Kuyitana Kumene Yona Anathawa

Mneneri akuthawa kuitana kwa Atate kuti akalalikire kwa adani a Israyeli, akumezedwa ndi nsomba yaikulu, ndipo akuphunzira, mosafuna, kuti chifundo cha Atate wathu ndi chachikulu kwambiri kuposa chake.

Chaputala 1.

Ndipo mau a Atate wathu anadza kwa Yona mwana wa Amitai, nati:

“Nyamuka, pita ku Ninive, mzinda waukulu uja, ndipo ukafuwule kutsutsana nawo, pakuti kuipa kwawo kwakwera pamaso panga.”

Koma Yona ananyamuka kuti athawire ku Tarisi, kuchoka pamaso pa Atate wathu. Anatsikira ku Yopa, napeza sitima yopita ku Tarisi, nalipira malipiro ake, nakwera kuti apite nawo ku Tarisi, kuchoka pamaso pa Atate wathu.

Ndipo Atate wathu anaponya mphepo yamphamvu pa nyanja; namuka mkuntho waukulu, ndipo sitima inkuoneka ngati itsala pang'ono kusweka. Oyendetsa sitima anachita mantha, aliyense nafuwulira mulungu wake. Anaponya katundu wa sitima m'nyanja kuti ipepuke. Koma Yona anali atatsikira pansi pa sitima, kumene anagona tulo tofa nato. Mkulu wa sitima anadza nati kwa iye, “Ukugona bwanji? Nyamuka, uyitane mulungu wako! Mwina adzatiganizira, ndipo sitidzawonongeka.”

Anthuwo anati wina kwa mnzake, “Tiyeni, tichite maere kuti tidziwe amene wabweretsa tsoka ili pa ife.” Anachita maere, ndipo anagwera Yona. Anati kwa iye, “Utiuze—iwe amene wabweretsa tsoka ili pa ife—ntchito yako ndi chiyani? Umachokera kuti? Dziko lako ndi liti? Ndiwe wa mtundu wotani?”

Iye anayankha nati, “Ndine Mhebri, ndipo ndimaopa Atate wathu, Atate wa Kumwamba, amene analenga nyanja ndi mtunda.”

Ndipo anthuwo anachita mantha kwambiri, nati, “Wachita chiyani?” Pakuti anadziwa kuti iye ankathawa pamaso pa Atate wathu, chifukwa anali atawauza.

Ndipo anati kwa iye, “Tikuchite chiyani kuti nyanja ikhale bata kwa ife?”—pakuti nyanja inkakula mkuntho mowonjezereka.

Iye anawauza nati, “Mundinyamule ndi kundiponya m'nyanja, ndipo idzakhala bata kwa inu. Ndikudziwa kuti mkuntho waukulu uwu wafika pa inu chifukwa cha ine.”

Koma anthuwo anayesetsa kupalasa kuti afike kumtunda, koma analephera, pakuti nyanja inkawindukira iwo mowonjezereka. Chotero anafuwulira Atate wathu, nati, “Chonde, Mulungu, musatilole kuti tife chifukwa cha moyo wa munthu uyu. Musatiyese olakwa chifukwa cha mwazi wosalakwa, pakuti Inu mwachita monga mwafunira.” Ndipo anatenga Yona, namuponya m'nyanja, ndipo nyanja yowinduka ija inakhala bata. Ndipo anthuwo anaopa Atate wathu kwambiri, napereka nsembe kwa Atate wathu, nachita malumbiro.

Ndipo Atate wathu anakonza nsomba yaikulu kuti imeze Yona, ndipo Yona anakhala m'mimba mwa nsomba masiku atatu ndi mausiku atatu.