Eli Eko̩ DʼO̩jo̩ 79 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Ma kpʼuña kiafo̩ bie̩: O̩jo̩ ki te̩ko Eli kʼEsaf ko̩ dʼO̩jo̩.

¹ O O̩jo̩, abuche̩ichi mugudu wʼef e̩wñ ogu-we̩; ma fʼunyi-we̩ kiafo̩ daji me̩; ma fu Je̩rusale̩m gulo̩ te̩ ugbu-du ugbudu.

² Ma mʼoku amadu-we̩ ko ñw ame̩we̩ ojale ku ma je̩, ma mʼo̩re̩la abo ku ma kpe̩do̩rʼuwe̩ ko ñw ame̩wñ iñmi ile̩.

³ Ma kʼe̩bie̩-ma dafo dabe̩ne̩ kʼomiofo ki bʼane̩ Je̩rusale̩m ma daka, i la nʼe̩ne̩ du kʼi akʼoku-ma ji n.

⁴ Awa mud oli ina ugbo amekeji-wa, awa chʼo̩pianya kpai e̩ne̩ anyi ugbo abo ku ma lʼuwa daka-i.

⁵ Gbogbo wʼe̩gba, O Jihofa? Uwe̩ agwo̩nyʼuwe̩do̩-we̩ pioo? Ogu kʼe̩ ja ajo dab una?

⁶ Mʼuke̩do̩fulu-we̩ du danyu abo uche̩ichi ku ma ma mʼuwe̩ n oji, kpai abʼoji ojane̩ ojane̩ ku ma ma kwa do̩ odu-we̩ n ma!

⁷ Todu ma mu Jeko̩b du mi, ma la fʼugbo kʼi gugu gwʼalache̩ te̩.

⁸ E̩ ki rewa udu kʼabo-wa igbelegbele fe̩ kʼe̩ ko bʼuwa oji ma n; e̩ je̩ ñw ejumomi o̩gbaje̩je̩-we̩ kʼi hika le do wa, todu ma fʼuwa te̩ mane̩ ololo.

⁹ Te̩ko wa, O O̩jo̩ e-ujadu-wa, tod ojima odu-we̩; e̩ la mʼuwa gba, kʼe̩ la fʼe̩wñ e̩boma che tod adure-wa, todu odu-we̩!

¹⁰ E̩wñ chi kʼabo uche̩ichi aka kakini, Ugbo O̩jo̩-ma de̩? Che kʼache̩ e̩bie̩ amadu-we̩ kʼi dafo le̩ ena kʼi tejugede ef abo uche̩ichi eju-wa!

¹¹ E̩ ki je̩ ñw ifi kʼe̩namu afi ki gudu wʼugbo we̩; alu kʼo̩wo̩-we̩ nana kade e̩ nafejute̩ amo̩ma uku-i!

¹² E̩ dʼuro̩me̩ mebie tunyʼagbe̩do̩ ame-keji-wa owñ chʼina-ma ku ma bʼuwe̩, O Ondu!

¹³ Abe̩le̩ tak awa kʼa chʼamone̩-we̩ kpai ame̩wño̩re̩ egini ku ma jʼokije̩-we̩, agogbodʼe̩ ogbegbele̩; awa adʼuñwulo̩-we̩ ka dufu ñw abo o̩gba o̩gba du.