Yona 1: 1 Ijambo ry'Uwiteka riza kuri Yona mwene Amitayo, avuga ati: 1: 2 Haguruka, ujye i Nineve, uwo mujyi ukomeye, utakambire. kubwabo ububi buza imbere yanjye. 1: 3 Ariko Yona arahaguruka ahungira i Tarishishi imbere y'Uwiteka, aramanuka i Yopa; ahasanga ubwato bugana Tarshish: nuko yishyuye igiciro cyayo, aramanuka muri yo, kugira ngo ajyane nabo Tarishish imbere y'Uwiteka. 1: 4 Ariko Uwiteka yohereza umuyaga mwinshi mu nyanja, haza umunyambaraga ukomeye inkubi y'umuyaga mu nyanja, ku buryo ubwato bwari bumeze. 1: 5 Abasare baratinya, batakambira umuntu wese imana ye, kandi ohereza ibicuruzwa byari mu bwato mu nyanja, kugirango byoroshye muri bo. Ariko Yona yamanutse mu mpande z'ubwato; araryama, kandi yari asinziriye cyane. 1: 6 Umuyobozi w'ubwato aramwegera, aramubaza ati: Urashaka kuvuga iki, yewe? gusinzira? haguruka, hamagara Imana yawe, niba aribyo Imana izadutekerezaho, ko tutarimbuka. 1: 7 Bose babwira mugenzi we bati: "Ngwino, tugabanye ubufindo, ngo." dushobora kumenya kubwiki kibi kiri kuri twe. Baragize ubufindo, kandi ubufindo bugwa kuri Yona. 1: 8 Baramubwira bati: "Tubwire, turagusabye, nyirabayazana wabyo." ikibi kiri kuri twe; Umwuga wawe ni uwuhe? Uva he? iki igihugu cyawe? kandi uri abantu ki? 1: 9 Arababwira ati: Ndi Umuheburayo; kandi ntinya Uwiteka, Imana ya ijuru, ryakoze inyanja n'ubutaka bwumutse. 1:10 Abagabo baratinya cyane, baramubaza bati: "Kubera iki?" wakoze ibi? Kuko abantu bari bazi ko yahunze imbere y'Uwiteka, kuko yari yababwiye. 1:11 Baramubwira bati: "Turagukorera iki kugira ngo inyanja ibe." dutuze? kuko inyanja yarakozwe, kandi yari ifite umuyaga mwinshi. 1:12 Arababwira ati 'Mfata, mujugunye mu nyanja; bityo Inyanja izagutuza, kuko nzi ko kubwanjye ari nini Umuyaga uri kuri wewe. 1:13 Nyamara abantu baratsindagiye cyane kugira ngo babizane mu gihugu; ariko barabishoboye ntabwo: kuko inyanja yarakoze, kandi yari ifite umuyaga mwinshi kubarwanya. 1:14 Ni cyo cyatakambiye Uhoraho, baravuga bati: “Uwiteka, turakwinginze, turakwinginze, ntitukarimbuke ubuzima bw'uyu mugabo, kandi ntituryamire twe maraso y'inzirakarengane, kuko wowe, Uwiteka, wakoze uko ushaka. 1:15 Nuko bafata Yona, bamujugunya mu nyanja, no mu nyanja yaretse uburakari bwe. 1:16 Abagabo batinya Uwiteka cyane, batamba igitambo Uhoraho arahira. 1:17 Uwiteka yari yateguye ifi nini yo kumira Yona. Na Yona yari mu nda y'amafi iminsi itatu n'amajoro atatu.