Yona 4 - MUKANDA WA MYIDI MUKULU

Tshiji tshia Yona, ne luse lua Mvidi Mukulu

¹ Yona umona nanku, kufikaye munda bikole menemene.

² Kuambilaye Maweja-Nangila ne: — Kia! Maweja-Nangila, ke tshimvua ntshina etshi, pamvua kuetu. Ke mumvua munyeme bua kuya ku Tarshishe. Mvua mumane kumanya bimpe ne: wewe udi Mvidi Mukulu wa luse ne dinanga. Udi muena lutulu. Dinanga diebe kadiena ne ndekelu. Udi amu musue kulekela kukumbaja biuvua mukanyine nabi bantu.

³ Maweja-Nangila, mpindiewu ndi nkusengelela ne: ungumushe panu. Bualu mbimpe meme kufua pamutu pa kushala ne muoyi.

⁴ Maweja-Nangila kukonka Yona ne: — Udi ufika munda pa bualu anyi?

⁵ Yona kusunuka mu tshimenga, kuya kusomba luseke ludi diba dipatukila luatshi. Kuasaye kazubu kakese ka kuikishila, bua kubandila bionsu bivua mua kuenzeka mu tshimenga.

⁶ Mvidi Mukulu Maweja-Nangila kumenesha mutshi uvua ubanda bikole, bua Yona amone mua kusomba mu dileji diawu, kupua muoyi ku kanyinganyinga kavuaye naku. Yona kusanka bikole bua mutshi awu.

⁷ Butshia dinda, pa kabundubundu, Mvidi Mukulu kutuma tshishi. Kudiatshi mutshi awu, mutshi kufuba.

⁸ Diba dimane kubanda, Mvidi Mukulu kutuma lupepele lua luya, lufumine ku luseke ludi diba dipatukila. Kupulalu mutshi awu. Munya mukole kuosha Yona mu mutu. Kusuaye kufua tshipuka. Nanku Yona kujinga lufu, wamba ne: “Mbimpe meme kufua pa mutu pa kushala ne muoyi.”

⁹ Mvidi Mukulu kukonka kabidi Yona ne: — Udi ufika munda bua mutshi ewu, pa bualu anyi? Yona kuandamuna ne: — Eyowa, ndi mufike munda pa bualu, ndi mua kufua mene.

¹⁰ Maweja-Nangila kukonka Yona ne: — Telejaku. Wewe kuena mukune mutshi awu, kuena muubandishe, kuena munkuatshile mudimu. Mutshi ewu mmutoloke butuku, butshia dinda kupukawu. Kadi udi amu unyingalala bualu buawu.

¹¹ Nanku, meme tshiena mua kufuila tshimenga tshinene tshia Ninive luse anyi? Mu tshimenga emu mudi bantu bapite pa binunu lukama ne makumi abidi, badi kabayi bamanye mua kudisunguluila bidi bibalengelela, mudi kabidi bimuna bipite bungi.