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Ebvu-ọma, Dévidi deru
nụ onye-ishi ebvu; g'e
gude olu-edede gụa ya
Gụbe Chipfu; bya agbaa
mkpu lẹ ndibe ngu
bvụakwaru!
Ọ tọ dụekwa ẹka
aahụmakwadu onye
ire-lanụ.
Onyemonye anọduje adzụru
nwibe iya ụka;
gude opfu-enwunwu
eduphushi nwibe phẹ.
Gụbe Chipfu; menaa g'ẹphe
chịhu;
mbụ ndu ono, enwuru
nwibe phẹ
opfu-enwunwu ono;
waa ndu ono, anọduje etu
onwophẹ oke ẹpha ono.
Mbụ ndu ono, asụje l'ẹphe
a-nọdu epfu g'ọ dụ phẹ;
l'ọ tọ dụdu onye sụru
akpọ-buru opfu ye phẹ
l'ọnu.
?Bụkwanu onye atụru phẹ
iphe, ẹphe e-pfu?
Obenu lẹ Chipfu byakwanụ
eyeru phẹ ọnu bya asụ phẹ:
“O rwuakwaru teke ya
a-byapfuta unu;
kẹle ndu ụkpa bẹ unu
kpatashiwaru ẹhu;
tẹme ndu adụdu g'ọ dụ phẹ
gụnukawa aphụ unu.
Nta-a bẹ o rwuwaru teke
ya a-gbaru phẹ mkpu ono,
ẹphe ele ẹnya iya ono.”
Iphe, Chipfu pfuru
bụ ọkpobe opfu.
Opfu iya ono dụ g'ọkpobe
mkpọla-ọchaa,
a hụru l'ọku-ụzu mgbo ẹsaa
g'o gbuchafụ egbuchafụ.
7-8 Ndu ẹjo-iphe dzuakwaru
ẹkameka; tẹme iphe,
ụnwu-eliphe gharu iphu
bụwaru ẹjo-ememe.
Obenu l'ọo gụbe Chipfu
anọduje eche anyi.
Ọo ngu eletajẹ anyi ẹnya
mkpụrumkpuru
g'ẹka ndu ẹjo-iphe te erwu
anyi l'ẹhu.