2 Yezebeli wati wavwa ivi, wangutuma munthu kwaku Eliya kuchimukambiya kuti: “Asani kufika mawa pa nyengu nge yeniyi ndilekengi kukuchitiska kuja nge* achimi wo, mbwenu achiuta andilangi ndipuso asazgiyeku!”*

4 Iyu wangwenda ulendu wa zuŵa limoza ndipu wangufika kuchipululu. Wanguza ndi kuja pasi pa kachimiti ka mweyu ndipu wangupempha kuti wafwi. Iyu wangukamba kuti: “Mbwenu ndavuka navu! Sonu yimwi Yehova, tuzganimu umoyu wangu,+ pakuti ini nde wamampha kuluska apapi ŵangu akali cha.”

3 Kweni Yona wangusoka kuti waluti ku Tashishi, kuthaŵa Yehova; iyu wangufika ku Yopa ndipu wangusaniya sitima yakuluta ku Tashishi. Mwaviyo wangulipira ndipu wangukwera sitima kuti waluti ku Tashishi limoza ndi ŵanthu wo ŵenga mwenimo, kuthaŵa Yehova.