Job 17 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

¹ O̩la-mi muda, o̩jo̩ñwa o̩jo̩ñwa-mi kpalu, edʼumi tʼura bo̩ ñw mi.

² Anyinacha donyʼumi daka-i, eju-mi kadʼe̩wñ e̩rikoko.

³ Dʼe̩wñ uhio̩wo̩ wa, uwe̩ kʼe̩ gbʼumi o̩wo̩ ugbo o̩la-we̩; e̩ne̩ do̩mo̩ ki agbʼumi o̩wo̩?

⁴ Todu uwe̩ dʼoji e̩wñ ema maja ñw e̩do̩-ma, todule̩ uwe̩ ñʼaje̩ ñw ma du n.

⁵ E̩ne̩ ki adʼofe amonuku-wñ dufu todu kʼi je̩ ma e̩wñ, i chaka chʼeju amo̩ma-wñ, i agbe̩.

⁶ I muda mʼumi du chʼita ñw amone̩, ma la afʼito̩ rʼumi eju.

⁷ Eju-mi ño̩ de̩ bulubulu ñw e̩do̩ e̩kpabie̩, e̩wñ o̩la-mi la du dab ojiji e̩wñ.

⁸ I achʼawuwu ñw ame̩no̩kpakpa, oñ e̩ne̩ ki ma nʼudu kʼi fe̩ n adʼo̩la-wñ kwane̩ akobʼe̩nayechi.

⁹ I chaka dʼabe̩le̩, e̩no̩kpakpa agwo̩nyʼo̩na-wñ alo, oñ e̩ne̩ kʼo̩wo̩-wñ fe̩ agbiti alo waa.

¹⁰ I muda chʼame̩, me̩ ki ño̩ te̩wa ge̩, o̩chaka-me̩, u la ali anibe okate ef ume̩ n.

¹¹ O̩jo̩ñwa o̩jo̩ñwa-mi lale me̩, ibe e̩wñ kʼu ñwate̩ mukpabie̩ me̩, tʼe̩wñ ki dʼe̩do̩-mi.

¹² Ma mʼodu rida o̩ro̩ka; ma kakini, Ane̩ la chʼe̩chubi, ane̩ me̩ e̩ne̩ me̩.

¹³ Iche̩wñ kʼibe-mi kado mak o̩jegu chʼunyi-mi, i la che̩wñ kʼu mʼate̩-mi du te̩ ef e̩chubi,

¹⁴ iche̩wñ kʼu ka ñw ura kakini, Uwe̩ chʼata-mi kʼu ka ñw ide̩ kakini, Iye-mi kpʼo̩maye-mi onobule̩,

¹⁵ mak ugbo ukibeno-mi de̩? I la chʼe-ukibeno-mi, e̩ne̩ ñʼali ge̩?

¹⁶ I agwo̩ru lebʼumi nyʼef o̩jegu? E̩gba kʼa akpe̩re̩ nyʼuñmi ef ebutu?