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Ẹ́vù, Dévidi kwarụ teke ọ
nọ l'ọgba epfu anụ Chileke
Mu chiru mkpu chishia ya
ike chiku Chipfu.
Iphe, mu chidoru mkpu ono
bụ g'o meeru mu
eze-iphe-ọma.
Mu woru iphe, atsụ mu
l'ẹhu woru dooru iya;
mbụ lẹ mu woru iphe-ẹhuka,
mu eje g'ọ ha dokọtaru iya.
Teke ike abvụkpowa mu
abvụbvu bụ gụbedua
abọru mu ụzo.
L'ụzo, mu eshikpọo eshishi
bẹ ndiphe gbakaẹrupho
ọ́nyà gẹ mu nmalahụ.
Lenaa ẹnya l'ẹkutara mu;
hụma l'ọ tọ dụdu onye
akpa mu ishi.
Mu te nwedu ẹka bụ:
mu -gbabata iya;
mu anọdu iya zee ndzụ;
noo kẹle ọ tọ dụdu onye
akpa ndzụ mu ishi.
Ọ bụru gụbe Chipfu bẹ
mu chikuru lẹ mkpu.
Mu sụru-a: “Ọo l'ime ngu
bẹ mu anọduje ezeru ndzụ;
tẹme ọ bụru ngu bụ
okiphe nkemu l'alị ndu
nọ ndzụ.”
Ngabẹnu nchị nụma mkpu,
mu echi;
kẹle ọ dụru iphe,
atsụshikpo mu l'ẹhu ike.
Jiko nafụtanu mu l'ẹka
ndu achị mu lẹ njọ;
kẹle ẹphe ka mu ọkpehu.
Gbafụtanu mu lẹ mkpọro-a,
mu nọ-a;
k'ọphu mu e-kele ngu
ekele iya.
Ọo ya bụ gẹ ndu pfụberekoto
anọ-phee mu mgburugburu;
noo kẹle ị nwụbenukaru
mu ẹnya.