Yona 4:1-11
4 Koma zimenezi sizinamusangalatse Yona ngakhale pangʼono moti anakwiya koopsa.
2 Choncho iye anapemphera kwa Yehova kuti: “Inu Yehova, kodi zimene ndimaopa ndili kwathu zija si zimenezi? Nʼchifukwa chaketu ndinkafuna kuthawira ku Tarisi.+ Ndinadziwa kuti inu ndinu Mulungu wachifundo, wokoma mtima, wosakwiya msanga, wachikondi chokhulupirika chochuluka+ komanso mumamva chisoni mukafuna kubweretsa tsoka.
3 Inu Yehova, chotsani moyo wanga, chifukwa kuli bwino ndingofa kusiyana nʼkuti ndikhale ndi moyo.”+
4 Yehova anamufunsa kuti: “Kodi pali chifukwa choti ukwiyire choncho?”
5 Kenako Yona anatuluka mumzindawo nʼkukakhala pansi kumʼmawa kwa mzindawo. Kumeneko anamanga kachisakasa kuti akhale pamthunzi podikira kuti aone zimene zichitikire mzindawo.+
6 Ndiyeno Yehova Mulungu anameretsa chomera cha mtundu wa mphonda* kuti chiyange pamene Yona anakhala. Anachita zimenezi kuti pakhale mthunzi nʼcholinga choti apeze mpumulo. Yona anasangalala kwambiri chifukwa cha chomeracho.
7 Koma Mulungu woona anatumiza mbozi mʼbandakucha wa tsiku lotsatira kuti ikadye chomera cha mtundu wa mphondacho, moti chinafota.
8 Dzuwa litatuluka, Mulungu anatumizanso mphepo yotentha yochokera kumʼmawa. Dzuwa linawotcha kwambiri Yona moti anangotsala pangʼono kukomoka. Choncho Yona anapempha mobwerezabwereza kuti angofa. Iye ankanena kuti: “Kuli bwino ndingofa kusiyana nʼkuti ndikhale ndi moyo.”+
9 Ndiyeno Mulungu anafunsa Yona kuti: “Kodi pali chifukwa choti ukwiyire ndi chomera cha mtundu wa mphondachi?”+
Yona anayankha kuti: “Ndikuyeneradi kukwiya, ndakwiya kwambiri moti ndikufuna kufa.”
10 Koma Yehova anati: “Iwe ukumvera chisoni chomera cha mtundu wa mphondachi, chimene sunachivutikire kapena kuchikulitsa, chimene changomera usiku umodzi wokha kenako nʼkufa.
11 Kodi ine sindikuyenera kumvera chisoni mzinda waukulu wa Nineve,+ mmene muli anthu oposa 120,000, omwe sadziwa kusiyanitsa zoyenera ndi zolakwika?* Kodi sindiyenera kumveranso chisoni ziweto zawo zambiri?”+
