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1 Muṋe washu o vhuya a amba na Jonasi ṅwana wa Amithai a ri,

2 “Takuwa u ye muḓini uḽa muhuluhulu wa Ninive, u vha ḓivhadze khaṱhulo, ngauri vhuvhi havho vhu vho nkombodza.”

3 Hone Jonasi a shavha Muṋe washu a livha Tharashishi. A tsela Jopa a wana tshikepe tshi tshi khou ya Tharashishi, a bvisa tshelede ya lwendo, a dzhena tshikepeni a livha Tharashishi a tshi ri a shavhe Muṋe washu.

4 Muṋe washu a ḓisa ḓumbu ḽihulu lwanzheni, ha vuwa magabelo mahulu, tshikepe tsha nga tshi sa pwashekana.

5 Vhatshimbidzi vha tshikepe vhoṱhe vha farwa nga nyofho, muṅwe na muṅwe a vhidzelela mudzimu wawe. Vha posa mihwalo ngomu lwanzheni uri tshikepe tshi si tsha lemelwa. Jonasi ene o vha o tsela lufherani lwa tshikepe a eḓela a fara khofhe khulu.

6 Muhulwane wa tshikepe a ḓa khae a ri, “Vha nga eḓela hani? Kha vha vuwe vha vhidzelele mudzimu wavho. Khamusi u ḓo ri elelwa ra si lovhe.”

7 Ndi hone vhatshimbidzi vha tshikepe vha tshi amba nga tshavho vha ri, “Iḓani ri ite madeṅwa ri vhone a no khou ri vhangela khombo heino.” Vha ita madeṅwa, ha mvaṱiwa Jonasi.

8 Vha mu vhudzisa vha ri, “Nga vha ri vhudze uri ane a khou ri vhangela khombo heino yoṱhe ndi nnyi? Vha shuma mushumo-ḓe? Vha bva ngafhi? Shango ḽa havho ndi ḽifhio? Vha bva kha vhathu vhafhio?”

9 Ene a fhindula a ri, “Nṋe ndi Muheberu, ndi luvha Yahavee, Mudzimu wa makoleni, Ene o sikaho lwanzhe na shango.”

10 Hezwo zwa vha tshenusa vha vhudzisa vha ri, “Vho ita mini?” Vho vha vha tshi vho zwi ḓivha uri u khou shavha Muṋe washu, nge a vha o no ḓi vha vhudza nga u ralo.

11 Lwanzhe lwo vha lu tshi khou ḓi sinyuwa lu tshi ya. Ndi hone vha tshi mu vhudzisa vha ri, “Ro fanela u vha itani uri lwanzhe lu dzike?”

12 Ene a fhindula a ri, “Nnzhieni ni mpose lwanzheni, ndi hone lu tshi ḓo dzika. Ndi a ḓivha uri ndi mulandu wanga maḓumbu haya a tshi ni vutshela.”

13 Avho vhanna vha linga nga nungo dzoṱhe u rithelela tshikepe tshavho uri tshi ye khunzikhunzini, hone izwo zwa vha kunda nge lwanzhe lwa ḓi sinyuwa lu tshi ya.

14 Ndi hone vha tshi vhidzelela Muṋe washu vha ri, “Yawee Yahavee, u songo litsha ri tshi fa nge ra vhulaha uyu muthu. U songo ri hwesa mulandu wa u vhulaha muthu a si na mulandu, ngauri u Yahavee, u ita zwine wa funa.”

15 Ndi hone vha tshi dzhia Jonasi vha mu posa lwanzheni, ulwo lwanzhe lwo sinyuwaho lwa mbo dzika.

16 Avho vhanna vha tshi vhona zwenezwo vha ofha Muṋe washu zwihulu, vha ṋekedza Muṋe washu nduvho, ngauri vho vha vho mu anela uri vha ḓo mu luvha.

17 Hone Muṋe washu a ḓisa khovhe khulu ya mila Jonasi, a dzula ngomu hayo maḓuvha mararu na vhusiku hao.

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1 Jonasi e ngomu ha khovhe a rabela Muṋe washu Mudzimu wawe. A ri,

2 “Muṋe washu, ndo u vhidzelela ndi khomboni, Iwe wa nnyaravha. Ndo u vhidzelela ndi fhasi-fhasi vhudzulavhafu, Iwe wa thetshelesa tshililo tshanga.

3 Wo vha wo mposa fhasi-fhasi, hone tshivhindini tsha lwanzhe, nda tangwa nga maḓi, magabelo au oṱhe a nkumba.

4 Nṋe nda ri: Ndo thathelwa kule na iwe, naho zwo ralo ndi ḓo dovha nda sedza thembele yau khethwa.

5 Ndo vha ndo tangwa nga maḓi nda nga ndi sa fa, lwanzhe lwa ntiba tshoṱhe, ṱhoho yanga ya tandwa nga lukalwe lwa lwanzhe.

6 Ndo vha ndo mbwandamela nda swika miteoni ya dzithavha, nda tsela mashangoni a fhasi ha ḽifhasi, nda hoṋelwa tshoṱhe uri ndi si tsha bva. Hone Iwe Muṋe washu Mudzimu wanga, wo nṋula dindini nda tshila.

7 “Musi vhutshilo hanga vhu tshi khou ṱuwa, nda elelwa Iwe Muṋe washu, thabelo yanga ya swika phanḓa hau, ya dzhena thembeleni yau khethwa.

8 Vhane vha luvha midzimu i si tshithu, vho shandukela Mudzimu wavho muthihi a fulufhedzeaho.

9 Huno nṋe ndi ḓo u ṋekedza nduvho ndi tshi khou u renda nga nyimbo. Ndi ḓo khunyeledza zwe nda u anela. U tshidzwa hu bva ha Muṋe washu!”

10 Ndi hone Muṋe washu a tshi vhudza khovhe ya ṱanzela Jonasi khunzikhunzini.

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1 Muṋe washu a dovha a amba na Jonasi a ri,

2 “Takuwa, iya muḓini uḽa muhuluhulu wa Ninive, u vha ḓivhadze zwine nda u vhudza.”

3 Jonasi a thetshelesa ipfi ḽa Muṋe washu a takuwa a livha Ninive. Zwino Ninive wo vha u muḓi muhuluhulu, muthu a tshi tshimbila a fhedza maḓuvha mararu a konou u buḓekanya.

4 Jonasi a dzhena muḓini, a tshimbila lwendo lwa ḓuvha ḽithihi. A ḓivhadza a ri, “Ho sala maḓuvha a 40 fhedzi muḓi wa Ninive u tshi phusukanywa.”

5 Vhathu vha Ninive vha tenda Mudzimu. Vha ḓivhadza uri vhathu vha ḓidzime, vha ambare madzanganda, u thoma nga muhuluhulu u swika nga muṱukuṱuku.

6 Mafhungo ayo a swika ha khosi ya Ninive; a tsa kha khuluṋoni yawe, a bvula khanzu yawe, a ambara madzanganda, a dzula milorani.

7 Khosi ya ḓivhadza hoṱhe Ninive ya ri, “Hoyu ndi mulayo wa khosi na magota awe: Vhathu na phukha, masambi a kholomo na a nngu, zwi songo vhuya zwa thetshela tshithu, hu songo ḽiwa, hu songo nwiwa maḓi.

8 Vhathu na phukha zwoṱhe zwi ambare madzanganda. Muṅwe na muṅwe a rabele Mudzimu nga hune a kona, muṅwe na muṅwe a laṱe maitele awe mavhi na vhutshinyi hoṱhe he a ita.

9 Khamusi Mudzimu a nga kha ḓi ri litsha a ri khathutshela, a si tsha ri sinyutshela zwingafhangafha, ra si lovhe. Zwi ḓihwa nga nnyi?”

10 Mudzimu a vhona u ḓidina havho vha tshi laṱa maitele mavhi, a vha khathutshela, a si tsha vha phusukanya unga o amba.

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1 Jonasi a ri u vhona izwo zwa mu dina, a sinyuwa.

2 Jonasi a rabela Muṋe washu a ri, “Muṋe washu, izwi a si zwenezwiḽa zwe nda ri zwi ḓo vha hone, zwiḽa ndi tshi kha ḓi vha hayani naa? Ndi zwe nda ṱavhanya u shavhela Tharashishi. Ndo vha ndi tshi zwi ḓivha uri Iwe u Mudzimu wa tshilidzi na khathutshelo, a u ṱavhanyi u sinyuwa, u na lufuno luhulu, u Mudzimu ane a litsha u ḓisa khombo.

3 Zwino-ha, Muṋe washu, mmbulahe, ndi khwiṋe ndi tshi fa u fhira uri ndi tshile.”

4 Hone Muṋe washu a fhindula a ri, “U na pfanelo ya u sinyuwa naa?”

5 Jonasi o vha o bva muḓini a livha vhubvaḓuvha ha muḓi, a dzula fhasi. Henefho o vha a tshi ṱoḓa u ḓifhaṱela mushasha uri a dzule murunzini wawo, a lindele, a vhone zwine zwa ḓo wela uyo muḓi.

6 Ndi hone Mudzimu Muṋe washu a tshi medza muri wa lukumbe, wa lapfa wa tsireledza Jonasi uri ṱhoho yawe i wane murunzi, wa mu tsireledza u fhisa ha ḓuvha, Jonasi a takalela uyo muri wa lukumbe.

7 Hone nga matshelo mapfuvhi a tshi tswuka, Mudzimu a ḓisa tshivhungu tsha kora uyo muri, wa puta.

8 Musi ḓuvha ḽi tshi bva Mudzimu a ḓisa muya u fhisaho u tshi bva vhubvaḓuvha, ḓuvha ḽa fhisa Jonasi ṱhoho a fhelelwa nga nungo. Jonasi a humbela u fa a ri, “Ndi khwiṋe ndo fa u fhira uri ndi tshile.”

9 Hone Mudzimu a vhudzisa Jonasi a ri, “U ita zwone u tshi sinyuwa nga u vhona muri u tshi fa naa?” Jonasi a fhindula a ri, “Ndo fanela u sinyuwa, ndo sinyuwa lune nda nga fa!”

10 Muṋe washu a mu vhudza a ri, “Iwe u pfa vhuṱungu nga u vhona muri hoyo u tshi fa. A wo ngo u shumela, a wo ngo u sheledza, wo mela nga vhusiku vhuthihi, wa fa nga vhusiku vhuthihi.

11 Muḓi wa Ninive u na vhathu vha no fhira 120 000, vha sa ḓivhi tshi re tshone na tshi si tshone, ha dovha ha vha na kholomo nnzhi. Muḓi wonoyo muhuluhulu Nṋe a tho ngo fanela u pfa vhuṱungu u tshi lovha naa?”