Ikú led Poverty to Need; Obatalá helped them little by little and sent them to Orunmila, Shangó made the ebbó for them, and Elegbá gave them his clothing and his money: that is why they will always exist in the world, but with the strength to fight.
Ebbó: osiadié, bogbo jujú, bogbo eré, bogbo teunyen, bogbo ashó, bogbo ewé, bogbo iguí, bogbo inle, bogbo erán, bogbo eshishí, needles, an arrow, obi, ekú, epó, awadó, oñí, otí, bogbo inso, bogbo aboreo, owó tete boru. This ebbó is thrown far away from where you live.
In the land of Boro Boshe lived Poverty, who struggled hard and could barely keep herself, and her suffering was great. One day she set to thinking that she had to do something to get out of that state, and in her thinking she heard a voice far off calling her: «Boro Boshe Yebi Olona, Agba Boro Boro Agba Ikú.» And Ikú appeared in the distance. Poverty took fright, but Ikú told her: «Follow me!» And she followed her to the land of Moloni Molorun, where Need lived.
Once together, Poverty and Need began talking about the suffering they both went through, which they could not bear. They spent their lives calling on Obatalá; they wept, they struggled and they went on calling, and time passed.
They were worn out with so much suffering when Obatalá decided to go out and travel the world to see what was going on. The last land he came to was Moloni Molorun, and there he saw Poverty and Need of Oshé Yeku, almost worn out. He passed his hand over them both. He carried an apó with yam, eyelé and ewefá: he made them ebomisí and oborí. Afterward he spoke with them: «I am going to give you a little of everything, but I will give it all to you little by little, because you always have to exist in the world.» To Poverty he gave otí, and Need he set to eating yam, giving her the strength to fight. And he told them: «Go to the land of Obaye Be Ifa, where Orunmila lives; take him all this so he can make ebbó for you. Tell him I sent you.»
So they did. When they reached Orunmila's house, Shangó was there cooking every kind of unyén. Orunmila told Shangó to serve them food, because they were hungry and full of longing, and that afterward he himself should make the ebbó for them. When Shangó finished, he handed them the ashé saying: «Oshé Yekú Boro Boshe Benireo, Oshé Baba, Oshé Nile Agba Yore Ifa Odara.» And he told them: «You have to take this ebbó through all the lands, and with this bell you will go along sounding it and singing: Agogo Nile Wawao Agogo…»
In the lands they passed through, Egun, Oshas and Orishas came out and followed behind Poverty and Need, singing and begging Obatalá and Olofin for them. So they went on, until Elegbá heard them, gave them his clothing and the money he had, and they both prospered. Then Poverty, Need and Elegbá went to thank Shangó and Orunmila, and to give moforibale to Obatalá, who had an agborán obiní ready for them to worship.