Yona 4:1-11
4 Kweni ichi chikamukwiyiska chomene Yona, ndipo wakagolera na ukali.
2 Ntheura wakalomba kwa Yehova, wakati: “A Yehova, asi ivi ndivyo nkhawopanga apo nkhaŵa mu charu chane? Lekani pakwamba nkhakhumbanga kuchimbilira ku Tarishishi,+ chifukwa nkhamanya kuti ndimwe Chiuta wachiwuravi ndiposo walusungu, wakukalipa luŵiro chara, na wakuzura na chitemwa,*+ uyo wakuchita chitima na soka ilo wakhumbanga kutuma.
3 Sono nkhumuŵeyani, A Yehova, wuskanimo umoyo wane mwa ine, pakuti ntchiwemi nifwe kuluska kuŵa wamoyo.”+
4 Yehova wakamufumba kuti: “Kasi ntchakwenelera kuti iwe ukwiye nthena?”
5 Penepapo Yona wakafuma mu msumba na kukhala pasi kumafumiro gha dazi kwa msumba. Wakajizengera kachisakasa kwenekura na kukhala pa mfwiri wake kuti wawone icho chichitikirenge msumba.+
6 Yehova Chiuta wakamezga nyungu ya mphindi kuti yithazire pa Yona, kuti yimupe mfwiri pa mutu wake na kumuwombora ku suzgo lake. Yona wakakondwa chomene na nyungu ya mphindi.
7 Kweni zuŵa lakulondezgapo kumatandakucha, Chiuta wakatuma chibungu, icho chikarya nyungu ya mphindi yira, ndipo yikafota.
8 Apo dazi likamba kuŵala, Chiuta wakatuma mphepo yakotcha yakumafumiro gha dazi, ndipo dazi likatimbanga pa mutu wa Yona, mwakuti wakazinduka nalo. Wakalomba mwakuwerezgawerezga kuti wafwe, wakatenge: “Ntchiwemi kuti nifwe waka kuluska kuŵa wamoyo.”+
9 Chiuta wakati kwa Yona: “Kasi ntchakwenelera kuti iwe ukwiye nthena chifukwa cha nyungu ya mphindi?”+
Iyo wakati: “Nkhwenera nadi kukwiya, nakwiya chomene mwakuti nkhukhumba kufwa.”
10 Kweni Yehova wakati: “Iwe ukuchitira chitima nyungu ya mphindi iyo undayitokatokerepo, nesi kuyimezga. Yikamera mu usiku umoza na kufota mu usiku umoza.
11 Kasi ine nkhwenera chara kuchitira chitima msumba ukuru wa Nineve,+ uwo uli na ŵanthu ŵakujumpha 120,000, awo ŵakumanya chara kupambaniska pakati pa chiwemi na chiheni,* kusazgapo viŵeto vyawo vinandi?”+
Mazgu Ghamusi
^ Panji kuti, “chitemwa chakugomezgeka.”
^ Panji kuti, “ŵakumanya yayi kupambaniska pakati pa woko lawo lamalyero na woko lawo lamazere.”
