Djona
4 Tsono bzimwebzi bzidamuipira kwene-kwene Djona ndipo iye adakalipa kwene-kwene. 2 Tenepo, iye adapemba kwa Yahova aciti: “Imwe Yahova, mpsimwebziletu bzomwe ndikhakumbuka pomwe ndikhali kumui, ndipopa pa ulendo bwakuyamba bule inepano ndidayeza kuthawira ku Tarisi, thangwe ndikhadziwa kuti imwepo ndimwe Mulungu wantsisi na wakudeka mtima, wakusaya kukalipa kamangu, wa lufoyi likulu lacadidi* nakuti ndimwe wakukonzeka kucinja nzeru mucileka kubweresa cirango comwe mukhafuna kubweresera wanthu. 3 Tsapano, imwe Yahova, ndaphata minyendo, ndilekeni ndife, thangwe kwa ine bziri bwino kufa kuposa kukhala na moyo.”
4 Tsono Yahova adamubvunza kuti: “Kodi iwepo ukuwona kuti pana thangwe lakubveka lakuti ukalipe?”
5 Tenepo Djona adacoka mu mzindamo ndipo adakakhala kumbali ya kumabvadzuwa kwa mzindayo, ndipo iye adakonza gota, acikhala pa mthunzi pace kuti awone bzomwe bzingadacitikira mzindayo. 6 Tsono Yahova Mulungu adameresa kamuti ninga ka mphonda,* kaciyanga pomwe Djona akhadakhalapo kuti kamucitire mthunzi. Iye adacita bzimwebzi kuti acepese kutsautsika kwace, ndipo Djona adakomedwa kwene-kwene na kamuti komwe kadamerako.
7 Tsono mangwana yace pomwe kukhacena, Mulungu wacadidi adacitisa kuti cikonye cidye kamutiko ndipo kadauma. 8 Pomwe dzuwa lidacoka, Mulungu adabweresambo mphepo yakupsa kucokera kumabvadzuwa ndipo Djona adapsa na dzuwa mwakuti akhadasala pang’ono kukomoka, ndipo iye akhakumbira kufa acimbalewa kuti: “Kwa ine bziri bwino kufa kuposa kukhala na moyo.”
9 Na tenepo, Mulungu adabvunza Djona kuti: “Kodi ukuwona kuti mpsakuthemera iwepo kukalipa kwene-kwene thangwe ra kamuti ka mphondaka?”
Djona adatawira kuti: “Inde, ndinalo thangwe lakukalipira, lakukalipa kwene-kwene mwakuti nin’funa kufa.” 10 Tsono Yahova adamuuza kuti: “Iwepo ukubvera ntsisi kamuti ka mphonda komwe ulibe kukabzala ne kukakulisa, komwe kandokula usiku bubodzi, kacifa usiku bwa mangwana yace. 11 Kodi inepano nin’funikambo lini kubvera ntsisi Ninive mzinda ukulu, omwe una wanthu wakupitirira 120 000, omwe ne ambadziwa lini kusiyanisa cabwino na cakuipa pabodzi na bzifuwo bzawo bzizinji?”