17 Abo le̩ la achʼabo e-mi, Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du ka-i, ma achʼabo e-mi ogbolo o̩jo̩ kʼu nache te̩; omi la adʼo̩wo̩ mʼuma alu kʼata o̩ma adʼo̩wo̩ mʼo̩ma-wñ onugo kʼi arʼo̩.
E̩gba le̩ Onu aka ñw abo ku ma jo̩ o̩wo̩ awo̩to̩-wñ kakini, Me̩ lewa, ame̩ kʼAta-mi de̩nyo̩ ñwu me̩ le̩. Me̩ ki fʼojane̩ ku ma ñwo̩che tane̩ ñwu me̩ akwe̩gba ku ma kpʼe̩re̩ ile̩-i je̩ ogu:
Tak u ka ñw abo Lifai kʼama ki fʼo̩la-ma gwo̩rinyo̩, kʼama ki lewa de alaku alaku le̩, ku ma je̩ ñw o̩jo̩-uñmi ki fo̩. O O̩jo̩-mi, e̩ ki ño̩ dibekadʼele̩ ñwu mi ge̩, kʼe̩ chʼeju e̩ye̩ge̩ ñwu mi teju alu kʼunana ufe̩de̩-nyo̩-we̩ de̩.
o̩gba tak e̩wñ ku ma ñwate̩ le̩ fʼo̩ma bi, o̩gba taku ma ne me̩ rinyo̩ dab igbogbo, o̩gba tak uwe̩do̩ Jihofa ki kpuna le̩ lewa bʼume̩ ma, O̩gba tak o̩jo̩ uwe̩do̩ Jihofa lewa bʼume̩ ma.
kʼi mʼo̩la-wñ duchele todu wa todu kʼi la wa tane̩ bʼo̩wo̩ ugbite̩re̩ du te̩, kʼi laño̩ fʼamone̩ gwe̩hiolo ñw o̩la-wñ kʼi ne̩ ma, ku ma go̩laru uko̩lo̩ o̩me̩me̩le̩.
Ata-mi, i dʼumi e̩do̩ todu kʼabo kʼe̩ ko ñwu mi ki jʼugbo mi ugbo kʼomi de̩, todu kʼama ki gʼojima e-mi kʼe̩ mudu ñwu mi, todabu kʼuwe̩ fe̩do̩ mi o̩gba taku ma kpʼe̩re̩ ile̩-i.
Tak omi adʼukpe̩ru e̩ke̩ta le̩ nyʼef una, oñ nafʼuma gwe̩ alu ku ma gwe̩ ajifa, u la ajʼuma ma alu ku ma jʼo̩jamalia ma. Ma akwadʼodu-mi, tak u nagbʼomu-ma. Omi akakini, Abo-mi de̩; oñ ma akakini, Jihofa chʼO̩jo̩-mi.
Ama fa-i abu Jihofa, ki nyi uwe̩, O Jeko̩b, kpai e̩ne̩ ki fʼuwe̩ bo̩, O Israe̩l, ka de̩ kakini: E̩ ki railo n, todu omi mʼe̩ gba tane̩ me̩; odu-we̩ u ne̩ do̩ uwe̩, e-mi uwe̩ che.