1 Idedo lya Mndumii likachea Yona lya kawi, lyehamba,
Waikimbi waweipfo kacha waleonguo kya mṟi ifoi na huye ya mangi tsing'anyi mbonyi tsa shida na sha mawicho na kya ndaṟe ya makokoi.
Miiso fompoṟohoṟa, nyiu alechiowuo? Mndumii-Ruwa amededa nyiu aidima ideda shile nyi ihamba kisuku?
Nahong'u mkonu fumu idedo lya Mndumii likachea Yona mana o Amitai, lyehamba,
Mndumii kadeda na ikunga lilya, nalyo likadaika Yona wambaṟa ya ipalyipalyi.
“Kure, nohende Niniwe, mṟi fulya fung'anyi, uonguopfo mbonyi njechikuwawasia.”