Omazenge wa Jona notjari tja Ndjambi
1 Jona ka ri nohange Muhona tja rundurura ondando ye, eye wa ṱomazenge tjinene. 2 Notja kumba ku Muhona a tja: “Muhona, ihi katji mba hungira tji mba ri mehi randje are? Ami opu mba za okuhenena kOtarsis, tjinga amba tjiwa kutja ove oove Ndjambi omunatjari nomunaunyaṋutima, nokutja u nomuretima nouwa ounene aruhe, nokutja u ṱondjenda nu u pengisa otjiwonga kovandu. 3 Arikana, Muhona, ṱokundjizepa, orondu okokuwa ku ami okukoka komurungu wokukara nomuinyo.”
4 Nu Muhona wa zira a tja: “Ove u nousemba wokuṱomazenge are?”
5 Jona wa pita okuyenda komukuma wokomuhuka wotjihuro na kahaama pehi. Eye we ritungira otjitara na haama momuzire watjo ama undju okumuna kutja otjihuro Ninive matji tjitwa vi. 6 Tjazumba Muhona Ndjambi otja hapisa omuti kombanda ya Jona okumupa omuzire kutja e mu yarure omutima pehi. Nu Jona wa yoroka tjinene tja muna omuti mbwi. 7 Nungwari eyuva rarwe tji pa tji, Ndjambi wa eta etiva momuti mbwi, noro re u hokora, nowo au koka. 8 Neyuva tji ra zu Ndjambi wa hinda ombepo ombyu yokomuhuka. Nu Jona a hara okuseurwa i oupyu womutenya tji mau vete motjiuru tje. Neye we rizera nonḓiro a tja: “Atja rira kokuwa ku ami okukoka komurungu wokukara nomuinyo.”
9 Nungwari Ndjambi wa tja ku ye: “Ove u nousemba okupindikira omuti are?”
Nu Jona arire tja ziri a tja: “Ii, ami mbi nousemba okupindika; okupindika tjinene nga tji mba koka.”
10 Nu Muhona wa tja nai ku ye: “Omuti mbwi wa hapa mouṱuku umwe nu ouṱuku imbwi oukwao au koka; ove ko notjiṋa tji wa tjiti ku wo, nu kau hapisirwe i ove nambano u noruhoze na wo! 11 Nu ami hi sokuṱotjari na Ninive, ihi otjihuro otjinene, tji tji novature ovehinondjiviro mbe ri komurungu womayovi esere rimwe nomirongo vivari, novinamuinyo ovingi wina are?”
Jonah Gets Angry with the Lord
1 Jonah was really upset and angry. 2 So he prayed:
Our Lord, I knew from the very beginning that you wouldn't destroy Nineveh. That's why I left my own country and headed for Spain. You are a kind and merciful God, and you are very patient. You always show love, and you don't like to punish anyone.
3 Now let me die! I'd be better off dead.
4 The Lord replied, “What right do you have to be angry?”
5 Jonah then left through the east gate of the city and made a shelter to protect himself from the sun. He sat under the shelter, waiting to see what would happen to Nineveh.
6 The Lord made a vine grow up to shade Jonah's head and protect him from the sun. Jonah was very happy to have the vine, 7 but early the next morning the Lord sent a worm to chew on the vine, and the vine dried up. 8 During the day the Lord sent a scorching wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head, making him feel faint. Jonah was ready to die, and he shouted, “I wish I were dead!”
9 But the Lord asked, “Jonah, do you have the right to be angry about the vine?”
“Yes, I do,” he answered, “and I'm angry enough to die.”
10 But the Lord said:
You are concerned about a vine that you did not plant or take care of, a vine that grew up in one night and died the next. 11 In that city of Nineveh there are more than 120,000 people who cannot tell right from wrong, and many cattle are also there. Don't you think I should be concerned about that big city?
