Jonab ge ǃKhūba ra ǁnâuǀnamoǃnâ
1 ǃKhūb ge Amitaib ôab Jonab ǃoa ge mî: 2 “ǂHomisen, î kai ǃās Nineves ǃoa ǃgû, î ǁîs ǃoagu sī ǃhoa. Tita ge ǁîs khoen di ǂkhabadība a ǂan xuige.” 3 Xaweb ge Jonaba ǃKhūba xub nî ǃhūse ge ǂhomisen. ǁÎb ge Jopas ǁga ǃgû tsî ǁnāpa Tarsis ǃoa ra ǃnari doe-omsa ge hō. Ob ge matare tsî sîsenaogu ǀkha ǁîs ai ǂoa tsî Tarsis ǁga ge ǃgû, ǃKhūba xub nî bēse. 4 Xaweb ge ǃKhūba ǀgaisa ǂoaba hurib ai ge hā kai; nē ǁgaoǂoab ge ǁnātikō ǀgaisase ge ǃgom, doe-oms ge khôaǃā ǁgas kōse. 5 Sîsenaogu ge kaise ge ǃao, tsîb ge mâb hoaba ǁîb di eloba huib ǃaroma ge ǂgaiǀî. Tsî gu ge doe-oms ǃnâ ge hâ i xūna hurib ǃnâ ge aoǂgā, ǃaorosasiba ǀoroǀoros ǃaroma. Xawe Jonab ge doe-oms ǃnâ ǃnaka ǁgôa tsî ǃgam ǂomsa ge ǁom hâ i.
6 Ob ge doe-oms di danaba ǁîb tawa sī tsî ge mî: “Tare-i ǃaromats ǁomǁgoe? Khâima, î sa eloba ǂgaiǀî. ǀNîsib ge ǁîba nî ǀkhomxa ge tsî ge ge ǂkhôaǁō tide.”
7 O gu ge sîsenaoga ge mîǀîgu: “A ge ǀkhūsa ao, î ge tarib ǃaromab nē tsūǃgâba sage ǂama ra hāsa ǂanǂui.” O gu ge ǁnāti ge dī tsîs ge ǀkhūsa Jonab ai ge ǁnā. 8 O gu ge ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “Mîba ge re nēsi, tare-i ǃaromasa nē tsūǃgâb ra hāǂam gesa? Tare-ets nēpa ra dī? Mâ ǃhūba xuts ra hā? Mâ ǃhaos dits a?”
9 Ob ge Jonaba ge ǃeream: “Hebreǁîta ge. Tita ge ǃKhūb ǀhommi di Elob, hurib tsî ǂnâsa ǃhūb tsîkha ge dība ra ǃoaba.” 10 Jonab ge ǁîga ǃKhūba xub ra ǃhū ǃkhaisa ge mîba. O gu ge ǁnā aoga kaise ǃao tsî ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “Tare-e kha nēts go dī-e?” 11 Hurib ge ǃaruǀîǀgui gere ǁgao. O gu ge ǁîba ge dî: “Tare-e ge sats ǀkha nî dī, îb huriba ǁkhawa sige ǂnamipe ǃnō?”
12 Ob ge Jonaba ge ǃeream: “Hurib ǃnâ go aoǂgā te re, ob ge sago ǂnamipe nî ǃnō. Ti ǀhapis ǃaromas go nē ǁgaoǂoasa hāǂam go ǃkhaisa ta ge a ǂan.”
13 Aogu ge ǁkhā gu as kōse doe-omsa ǃhūb kōse sī-ūsa gere dītsâ, xawe ǁnāsa dī ǁkhā tama ge i, hurib ge ǃaruǀîǀgui gere ǁgao xui-ao. 14 O gu ge ǃKhūb ǃoa ge ǂgai: “ǃKhūtse, tā ǃgam ge re, nē khoeba ge ûiba nî ǀhana ǃkhais ǃaroma. Sats ǃKhūts ge ǃgâibahets a khami go dī.” 15 ǁNās khaoǃgâ gu ge Jonaba ū tsî hurib ǃnâ ge aoǂgā, ob ge hurib di ǁgaosiba ge toa. 16 Nē ǃkhais ge aoga kaise ǃKhūba ge ǃao kai tsî gu ge ǃKhūba ǁguibasa dība tsî ǁîba gu nî ǃoabasa ge mîmâi.
17 Tsîb ge ǃKhūba kai ǁauba ge sî, Jonabab nî harase, tsîb ge ǁîba ǃnona tsēdi tsî tsuxuga ǁaub di ǃnāb ǃnâ ge hâ i.
© Khoekhoegowab Elobmîs © Bible Society in Namibia, 2020.
