Yona

Yona 1

1:1	Ndipo mau a Yehova anadza kwa Yona mwana wa Amitai, kunena:
1:2	Nyamuka upite ku Nineve, mzinda waukuluwo, ndi kulalikira mmenemo. Pakuti kuipa kwake kwakwera pamaso panga.
1:3	Ndipo Yona ananyamuka kuti athawire pamaso pa Yehova ku Tarisi. Ndipo anatsikira ku Yopa, napeza ngalawa yopita ku Tarisi. Ndipo adalipira mtengo wake, natsikira momwemo, kuti apite nawo ku Tarisi kuchoka pamaso pa Yehova.
1:4	Koma Yehova anatumiza chimphepo chachikulu panyanjapo. Ndipo m’nyanja munali namondwe wamkulu, ndipo chombocho chidali pangozi yosweka.
1:5	Ndipo amalinyero anachita mantha, ndipo anthuwo anafuulira mulungu wawo. Ndipo adaponya m'nyanja zotengera zomwe zinali m'chombo kuti chipepuke. Ndipo Yona anatsikira m’kati mwa chombo, nagona tulo tofa nato.
1:6	Ndipo wotsogolera wotsogolera anayandikira kwa iye, ndipo adati kwa iye, “N’chifukwa chiyani walemedwa ndi tulo?? Dzuka, itanani Mulungu wanu, kuti mwina Mulungu adzatikumbukira, ndipo tisaonongeke.
1:7	Ndipo munthu anati kwa woyenda naye chombo, “Bwerani, ndipo tichite mayere, kuti tidziwe chifukwa chake tsokali latigwera.” Ndipo anachita mayere, ndipo maere adagwera Yona.
1:8	Ndipo adati kwa iye: “Tifotokozereni chifukwa chimene tsokali latigwera. Ntchito yanu ndi chiyani? Limene ndi dziko lanu? Ndipo mukupita kuti? Kapena ndinu ochokera kwa anthu ati?”
1:9	Ndipo adati kwa iwo, “Ndine Mhebri, ndipo ndiopa Yehova Mulungu wa Kumwamba, amene analenga nyanja ndi mtunda.
1:10	Ndipo amunawo anachita mantha kwambiri, ndipo adati kwa Iye, “N’chifukwa chiyani mwachita zimenezi?” (Pakuti anthuwo anadziwa kuti iye akuthawa pamaso pa Yehova, chifukwa adawauza.)
1:11	Ndipo adati kwa iye, “Titani nawe?, kotero kuti nyanja idzatithera?” Pakuti nyanja idayenda ndi kusefuka.
1:12	Ndipo adati kwa iwo, "Nditengeni, ndi kundiponya m’nyanja, ndipo nyanja idzaleka kwa inu. + Pakuti ndikudziwa kuti chimphepo chamkuntho chimenechi chagwera inu chifukwa cha ine.”
1:13	Ndipo amunawo anali kupalasa, kuti abwerere ku nthaka youma, koma sadapambane. Pakuti nyanja idasefukira ndi kutukumula pa iwo.
1:14	Ndipo iwo analirira kwa Yehova, ndipo adati, “Tikukupemphani, Ambuye, tisatayike chifukwa cha moyo wa munthu uyu, ndipo musatiike magazi osalakwa. Zanu, Ambuye, wachita monga momwe unakondera.”
1:15	Ndipo anatenga Yona namponya m’nyanja. Ndipo nyanja idatonthola ndi ukali wake.
1:16	Ndipo amunawo anaopa Yehova kwambiri, ndipo anapereka nsembe kwa Yehova, ndipo adalumbira.

Yona 2

2:1	Ndipo Yehova anakonza chinsomba chachikulu kuti chimeze Yona. Ndipo Yona anakhala m’mimba mwa nsombayo masiku atatu usana ndi usiku.
2:2	Ndipo Yona anapemphera kwa Yehova, Mulungu wake, kuchokera m’mimba mwa nsomba.
2:3	Ndipo adati: “Ndinalirira kwa Yehova m’masautso anga, ndipo adandimvera ine. Kuchokera m'mimba mwa gehena, Ndinalira, ndipo munamvera mau anga.
2:4	Ndipo mwandiponya m’kuya, mkati mwa nyanja, ndipo chigumula chandizinga. Mafunde anu onse ndi mafunde anu adutsa pa ine.
2:5	Ndipo ine ndinati: Ndachotsedwa pamaso panu. Komabe, moona, Ndidzaonanso Kachisi wanu woyera.
2:6	Madzi anandizinga, ngakhale ku moyo. Phompho landitsekera mpanda. Nyanja yaphimba mutu wanga.
2:7	Ndinatsikira m’munsi mwa mapiri. Mipiringidzo ya dziko lapansi yanditsekereza kosatha. Ndipo inu mudzautsa moyo wanga ku chivundi, Ambuye, Mulungu wanga.
2:8	Pamene moyo wanga unali mu zowawa mkati mwanga, Ndinakumbukira Yehova, kuti pemphero langa lifike kwa inu, ku Kachisi wanu woyera.
2:9	Omwe amatsata zachabe pachabe, kusiya chifundo chawo.
2:10	Koma ine, ndi liwu la chitamando, adzapereka nsembe kwa inu. + Zonse zimene ndinalumbirira Yehova ndidzazibwezera, chifukwa cha chipulumutso changa.”
2:11	Ndipo Yehova analankhula ndi nsombazo, ndipo inasanza Yona panthaka youma.

Yona 3

3:1	Ndipo mau a Yehova anadza kwa Yona kachiwiri, kunena:
3:2	Dzuka, ndi kupita ku Nineve, mzinda waukuluwo. Ndipo lalikira m’menemo ulaliki umene Ine ndikuwuza iwe.
3:3	Ndipo Yona ananyamuka, ndipo anapita ku Nineve monga mwa mau a Yehova. Ndipo Nineve unali mzinda waukulu wa ulendo wa masiku atatu.
3:4	Ndipo Yona anayamba kulowa mumzindawo ulendo wa tsiku limodzi. Ndipo anapfuula nati, “Kwatsala masiku makumi anayi ndipo Nineve adzawonongedwa.”
3:5	Ndipo anthu a ku Nineve anakhulupirira Mulungu. Ndipo adalalikira kusala kudya, nabvala ziguduli, kuyambira wamkulu kufikira wamng’ono.
3:6	Ndipo mawu anafika kwa mfumu ya ku Nineve. Ndipo adanyamuka pampando wake wachifumu, ndipo anavula mkanjo wake navala chiguduli, ndipo anakhala m’phulusa.
3:7	Ndipo iye anafuula nanena: “Ku Nineve, pakamwa pa mfumu ndi akalonga ake, zinenedwe: Anthu, nyama, ng’ombe, nkhosa, zisalawe kanthu. Asadye kapena kumwa madzi.
3:8	+ Anthu ndi nyama zivale ziguduli, ndipo afuulire kwa Yehova ndi mphamvu, ndipo munthu atembenuke kusiya njira yake yoipa, ndi mphulupulu iri m’manja mwao.
3:9	Ndani akudziwa ngati Mulungu angatembenukire ndi kukhululuka?, ndi kubweza ku mkwiyo wace waukali, kuti tisatayike?”
3:10	Ndipo Mulungu adaona ntchito zawo, kuti adatembenuzidwa kusiya njira zawo zoipa. Ndipo Mulungu adawamvera chisoni, za choipa chimene adanena kuti adzawachitira, ndipo sanachichita.

Yona 4

4:1	Ndipo Yona anagwidwa ndi chisautso chachikulu, ndipo adakwiya.
4:2	Ndipo anapemphera kwa Yehova, ndipo adati, "Ndikukupemphani, Ambuye, Awa sanali mawu anga, pamene ndinali m’dziko langa? Chifukwa cha izi, Ndinadziwiratu kuthawira ku Tarisi. Pakuti ndikudziwa kuti Inu ndinu Mulungu wofatsa ndi wachifundo, woleza mtima ndi wachifundo chachikulu, ndi wokhululuka ngakhale atakulakwira.
4:3	Ndipo tsopano, Ambuye, Ndikukupemphani kuti mutenge moyo wanga kwa ine. Pakuti kuli kwabwino kuti ine ndife koposa kukhala ndi moyo.”
4:4	Ndipo Yehova anati, “Kodi ukuganiza kuti ndiwe wolondola kukwiya??”
4:5	Ndipo Yona anatuluka kunja kwa mzinda, ndipo iye anakhala moyang’anizana ndi kum’mawa kwa mzindawo. ndipo anadzipangira pobisalira pamenepo, ndipo adakhala pansi pake mumthunzi, mpaka aone chimene chidzagwera mzindawo.
4:6	Ndipo Yehova Mulungu anakonza msambo, ndipo inakwera pamwamba pa mutu wa Yona, kukhala mthunzi pamutu pake, ndi kumuteteza (pakuti adagwira ntchito molimbika). Ndipo Yona anakondwera chifukwa cha mkungudzawo, ndi chisangalalo chachikulu.
4:7	Ndipo Mulungu anakonza nyongolotsi, kutacha m’mawa mwake, ndipo idakantha chipale, ndipo unauma.
4:8	Ndipo pamene dzuwa lidatuluka, Yehova analamula mphepo yotentha ndi yoyaka. Ndipo dzuwa linalowa pamutu pa Yona, ndipo adatentha. Ndipo adapempha moyo wake kuti afe, ndipo adati, "Ndi bwino kuti ndife kusiyana ndi kukhala ndi moyo."
4:9	Ndipo Yehova anati kwa Yona, "Kodi mukuganiza kuti ndinu oyenerera kukwiya chifukwa cha ivy?” Ndipo iye anati, “Ndiyenera kukwiyira kufikira imfa.
4:10	Ndipo Yehova anati, "Iwe ukumva chisoni ndi ivy, zomwe simunazigwirira ntchito ndi zomwe simunazikulitsa, ngakhale idabadwa usiku umodzi, ndipo usiku umodzi adawonongeka.
4:11	Ndipo sindidzalekerera Nineve, mzinda waukuluwo, m’menemo muli amuna oposa zikwi zana limodzi mphambu makumi awiri, amene sadziwa kusiyana pakati pa dzanja lamanja ndi lamanzere, ndi zilombo zambiri?”