MAWU ŊUSE KATATƆ

Eʋegbe

Ma'u ŋusẽkatatɔ Fia si ɖea gbe la Wò gbe nye ya ga'o Keli nye wò yi Fia wò nublanui kpɔkpɔ Wò fiazi dzi, Na ŋuifafa, Wò nublanui kpɔ la.

English

God the Omnipotent! King, who ordainest Great winds Thy clarions, the lightnings Thy sword; Show forth Thy pity on high where Thou reignest, Give to us peace, O most merciful Lord.

Eʋegbe

Ma'u nublanui kpɔ la Si xexeame gbe Wò se'o le kɔkɔe 'Ye wo nyo hã ɖaa Gana wò dziku na doo. Na ŋuifafa, Wò nublanui kpɔ la.

English

God the all-merciful! earth hath forsaken Thy precepts holy, and slighted Thy word; Bid not Thy wrath in its terrors awaken; Give to us peace, O most merciful Lord.

Eʋegbe

Mawu dzɔdzɔetɔ la Gbetɔ'o do vlo wò Ke Wònya li tso mavɔ yi mavɔ 'Ɖatso kple vodada manɔ egbɔ o Yra nyui wɔ la, wò nublanui kpɔ la.

English

God the all-righteous One! man hath defied Thee; Yet to eternity standeth Thy word; Falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside Thee; Prosper the right, O most merciful Lord.

Eʋegbe

Mietsɔ akpeɖa subɔsubɔ na wò Le wòa me ɖeɖe tso afɔku'o me Miadzi ha tso ƒuta vaseɖe ƒuta Tɔwòe nye ŋusẽ kple ŋuti kɔkɔe.

English

So shall we render Thee thankful devotion, For Thy deliverance from peril and sword, Singing in chorus from ocean to ocean, "Thine is the power and the glory, O Lord."