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Ebvu-ọma, Dévidi deru
Gụbe Chipfu;
nụmanu epfupfu, mu epfu
anụ ngu.
Ngabẹnu nchị nụma mkpu,
mu echi sụ g'i meeru
mu eze-iphe-ọma.
Eshinu ị bụ onye pfụberekoto
bya abụru onye apfụshije
ike l'iphe, i pfuru;
jiko zanụ mu ẹnu!
Jiko te ekpeshinu mụbe
onye-ozi ngu ikpe;
kele ọ tọ dụdu nemadzụ,
dzụ ndzụ, pfụberekoto
l'iphu ngu.
Onye ọhogu mu chịru
mu gude;
bya echita mu tụa l'alị;
bya emee mu;
mu nọdu l'ẹka gbakọtaru
ọchii g'akahụ maa,
nwụhuru lẹ ndiche.
Noo g'o gude ike wata
mu abvụbvu.
Obu wata mu akụ photophoto.
Mu nyata g'o shi adụje
teke ndiche.
Mu bya anọdu nggujingguji
rịahaa iphe, bụkpoo iphe,
i mekọtaru anyi;
bya elerwebaa ẹnya ree
l'iphemiphe,
i gude ẹka ngu mee.
Mu chiliaru ngu ẹka mu labọ
imeli.
Ẹgu ngu gụahaa obu mu
g'ẹgu-mini anọduje agụ
alị-ọkponku-a.
Zanụ mu ẹnu ẹgwegwa jiko
Chipfu;
kẹle ike abvụwaa mu l'ele
ẹnya ngu.
Be domikwaru mu iphu
ngu edomi;
ọdumeka bẹ mu a-dụkwa
gẹ ndu e liru l'ilu.
O -rwutashịa echele gẹ
mu nụmanu opfu,
a-nọdu akọru mu kẹ
n-yemobu ngu;
kẹle ọo ngu bẹ mu dakoberu.
Jiko goshinụ mu ụzo,
mu e-shije;
kẹle ọo l'ẹka ị nọ bẹ obu
mu nọ.
Nafụtanu mu l'ẹka ndu ọhogu
mu phẹ jiko Chipfu;
kẹle ọo l'ime ngu bẹ mu
domiru onwomu.
10 Zia mu iphe, bụ uche ngu
gẹ mu meje;
kẹle ọo ngu bụ Chileke mu.
Jiko gẹ Unme nkengu,
bụ ọkpobe Unme ono
dunaa mu shia ụzo,
pfụru nhamụnha.
11 Kebenu ndzụ mu l'ọma jiko
Chipfu; g'ẹpha ngu apfụru.
Gudenụ apfụbekoto
nkengu nafụta mu
l'iphe-ẹhuka-a, mu eje-a.
12 Gudenụ kẹle i yeru mu obu;
mee g'ọnu bụru ndu ọhogu
mu kpụrukudukuu.
L'ị tụko ndu achị mu lẹ njọ
g'ẹphe ha mee g'ẹphe
bụru mkpurupyata;
noo kẹle mu bụ
onye ejeru ngu ozi.