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Ebvu, Dévidi deru
Ọo Chipfu bụ ìphóró, dụru
mu nụ bya abụru onye
adzọje mu nụ.
?Bụ onye bẹ mu atsụkwanu
ebvu ọzo?
Ọo Chipfu bụ
ụlo-ezeru-ndzụ mu.
?Bụ onye bẹ ndzụ iya a-nọdu
agụbaa mu ọzo?
Teke ndu eme ẹjo-ememe;
mbụ ndu achị mu lẹ njọ;
waa ndu ọhogu mu tụru
kpereree byapfuta mu
g'ẹphe vụa anụ mu avụvu;
ẹphe evukota abalị dagbua
ọchii.
Obetakpọo ndu ojọgu
nọ-phee mu mgburugburu;
bẹ obu te etedu mu etete.
Mbụ; o betakpọo nụ ndu
ọhogu mu wulihu tsoo
mu ọgu;
mu adakobeẹle-a Chipfu.
Ọo iphe lanụ bẹ mu arwọ
Chipfu;
ọ bụru iphe ono bẹ mu achọ.
Iphe ọbu bụ gẹ mu nọdu
l'ụlo Chipfu jasụ lẹ gẹ mu
a-nọberu lẹ mgboko-a;
gẹ mu nọdukpoepho
egbu igo l'ọ-dụ-úbvú Chipfu;
tẹme mu anọdukwapho
l'eze-ụlo Chipfu kpatajẹ
iya ishi iphe.
Kẹle mbọku, ẹjo-iphe
byaru mu bẹ oo-dobe mu
l'ẹka ọ nọ;
l'o domia mu l'ime m̀kpù-ẹkwa
iya; bya eworu mu pfụbe
ephekerephe l'eli mkpuma.
Ọo ya bụ; mu esengoo ndu
ọhogu mu, nọ-pheru mu
mgburugburu.
Mu anọdu l'ụlo-ẹkwa
Chileke tụa oko gude
gwaa Chipfu; gụa ebvu;
kụa nkwa gude tua ya
ẹpha.
Jiko Chipfu; nụmanu olu
mu mẹ mu raku ngu!
Phụnaaru mu obu-imemini;
zanụ mu ẹnu!
Iphe, obu mu pfuru mu
bụ gẹ mu chọo iphu ngu.
Ọ bụru iphu gụbe Chipfu
ono bẹ mu achọ-a.
Ta aghakwaru mu azụ;
ọphu i gudekwa ẹhu-eghu
ngu nwufu mụbe
onye-ozi ngu;
kẹle ọ bụekwa ngu phọ
bụ onye shi eshinu
yetarụ mu ẹka.
Ta ajịkakwa mu;
ọphu ị gwọbekwa mu;
gụbe Chileke, bụ onye
adzọje mu nụ!
10 Nna mu yẹe ne mu
-gbadokpọo mu nụ;
bẹ Chipfu e-letalẹ mu-a
ẹnya.
11 Zia mu ụzo ngu; jiko Chipfu!
Dunaa mu shia ụzo, pfụru
nhamụnha m'ọbvu ndu
akpa mu ẹhu.
12 Ta ahakwa mu gẹ ndu
achị mu lẹ njọ mee mu g'ọ
dụ phẹ; kẹle ndu agba
mu ẹjo-ekebe wulihuru
ebo mu ibo; anmarụ
mu ọnwu ẹhuka ẹhuka.
13 Obenu l'iphe, mu chịru
ụpfu kwẹe bụ lẹ mu
a-nọdu ndzụ hụma iphe,
dụ ree, shi Chipfu l'ẹka.
14 Nọdu kwabẹru Chipfu!
Shihukpọepho ike;
gude ẹka l'obu;
kwabẹru Chipfu.