʼegbiti.
He̩ze̩kaya onu Juda, kpʼabo Juda chaka dʼu kpa? I chʼerailo i railo Jihofa tak i gbo̩ko̩bo̩ Jihofa kʼi li u eju n? Tak e̩wñ e̩bie̩ne̩ ku Jihofa ka kʼi awa bʼuma ma wʼo̩ n? Awa ache kʼa dʼe̩bie̩ne̩ inaina wa abʼonugo-wa ma-i.
Taki Jihofa kakini, Nakpʼone̩ kʼu nyi le̩ lu bʼeju ane̩ te̩, tʼone̩, tʼe̩la abe̩re̩me̩le̩, tʼame̩wñ ki afa, tʼame̩we̩ ojale, todu e̩do̩-mi murida eche ma kʼu che ma le̩.
Iche̩wñ ku me̩ jʼagugu oj ane̩-i waa, mak u nane me̩ nyʼo̩gba, u la ñʼagu me̩ lo̩ n, nako me̩ gbe̩, u la achi me̩ rinyo̩ n; todu e̩bie̩ne̩ kʼu che me̩ le̩ awo̩ mi me̩.
me̩ ki la fʼe̩do̩-me̩ na i ki chʼukpo-me̩ ofofo n. Me̩ ki la rida tʼugbo Jihofa, O̩jo̩-me̩, todu owñ ali one̩ eju i la ali ejumomi one̩, i hika we̩do̩ n, ufe̩de̩nyo̩-wñ la chʼo̩be̩le̩ke̩te̩, echʼone̩ e̩bie̩ne̩ awʼo̩.
Me̩ ki chulaka e̩wñ e̩bie̩ne̩, me̩ ki la fe̩do̩ e̩wñ e̩nyo̩, ku me̩ la je̩ ñw ajo̩ o̩kpakpa eka ki lonyane̩ alaku; ikani Jihofa, O̩jo̩ ki nʼe̩wñ du, ali e̩bo̩bo̩ abo Jose̩f eju.
Ama abu kʼowñ chʼe̩ne̩ kʼi ali one̩ ejumomi, i mʼudu ku ma fe̩ ko chʼuma ele, oñ i we eche ma ile̩che̩; ochochi, i mʼuwe̩do̩-wñ rida bʼuma te̩ o̩gbe̩nugbe̩, oñ i ma kʼuke̩do̩fulu-wñ dufu kpa n.