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Ebvu-ọma, Dévidi deru
nụ onye-ishi ebvu
Jiko Chileke; nụmanu mkpu,
mu echi ẹka mu epfu anụ ngu!
Gbochite mu gẹ mu ta
nọduhe atsụ ndu ọhogu
mu ebvu.
Domia mu g'ẹjo-idzu,
ndu ẹjo-iphe achịru mu te erwu
mu l'ẹhu; mbụ hanyịhanyi,
ẹphe aba ekpu mu;
mbụ ndu eme ẹjo-ememe.
Ndu abajẹ ire phẹ g'onye aba
mma.
Mbụ ndu anọduje agba njọ
opfu phẹ g'onye agba apfụ.
Ẹphe edomije onwophẹ
kwabẹru onye dụebe ree.
Onye ono -bya amaru;
apfụ abụwaru iya nụ
l'ẹhu kẹ pfụu.
O to nwedu iphe, ndzụ iya
agụ phẹ mẹ nanụ.
Ẹphe anọduje eyeru nwibe
phẹ ọkpu-ikike g'ẹphe
kebe ẹhu l'eme iphe-ẹji.
Ẹphe epfuje sụ l'ẹphe e-je
agbakacha ọ́nyà phẹ
lẹ mpya.
Ẹphe pfuchaa nno; ẹphe asụ:
“?Bụkwanu onye abya
phẹ ahụma?”
Ọo ya bụ; ẹphe -chịchaa
ẹjo-idzu; ẹphe asụ:
“Idzu, anyi chịru nta-a
dụkpoo ree dụ-ghee
ya adụ-ghe!”
Uche amadụ yẹe obu iya bẹ
ẹregede pakwarụ ẹka.
Obenu lẹ Chileke e-seta apfụ;
ẹphe -bya amaru bẹ ọ-gbakata
phẹ tụa l'alị.
Chileke e-me g'ẹphe vukota
abalị dagbua ọchii.
Ọ bụru iphe, opfu ọnu
phẹ kpatarụ.
Iphe, bụkpoo ndu hụmaru
iya nụ bẹ e-kwe l'ishi
gude kweru phẹ une.
Ndzụ e-rwuta amadụ l'ophu.
Ẹphe e-pfukashịa iphe ono,
Chileke meru ono;
bya ebvuru shii rịa ya ọriri.
10 G'ẹhu tsọo ndu pfụberekoto
ụtso l'ime Chipfu!
G'ẹphe gbabakwa l'ime iya je
domia onwophẹ!
G'iphe, bụkpoo ndu obu phẹ
gụru ìphóró tukwaa
ya ẹpha!