Djona 1:1-17
1 Yahova adauza Djona* mwana wa Amitai kuti:
2 “Lamuka, ndoko ku Ninive, mzinda ukulu ndipo ukalewe bza kupfudzidwa kwa mzindayo, pakuti ine ndawona bzakuipa bzomwe akucita.”
3 Tsono Djona adathawa Yahova aciyenda ku Tarisi. Iye adapolikira ku Jope ndipo kumweko adagumana naviyo* yomwe ikhayenda ku Tarisi. Iye adapagali ulendobo, acipakira naviyoyo pabodzi na wanthuwo kuti ayende ku Tarisi, pakuthawa Yahova.
4 Tsono Yahova adabweresa conzi camphanvu m’nyanza, ndipo conzico cikhali camphanvu mwakuti naviyoyo ikhadasala pang’ono kulubzika.
5 Amalinyero adabva mantha kwene-kwene, mwakuti ali-wentse adayamba kukumbira thandizo kwa mulungu wace ndipo iwo adayamba kuthusira m’nyanza mitolo yomwe ikhali m’naviyomo kuti naviyoyo ilulidwe. Tsono Djona akhadayenda ku cipinda ca pantsi ca mu naviyoyo, komwe adakagona tulo twamphanvu.
6 Nyakutsogolera naviyoyo adafika pomwe pakhana Djona acimubvunza kuti “Thangwe ranyi iwepo ukugona? Lamuka, cemera mulungu wako. Pinango Mulungu wacadidi an’tibvera ntsisi ndipo ifepano tinifa lini.”
7 Tenepo, iwo adauzana kuti: “Bwerani ticite vima-vima kuti tiwone mbani omwe akucitisa kuti tsokali litigwere.” Na tenepo iwo adacitadi vima-vimayo, ndipo vima-vimayo adagwera Djona.
8 Tenepo iwo adamubvunza kuti: “Taphata minyendo, tiuze, kodi ndiwepo omwe ukucitisa kuti tsokali litigwere? Umbaphata basa lanyi, ndipo wacokera kuponi? Kodi ndiwe wa dziko liponi na wa dzinza liponi?”
9 Tsono iye adawatawira kuti: “Ndine Mhebereu ndipo nimbanamata Yahova Mulungu wa kudzulu, omwe adakonza nyanza na dziko la pantsi.”
10 Na bzimwebzi, amunawo adabva mantha kwene-kwene thangwe iye akhadawauza kuti akhathawa Yahova. Tenepo iwo adamubvunza kuti: “Kodi iwepo wacitanyi.”
11 Pakuti conzi camphanvu cire cikhayenda cicithumizirika, amunawo adamubvunza kuti: “Kodi ticite nawe ciyani kuti nyanzayi iderekhe?”
12 Iye adawatawira kuti: “Ndiphateni mucindithusa m’nyanzamu ndipo nyanzayi in’derekha, thangwe ndikudziwa kuti cimphepoci cabwera thangwe ra inepano.”
13 Tsono amunawo adacapa na mphanvu* kuti ayendese naviyoyo pa mbuto yakuuma, koma alibe kukwanisa thangwe conzico cikhayenda cicithumizikiratu.
14 Na bzimwebzi, iwo adadandaulira Yahova kuti: “Imwe Yahova, taphata minyendo, lekani kutilekerera kuti tife thangwe ra munthuyu.* Lekani kutipasa mulandu wakupha munthu wakusaya mulanduyu pakuti imwepo mwacita bzinthu mwakubverana na kufuna kwanu, imwe Yahova.”
15 Tenepo iwo adaphata Djona acimuthusa m’nyanza ndipo nyanzayo idaderekha.
16 Na bzimwebzi amunawo adayamba kulemekeza kwene-kwene Yahova, ndipo adapereka ntsembe kwa Yahova na kucita malumbiro.
17 Yahova adatumiza cintsomba cikulu kuti cikakhudyule Djona, mwakuti Djonayo adakhala m’mimba mwa cintsombaco ntsiku zitatu, usiku na masikati.
Mafala ya m'nyantsi
^ Kuthandauza “Nkhangaiwa.”
^ Ayai, “xitima ya m’madzi.”
^ Ayai, “adacita nyongo kuti ayambuke na conzico.”
^ Ayai, “moyo wa munthuyu.”
