Ebvu-ọma, Dévidi deru nụ onye-ishi ebvu
1Jiko Chileke; nụmanu mkpu,
mu echi ẹka mu epfu anụ ngu!
Gbochite mu gẹ mu ta
nọduhe atsụ ndu ọhogu
mu ebvu.
2Domia 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.
3Ndu abajẹ ire phẹ g'onye aba
mma.
Mbụ ndu anọduje agba njọ
opfu phẹ g'onye agba apfụ.
4Ẹphe 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.
5Ẹphe 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?”
6Ọo 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.
7Obenu lẹ Chileke e-seta apfụ;
ẹphe -bya amaru bẹ ọ-gbakata
phẹ tụa l'alị.
8Chileke 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.
9Ndzụ e-rwuta amadụ l'ophu.
Ẹphe e-pfukashịa iphe ono,
Chileke meru ono;
bya ebvuru shii rịa ya ọriri.
10G'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!