Iko ewa fejudo lewa, o̩jo̩ ku ma aro̩me̩ lewa me̩; Israe̩l ama. Akache̩ mud e̩nidada, e̩ne̩ ki nʼafu chʼahimu, tod udu kʼe̩ fe̩ ki tabale kpai todabu kʼulaka-wñ tabale.
Iche̩wñ kʼu kakini, Nahi alu-mi mʼo̩ n, naño̩ ko̩la ef odu-wñ ge̩ n, e̩gbale̩ e̩wñʼka dʼef e̩do̩-mi dab una ki dʼef achiku-mi ajo, e̩do̩-eje̩ fʼumi hia; u neke che ge̩ n.
I muda chʼe-mi, ukpahiu che̩ko̩ efu mi, lugbo Afu Jihofa, kpʼe-ajo̩ o̩kpakpa eka, kpʼe-ugbiti, kʼu dʼudu ki fe̩ ka ñwu Jeko̩b, kʼu la dʼadure-wñ ka ñw Israe̩l.
Jihofa mʼe̩ du chʼatama koji Je̩hoyada, atama, kʼuwe̩ ki nʼo̩da amahimu du ku ma kache̩ ef unyi Jihofa, kʼe̩ mʼuma ko nyʼodo kʼe̩ fʼiku kpanyʼuma o̩fa.
Atogwo chʼe-mi, iye-mi, abu kʼuwe̩ fʼumi bi kʼu chʼe̩ne̩ uja kpʼe̩ne̩ aida ñw o̩gbo̩ ane̩-i du! U me̩ e̩wñ ñw one̩ n, one̩ la me̩ e̩wñ ñw mi n, o̩chaka ma muda abʼumi na.
Taku Ze̩de̩kaya, onu, ka ñwu Je̩re̩maya kakini, Nachokpo amaJu ku ma kwʼef uwa ku ma kʼo̩la-ma ñw abo Kaldia le̩, tod e̩gba ku ma adʼumi tʼo̩wo̩-ma, ku ma ako̩ mi ru.
Tak i rodubo̩ Jihofa kakini, O̩ko̩ nagbabʼe̩, O Jihofa, i chʼabu kʼu ka e̩gba kʼu dʼane̩-mi le̩ de̩ n? Todule̩ oñ u takpa ra nyi Tarshish; todu u chema ka kʼuwe̩ chʼO̩jo̩ ki ali one̩ eju kpai ejumomi, e̩ hika we̩do̩ n, ufe̩de̩nyo̩-we̩ la chʼololo, e̩bie̩ne̩ echʼone̩ la awʼe̩.