Gwa Jizọs n’ekpere a ka o nyere gị aka mgbe ihe siri ike

Onyenwe anyị Jizọs Kraịst
anyị amaghị ka esi ekwu maka gị,
okwu anyị na-ada mba, imprecre, approximate.
Naanị gị, Onyenwe anyị, bụ Okwu ahụ.
Egosiputara onye obula dika okwu nke ndu;
onye obula ghotara na are bu ihe putara,
Ihe Ndụ pụtara,
na I nwere Okwu Oku
nke ikpe Vocation for the Way nke onye ọ bụla.
,, Jesus, Nghọta nke Nna,
Plema mma, Nna nke Nna,
mee nke ahu site na ihu Gi, anyi puru hu Nna;
na-ege gị ntị, anyị na-anụ Okwu nke Nna,
nke ahụ bụ Okwu Kachasị Elu,
gafere nke ọ nweghị ihe fọdụrụ,
n'ihi na ọ bụ Okwu mkpebi
nke enwere ihe nile nke ayi guru.
Gosiputa onwe anyi nye anyi, n’ime mmadu gi na ugwu gi:
gbaa mbọ hụ na ijidere gị, anyị amata Kpamkpam,
Onye onye ọ bụla agụụ na-aga,
Onye ndụ anyị dabere,
mkpụrụ ndụ niile dị anyị n’ahụ,
ọ bụla echiche anyị,
mmegharị ahụ ọ bụla anyị mere.
Na Onye bu Chineke, kari ihe nile,
nke sitere na ya me ihe nile
na nke ihe niile gbakọtara,
Onye onye obula natara Ike, idi ike na ume,
onye bu Onye nwe ndu na onwu,
nke oge na mgbe ebighị ebi,
nke ọ joyụ na ihe mgbu,
nke abali na nke ehihie,
gosipụta onwe gị n’ime gị, Jizọs, Onyenwe anyị,
Okwu Chineke kere mmadụ.

Carlo Maria Martini