Nakoso Elia bɔbɔ de, ɔpɛle atee bɔ bɛfa ɛlɛho yeɛ bɛpɛ ɔ hɔle ɛserɛ so, na ɔɔtenane tanure bie abo. Ɔyɛle ye adwene kyɛ owuli po ahaa okuro. Ɔhane kyɛ, “Afei de wayɛ yé, ao AWURADE, ku me pɛen ko, na nnde paa mendra me nana mɔ.”
Afei ndole me nye nneane me sa noa adwuma mukoraa, ɔne nningyein bɔ mafɛ mayɔ ne, na nwuni kyɛ ye mukoraa te mbaen, ɔte dadwene mbaen, na mvasoɛ biala nne so wɔ wiase.
Na eyia pukyele ne, Nyameɛ somane eyia afiteleɛ mvrama hyerɛhyerɛ bie; eyia ne bɔle Yona ti afia maa ɔyɛle mmerɛ, bɔ ɔhale ye ngome a ahaa né wawu ɔ. Na ɔhane kyɛ, “Ɔte paa ma me kyɛ ngowu tra kyɛ ngɔtena ngoa nu ɔ.”