Mkwiyo wa Yona
Chifundo ndicho chimene Yona ankachiopa. Avomereza kuti anathawa chifukwa ankadziwa kuti Atate wathu amaleka kulanga, ndipo apempha kufa. Mtengo umuphimba ndi mthunzi, mbozi iuononga, ndipo Atate wathu afunsa chifukwa chake mtengo umene sanaumeretse ukuposa mzinda wa anthu zikwizikwi.
4 1Koma izi zinamkhumudwitsa Yona kwambiri, ndipo anapsa mtima. 2Napemphera kwa Atate wathu, nati, “Chonde, Atate, kodi ichi sichimene ndinanena pamene ndinali m'dziko langa? Ndicho chifukwa chake ndinathawira ku Tarisisi poyamba—ndinadziwa kuti Inu ndinu Atate wachisomo ndi wachifundo, wosakwiya msanga, wodzala ndi chikondi cha pangano, amene mumaleka kutumiza tsoka. 3Ndipo tsopano, Atate wathu, chonde chotsani moyo wanga kwa ine—imfa ndi yabwino kwa ine kuposa moyo.”
4Ndipo Atate wathu anati, “Kodi nkwabwino kuti ukwiye chotere?”
5Yona anachoka mu mzinda, nakhala kummawa kwake, nadzipangira msasa komweko, nakhala patsinde pake pamthunzi, akudikira kuti aone chimene chidzachitike mu mzindawo. 6Ndipo Atate wathu anakonza chomera, nachikulitsa pamwamba pa Yona, kuti chimuchititse mthunzi pamutu pake ndi kuchepetsa kuvutika kwake. Kotero Yona anakondwa kwambiri chifukwa cha chomeracho. 7M'bandakucha tsiku linalo, Atate wathu anakonza mphutsi imene inagwira chomeracho, ndipo chinafota. 8Pamene dzuwa linatuluka, Atate wathu anatumiza mphepo yotentha yochokera kummawa; dzuwa linamenya pamutu pa Yona kufikira anakomoka. Napempha kuti afe, nati, “Kuli bwino kwa ine kufa kuposa kukhala ndi moyo.”
9Koma Atate wathu anafunsa Yona, nati, “Kodi nkwabwino kuti ukwiye chifukwa cha chomeracho?” Iye anati, “Nkwabwino—ndakwiya kufikira kufa.”
10Ndipo Atate wathu anati, “Iwe wachitira chisoni chomera chimene sunachigwirire ntchito kapena kuchikulitsa, chimene chinamera usiku umodzi nachifa usiku umodzi. 11Nanga Ine ndisachitire chisoni Ninive, mzinda waukulu uja, mmene muli anthu oposa 120,000 amene sangathe kusiyanitsa dzanja lawo lamanja ndi lamanzere, ndiponso nyama zambiri?” a a v11 Bukuli limatseka ndi funso la chifundo la Atate wathu—mtima wake pa mitundu ya anthu kunja kwa Israeli. Yesu akutchula masiku atatu ndi mausiku atatu a Yona monga chizindikiro cha kuuka kwake kwa akufa (Mateyu 12:38-41), ndi kulapa kwa anthu a ku Ninive monga chiweruzo chotsutsana ndi Israeli wosalapa.
