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Ẹ́vù, Dévidi kwarụ teke ọ 
nọ l'ọgba epfu anụ Chileke
 nọ l'ọgba epfu anụ Chileke
 1 Mu chiru mkpu chishia ya  
ike chiku Chipfu.  
Iphe, mu chidoru mkpu ono  
bụ g'o meeru mu  
eze-iphe-ọma.   
 2 Mu woru iphe, atsụ mu  
l'ẹhu woru dooru iya;  
mbụ lẹ mu woru iphe-ẹhuka,  
mu eje g'ọ ha dokọtaru iya.   
 3 Teke ike abvụkpowa mu  
abvụbvu bụ gụbedua  
abọru mu ụzo.  
L'ụzo, mu eshikpọo eshishi  
bẹ ndiphe gbakaẹrupho  
ọ́nyà gẹ mu nmalahụ.   
 4 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.   
 5 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.”   
 6 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.   
 7 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.