Job 31 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

Job dʼale ñw o̩la-wñ

¹ Omi fʼilo kpe̩ kpʼeju-mi me̩; abʼu nale kʼu nago igbe̩le̩ kʼi ma mʼe̩ne̩ke̩le̩ n?

² Todu e̩wñ ma chʼukpe̩ e-O̩jo̩ kʼikwʼate̩? kpai e̩wñ ogu kʼu naje̩ kwʼugbo Odobao̩gagu kʼi dʼatate̩?

³ I chʼuchobi ake̩re̩bʼame̩nuji n? E̩wñ ejaduña ake̩re̩bʼamachuko̩lo̩ ibe̩te̩ n?

⁴ I ali o̩na o̩na-mi n? I la akaluka e̩re̩ du kʼu nachi n?

⁵ Omi kpʼolemi ma kpe̩re̩, kʼe̩re̩-mi ma la hiane̩ adʼone̩ ibe;

⁶ je̩ ñw ma fʼumi ñwago oj e̩bo̩ o̩kpakpa, kʼO̩jo̩ ki ma e̩do̩ foo-mi!

⁷ E̩re̩-mi ma muna bʼo̩na te̩, kʼe̩do̩-mi ma la tʼeju-mi ubi, kʼe̩wñ uchaluʼka la manyʼumi o̩wo̩;

⁸ mak e̩gbale̩ omi ki fʼe̩wñ gbe̩, kʼe̩ne̩ omune̩ ki je̩; ochochi, e̩wñ oko-mi ki wu rinyo̩ tʼili tʼili.

⁹ Iche̩wñ kʼe̩wñʼka gwʼe̩do̩-mi o̩gwo̩ kʼu tene o̩ya one̩, kʼu kpala alugbo̩na ekeji-mi anede-wñ;

¹⁰ mak e̩gbale̩ o̩ya-mi ki no̩ e̩wñ tod e̩ne̩ omune̩, abo omune̩ ki la te̩kpe̩ abʼo ma.

¹¹ Todu e-le̩ ma chʼudu e̩bie̩ne̩; ochochi, e-le̩ ma chʼe̩wñ uji kʼamakajo̩ abʼudu-wñ;

¹² todu una ki afʼe̩wñ lie̩ gbogbo tʼef e̩kpabie̩ e-le̩ che, oñ i ma mʼile e̩wñ du kʼu je̩ wu tʼili tʼili.

¹³ Omi ma fʼeju kpʼo̩la adu-mi e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ abe̩k onobule̩ bo, e̩gba ku ma jʼumi iñwa;

¹⁴ mak abʼu nache e̩gba kʼO̩jo̩ kwane̩? E̩gba kʼi lewa tene, abʼu nadohi ñw u?

¹⁵ I chʼe̩ne̩ ki che mi efu iye-mi chʼowñ n? I la chʼe̩ne̩ kate bo̩ wa ef abio̩ma n?

¹⁶ Iche̩wñ kʼu fʼame̩nubie̩ ubi bʼe̩wñ ki dʼuma e̩do̩ te̩, abe̩k u la je̩ ñw eju o̩yaukuo̩ko̩ ki gbe̩,

¹⁷ abe̩k omi kate gugu abu e̩wñ-mi je̩, kʼabo ku ma ma nʼata n ma bʼumi je̩ n

¹⁸ (o̩da, akwʼo̩jo̩ okolobia-mi i dʼugbo mi agba dabe̩ne̩ kʼu chʼata-wñ, u laño̩ ñʼonobule̩ le̩ o̩na akwʼefu iye-mi);

¹⁹ iche̩wñ kʼomi li e̩ne̩ du ki alenyo̩ tod ukpo kʼi ma ne̩ n, abe̩k e̩nale ki ma nʼe̩wñ ubo̩lama n;

²⁰ iche̩wñ kʼago-wñ ma kadua ñw mi n, kʼedudu amala e-mi ma kpuna mʼo̩ o̩la n;

²¹ iche̩wñ kʼomi chi o̩wo̩-mi nyʼate̩ akobʼabo ku ma ma nʼata n, todabu kʼu li ate̩ko-mi alu aku;

²² mak e̩gbale̩ o̩papata ojika-mi kʼi ñwa bʼo̩ te̩, kʼo̩wo̩-mi ki guche̩ bʼiko-wñ te̩.

²³ Todu uchobi ki akwʼugbo O̩jo̩ chʼe̩wñ ubailo ñw mi, u ma neke kejurʼe̩gahi-wñ n.

²⁴ Iche̩wñ kʼomi dʼo̩jamalia chʼukibeno-mi, kʼu la ka ñw o̩jamalia e̩gwe̩ kakini, Uwe̩ chʼuke̩do̩no-mi;

²⁵ iche̩wñ kʼomi gwoguyo̩ ukpe̩ kʼu nʼe̩wñ nana tabale, abe̩k ukpe̩ kʼo̩wo̩-mi gba e̩wñ nana jo̩ ñw mi;

²⁶ iche̩wñ kʼomi gʼolu e̩gba kʼi afu, abe̩k ochu kʼi fane̩ alo,

²⁷ kʼe̩wñ le̩ gwʼe̩do̩-mi o̩gwo̩ maja maja, kʼalu-mi la ko̩ o̩wo̩-mi;

²⁸ e-le̩ ma ño̩ chʼudu kʼamakajo̩ abʼudu-wñ ñw mi, todu e-le̩ omi ma fʼaire̩ O̩jo̩ ki dʼate̩-i re̩.

²⁹ Iche̩wñ kʼomi gwoguyo̩ abu ku ma fʼe̩ne̩ kʼi chulaka-mi kpabie̩, abe̩k u la hi o̩la-mi ne e̩gba kʼe̩bie̩ne̩ ke̩re̩bʼo̩

³⁰ (ochochi, omi je̩ ñw alu-mi dure ugbo oji-wñ etene lugbo ama ena n);

³¹ iche̩wñ kʼaboke̩le̩ unyabo-mi ma ka n, kakini, E̩ne̩ ali e̩ne̩ kʼuje̩wñ Job ma kʼo̩ efu n?

³² (ilowa ru ojukpologu n; u la mʼo̩na-mi bi ñw abo elo̩na);

³³ i la chʼe̩wñ kʼu dʼechada-mi maja dab Ade̩m, kʼu dʼudu kʼu fe̩ maja ef agbe̩do̩-mi,

³⁴ todabu kʼu railo o̩wo̩ amone̩ lile, kʼe̩de̩te̩ kʼabo akwo̩ra unyi akwo̩ra unyi je̩ ñw mi chokpo, oñ todu e-le̩ omi chechi, kʼu ma dufu alugbana n—

³⁵ O, omi ma nʼe̩ne̩ʼka kʼi agbʼomu-mi! (Go, o̩wo̩-mi kʼu dutʼo̩-i de̩! Odobao̩gagu ki dohi ñw mi!) kʼu ma nʼo̩takada kʼe̩no̩la-mi ko̩ nyʼumi le̩!

³⁶ Omi ma mʼu du nʼika-mi ale chuu; u ma fʼu ji mʼoji dabe̩ne̩ kʼike̩be̩;

³⁷ U ma choli e̩re̩-mi kʼu chi ñw u; u ma me̩rʼowñ dab e̩nuto̩gba.

³⁸ Iche̩wñ kʼane̩ uche̩-mi kwa achagwunyu mi, kʼikpolo e̩be̩-wñ kpe̩re̩ araku;

³⁹ iche̩wñ kʼomi je̩ ura-wñ kʼu ma rʼo̩me̩ ñw u n, kʼomi fʼe̩re̩ uku abo ku ma ne̩ akwoubi ma;

⁴⁰ mak ikeke ki tiga koji e̩wñ e̩yo, kpai egbe ki bie̩ne̩ koji barli. O̩la Job takpa me̩.