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Ebvu-ọma, Dévidi deru nụ
onye-ishi ebvu;
g'e gude olu ebvu,
“Ojimbvu Ọgbandzu” gụa ya.
Teke o deru iya bụ teke ẹphe
lẹ ndu Arámu-Naharayimu
waa ndu Arámu-Zoba
lwụru ọgu; mbụ teke ono,
Jiowabu lwarụ bya etsoo
ndu Edọmu ọgu bya
lwụ-kpee phẹ;
gbua ụnu ojọgu ụkporo l'iri
lẹ Nsụda Únú.
Gụbe Chileke; ị jịkawaru
anyi woru anyi tụkaa
nanụ nanụ.
I shi avụru anyi ọvuma.
Ọle nta-a bẹ anyi arwọ ngu
sụ
g'ị ghanaaru anyi iphu ọzo jiko.
Ọo ngu meru eliphe;
ọ nmaa jiijiijii;
bya emee ya;
ọ gbawashịhu.
Nta-a bụ g'i menaa g'ẹka
i mekarụ iya iphe
kpochite;
kẹle ọongakwa anganga.
I hawaru ndibe ngu;
ẹphe jee iphe-ẹhuka;
bya echee anyi mẹe;
anyi ngụa akpọ kulakula.
Obenu lẹ ndu atsụ ngu
ebvu bẹ ị nụru
ẹkwa-ọhubama;
g'ẹphe chilia gude lwụa
ọgu k'ọkpobe opfu ono.
Gudenụ ọkpehu ngu dzọta
anyi; zanụ anyi ẹnu;
k'ọphu ee-shi nno dzọo
ndu i yeru obu.
Chileke nọwaa l'ụlo iya,
dụ nsọ pfua opfu sụ:
“Mu e-gude agbọ ọgboo
kewashịa alị ndu Shẹkemu.
Tẹme mu eworu nsụda
Sukọtu bushia.
Giladu bụ nkemu;
Manásẹ bụkwarupho
nkemu.
Ifuremu bụ okpu, mu
kpu l'ishi.
Jiuda bụkwanuru
mgbọro-eze, mu apajẹ
l'ẹka.
Mówabu bụ ochi, mu akwọje
ọkpa.
Ọ bụkwanuru lẹ Edọmu bẹ
mu eyeshije akpọkpa
mu dobe.
Ndu Filisitayinu bẹ mu
gbọwaru ọgboo kpua.”
?Bụ onye e-du mu chịriri
werere duba lẹ mkpụkpu ono,
a kpụru kpụshia ike ono?
Mbụ-a; ?bụ onye e-duru mu
duba lẹ Edọmu?
10 Ọ kwa gụbedua Chileke bụ
onye ọbu.
Obenu l'ị gbẹ jịka anyi;
ọphu i tii tsojeẹduru ndu
ojọgu anyi eje ọgu.
11 Yeru anyi ẹka jiko g'anyi
mekpee ndu ọhogu
anyi;
kẹle eye ẹka k'ụnwu-eliphe,
bụ iphe-mmanụ.
12 Obenu l'anyi -nọduwaa
Chileke l'ẹka bẹ anyi
e-mekpe phẹ gẹ mkparawa.
Ọ bụru iya e-hu ndu ọhogu
anyi agbagba-nchị
l'alị.