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.