Yona
1 Dîyi dia Yehowa diakalua kudi Yona*+ muana wa Amitayi diamba ne: 2 “Juka, ndaku ku Niniwe,+ tshimenga tshinene, utshimanyishe mêyi a dilumbuluisha, bualu malu mabi abu mmafike kundi.”
3 Kadi Yona wakajuka bua kunyema Yehowa mutangile ku Tâshishi; wakapueka ku Yopa, kupetaye mazuwa avua aya ku Tâshishi. Nunku wakafuta makuta a njila, kubandaye mu mazuwa bua kuya nabu ku Tâshishi, kule ne Yehowa.
4 Pashishe, Yehowa wakatuma tshipepele tshikole pa mbuu, ne kuvua tshipepele tshikole pa mbuu ne mazuwa amba kutshibuka. 5 Bendeshi ba mazuwa bavua ne buôwa bukole, nunku yonso wa kudibu wakabanga kubikila nzambi wende bua amuambuluishe. Bakabanga kukupa bintu bivua mu mazuwa mu mbuu bua kuapepeja.+ Kadi Yona uvua mupueke mu tshitupa tshia munda mua mazuwa* muvuaye mudiolole, mulale tulu tukole. 6 Kapitene ka mazuwa kakasemena kudiye, kumuambila ne: “Bua tshinyi udi mulale? Juka, bikila nzambi webe! Pamuapa Nzambi mulelela neatuelele meji, ne katuakufua+ to.”
7 Pashishe, bakambilangana ne: “Luayi, tuelayi nshobo+ bua kumanya muntu udi mukebeshe dikenga edi.” Nunku bakela nshobo, ne nshobo yakakuata Yona.+ 8 Bakamuebeja ne: “Tuambila koku, nnganyi utudi mua kuela dikenga didi ditukuate edi pambidi? Utu wenza mudimu kayi? Udi ufumina penyi? Udi wa mu ditunga kayi? Udi wa mu tshisamba kayi?”
9 Wakandamuna ne: “Ndi muena Ebelu, ndi ntshina* Yehowa Nzambi wa mu diulu, Yeye uvua muenze mbuu ne buloba bume.”
10 Bua bualu ebu, bantu abu bakumvua buôwa bukole, bobu kumuebeja ne: “Tshiudi muenze ntshinyi?” (Bantu abu bakamanya ne: yeye uvua unyema Yehowa, bualu wakabambila.) 11 Nunku, bakamuebeja ne: “Tukuenzele tshinyi bua kubatamija mbuu buetu tuetu?” Bualu mâyi a mbuu avua anu enda abandisha mavuala bikole menemene. 12 Wakandamuna ne: “Ngambulayi, nungele mu mbuu, ne mbuu neabatame buenu nuenu; bualu ndi mumanye ne: tshipepele tshikole etshi ntshinukuate bua bualu buanyi.” 13 Kadi, bantu abu bakita bikole* bua kupingaja mazuwa ku mukuna, kadi kabakakokesha to, bualu mbuu uvua anu wenda ubandisha mavuala bikole menemene ku nseke yabu yonso.
14 Pashishe, bakabikila Yehowa bamba ne: “Akaah Yehowa wetu, mpindieu, katufu koku bua muntu eu* to! Kutuedi tshilumbu tshia mashi adi kaayi ne bualu pambidi, bualu, wewe Yehowa, udi muenze muuvua musue.” 15 Pashishe, bakambula Yona, kumuelabu mu mbuu; ne mbuu wakabatama. 16 Nunku, ditshina dikole dia Yehowa diakakuata bantu abu,+ bobu kulambula Yehowa mulambu ne kuditshipabu mitshipu.
17 Nunku, Yehowa wakatuma mushipa munene bua kumina Yona, nunku Yona wakashala munda mua mushipa au matuku asatu, munya ne butuku.+