Yona 1:1-17
1 Yona*+ mwana wa Amitai atambira mphangwa izi za Yahova:
2 “Lamuka, ndoko ku Ninive+ wakuti ndi nzinda ukulu, pontho kadziwise anthu a kweneko kuti nzinda wawo unadzafudzwa, thangwi ine ndaona pinthu pyakuipa pinacita anthu a mu nzinda unoyu.”
3 Mbwenye Yona anyerezera kuenda ku Tarsi toera kuthawa Yahova; iye atcitira ku Jope mbagumana bote yakuti ikhaenda ku Tarsi. Natenepa iye alipa ntengo wa ulendo, mbaenda ku Tarsi pabodzi na ale akhali mwenemo, toera kuthawa Yahova.
4 Buluka penepo Yahova acitisa mphepo ikulu mʼbara, mbacitoma condzi cikulu kakamwe mʼbara, bote mbisala pangʼono toera kulobzweka.
5 Anyakufambisa bote akhagopa kakamwe, natenepa mʼbodzi na mʼbodzi wa iwo atoma kuphemba ciphedzo kuna mulungu wace. Pontho iwo atoma kutaya mʼbara pinthu pikhali mʼbote toera ilulupirwe.+ Mbwenye mu ndzidzi ukhacitika pyenepi pyonsene, Yona akhadatcitira pantsi, mbagona pyace pa mbuto yakubisalika ya bote nee kubva kunja.
6 Ntsogoleri wa anyakufambisa bote aenda pana Yona mbambvundza: “Thangwi yanji ukugona? Lamuka, phemba ciphedzo kuna mulungu wako! Panango Mulungu wandimomwene anapangiza citsalakano kuna ife, mbatikhonda kufa.”+
7 Buluka penepo iwo alonga kuna unango na ndzace: “Tendeni ticite pyakulotera+ toera tidziwe kuti mbani anatibweresera nyatwa ineyi.” Natenepa iwo acita pyakulotera, pontho pyakulotera pyenepi pyagwera Yona.+
8 Iwo alonga kuna iye: “Taphata miyendo, tipange, mbani anacitisa toera tigwerwe na nyatwa iyi? Iwe usaphata basa yanji, pontho wabuluka kupi? Dziko yako ndi ipi, pontho ndi ipi dzindza yako?”
9 Iye atawira: “Ine ndine Muhebheri, pontho ndisalambira* Yahova Mulungu wakudzulu, Ule adacita bara na ntunda.”
10 Penepo amuna anewa agopa kakamwe, mbambvundza: “Thangwi yanji wacita pyenepi?” (Amuna anewa akhadziwa kuti iye akhathawa Yahova, thangwi iye akhadaapanga.)
11 Natenepa iwo ambvundza: “Tisafunika kucitanji na iwe toera bara ikhurudzike?” Thangwi condzi cikhathimizirika kakamwe mʼbara.
12 Iye atawira: “Ndiponyeni mʼbara, mungacita pyenepi bara inadzakhurudzika; ine ndisadziwa kuti condzi ceneci cikucitika thangwi ya ine.”
13 Maseze amuna anewa acapa mwamphambvu kakamwe, mbwenye iwo nee akwanisa kubweza bote pantunda thangwi condzi cikhathimizirika kakamwe mʼbara.
14 Natenepa iwo acemera Yahova mbalonga: “Taphata miyendo Yahova, lekani tawirisa kuti ife tife thangwi ya mamuna uyu! Lekani kutipasa mulando thangwi ya kupha mamuna uyu, thangwi imwe Yahova mwacita pinthu mwakubverana na pikhafuna imwe.”
15 Penepo iwo akwata Yona mbamponya mʼbara; pidacita iwo pyenepi, bara yakhurudzika.
16 Natenepa amuna anewa agopa kakamwe Yahova,+ pontho iwo apereka ntsembe kuna Yahova, mbadumbira kuti anantumikira.
17 Penepo Yahova atuma ntsomba ikulu, mbimeza Yona, natenepa Yona amala ntsiku zitatu, masiku na masikati mʼmimba mwa ntsomba ineyi.+
