Yona
1 Mazgu gha Yehova ghakiza kwa Yona,*+ mwana wa Amitayi, ghakati: 2 “Wuka, ulute ku Nineve,+ ku msumba ukuru, ndipo ukapharazge cheruzgo pa iwo, pakuti uheni wawo wafika pamaso pane.”
3 Kweni Yona wakawuka kuti walute ku Tarishishi, kuchimbira Yehova. Yona wakakhilira ku Yopa uko wakasanga ngalaŵa yakuya ku Tarishishi. Ntheura wakalipira na kukwera ngalaŵa kuti walute nawo ku Tarishishi, kuchimbira Yehova.
4 Penepapo Yehova wakaponya chimphepo chankhongono pa nyanja, ndipo pa nyanja pakaŵa chimphepo chikuru, mwakuti ngalaŵa yikaŵa pafupi kusweka. 5 Ŵakwendeska ngalaŵa ŵakatenthema chomene ndipo waliyose wa iwo wakamba kuchema pa chiuta wake kuti wamovwire. Ndipo ŵakamba kutaya mu nyanja katundu uyo wakaŵa mu ngalaŵa kuti yipepukeko.+ Kweni Yona wakaŵa kuti wakhilira mu chipinda chamukati cha ngalaŵa, wakagona tulo twakufwa nato. 6 Mulara wa ŵakwendeska ngalaŵa wakiza apo pakaŵa Yona, wakati: “Chifukwa wuli ukugona? Wuka, chema chiuta wako! Panji Chiuta waunenesko wangatighanaghanira kuti tileke kuparanyika.”+
7 Ndipo ŵakati kwa yumoza na munyake: “Zaninge, tiyeni tichite mphenduzga*+ mwakuti timanye uyo watichemera soka ili.” Ntheura ŵakachita mphenduzga ndipo mphenduzga yikawira pa Yona.+ 8 Ŵakati kwa iyo: “Chonde tiphalira, kasi ni njani uyo watichemera soka ilo latiwira? Kasi uli na mulimo wuli, ndipo wafuma nkhu? Charu chako ni ntchi, ndipo ndiwe wa ku ŵanthu wuli?”
9 Wakazgora kuti: “Ndine Muhebere, nkhopa* Yehova, Chiuta wakuchanya uyo wali kulenga nyanja na mtunda.”
10 Penepapo ŵanthu ŵakawopa chomene, ndipo ŵakamufumba kuti: “Kasi ntchivichi icho wachita?” (Ŵanthu ŵakamanya kuti wakachimbiranga Yehova, chifukwa wakaŵaphalira.) 11 Ntheura ŵakati kwa iyo: “Kasi tichitechi nawe kuti nyanja yitikhalire bata?” Chifukwa chimphepo chikakulirangakuliranga pa nyanja. 12 Wakazgora kuti: “Muninyamure na kuniponya mu nyanja, ndipo nyanja yimukhaliraninge bata, pakuti nkhumanya kuti chimphepo chikuru ichi chamuwirani chifukwa cha ine.” 13 Ndipouli, ŵanalume aŵa ŵakavuŵa chomene kuti ŵawezgere ngalaŵa ku mtunda, kweni ŵakatondeka, chifukwa chimphepo chikakulirangakuliranga pa nyanja.
14 Penepapo ŵakalomba kwa Yehova, ŵakati: “Tikumuŵeyani, A Yehova, tingaparanyikanga chara chifukwa cha munthu uyu!* Mungaŵikanga pa ise chara ndopa zambura mulandu, chifukwa imwe, a Yehova, mwachita icho chamukondweskani.” 15 Ntheura ŵakamunyamura Yona na kumuponya mu nyanja, ndipo nyanja yikaleka kukalipa. 16 Penepapo ŵanalume aŵa ŵakawopa chomene Yehova,+ ndipo ŵakapeleka sembe kwa Yehova na kulapa vilapo.
17 Sono Yehova wakatuma chisomba chikuru kuti chimire Yona. Ntheura Yona wakaŵa mu nthumbo ya chisomba mazuŵa ghatatu, muhanya na usiku.+