Yona 1:1-17
1 Kinenwa kya Yehova kyaiya kudi Yona*+ mwanā Amitai amba:
2 “Imana, wende ku Nineva+ kibundi kikatampe, kasapule butyibi pa akyo, mwanda namone bubi bwabo.”
3 Ino Yona waimana, kanyemena Yehova ku Talashishi; watūkila ku Yopa, watana kyombo kyenda ku Talashishi. Penepo wafuta lupeto, wakanda mwanda wa kwenda nabo ku Talashishi, kulampe na Yehova.
4 Penepo Yehova watetula kivula kikatampe pa dijiba, paikala kimpumpu kikatampe pa dijiba, kyombo kekisake koneka.
5 Bengidi ba ku kyombo bakwatwa moyo kebabija muntu ne muntu kudi leza wandi. Kadi bashilula kwela bintu bya mu kyombo mu dijiba, mwanda wa kwikipēleja.+ Ino Yona watūkile munshi mwa kyombo,* walāla’mo ne kupona mu tulo tukatampe.
6 Kapita wa kyombo wafwena kamunena’mba: “Mwanda waka ulēle? Languka, ita leza obe! Kepabulwe padi Leza wa bine uketuta mutyima, tuleke kufwa.”+
7 Penepo kebenena amba: “Iyai, tute bubale+ tusokole mwine wa kutopeka pa kino kyamalwa.” Penepo bata bubale, nabo bwaponena padi Yona.+
8 Bamunena’mba: “Tubakwisāshila, witusapwile, le i ani wa kutopekwa pa kino kyamalwa kyetufikila? Le mwingilo obe i mwingilo’ka, ne i kwepi kotamba? Le wi wa ku ntanda’ka, ne wi wa ku bantu’ka?”
9 Nandi webalondolola’mba: “Ami ne Muhebelu, kadi ntyinanga* Yehova Leza wa mūlu, Mwine walongele dijiba ne ntanda myūmu.”
10 Ponkapo bantu’ba bakwatwa moyo bininge, kebamwipangula’mba: “Le i kika kyowalonga?” (Bantu’ba bayukile amba wadi unyema Yehova, mwanda webalombwele.)
11 Penepo bamunena’mba: “Le tukulonge bika amba dijiba ditutalēle?” Mwanda kimpumpu kya pa dijiba kyadi kyenda kiningila’ko.
12 Nandi walondolola’mba: “Ntekunei, mungele mu dijiba, penepa dijiba disa kwimutalēla; mwanda ndyukile amba kino kimpumpu kikatampe kibemufikila pa mwanda wami.”
13 Inoko, bantu’ba bavua bininge* mwanda wa kujokeja kyombo ku ntanda, ino kebabwenyepo, mwanda kimpumpu kya pa dijiba kyadi kyenda kiningila’ko koku ne koku.
14 Penepo baabija Yehova kebanena’mba: “Shi ke pano, a Yehova, tubakwisāshila, ketwakafwa pa mwanda wa uno muntu!* Koketulambika mashi ampikwa mambo, mwanda ubalonga mosakila, abe Yehova.”
15 Penepo batekuna Yona, bamwela mu dijiba, ebiya bukalabale bwa dijiba bwatalala.
16 Penepo bantu’ba batyina Yehova+ bininge, balambula bitapwa kudi Yehova, bapika ne mpiko.
17 Ebiya Yehova watuma mushipa mukatampe, wamina Yona, Yona waikala mu difu dya mushipa mafuku asatu dyuba ne bufuku.+
Kunshi kwa Dyani
^ Ko kushintulula’mba “Nkunda.”
^ Nansha’mba “kipungwa kya kapala.”
^ Nansha’mba “ntōtanga.”
^ Nansha’mba “batompa kushitula dishinda dyabo.”
^ Nansha’mba “pa mwanda wa muya wa uno muntu!”
