Jona
CHITSAUKO1
1ZvinoshokoraJehovharakasvikakunaJona mwanakomanawaAmitai,richiti, 2Simuka,uendeNinivhe,riyagutaguru,undodanidzira pamusoroparo;nekutikuipakwavokwakwirapamberi pangu
3AsiJonaakasimukaachidakutiziraTashishiabve pamberipaJehovha,akaburukiraJopa;akawanachikepe chaiendaTashishi,akabudisamariyachoyokufamba, ndokupindamukatimacho,kutiaendenavoTashishiabve pamberipaJehovha.
4AsiJehovhaakatumamhepoinopengapagungwa,dutu gururikamukapagungwa,chikepechikashumbakuputsika 5Ipapovafambisivechikepevakatya,mumwenomumwe akadanakunamwariwake,vakarashiramugungwanhumbi dzakangadzirimuchikepe,kutidzichirerusireAsiJona akangaaburukiramukati-katimeareka;Akavatapasi, akabatwanehopekwazvo
6Ipapomwenewechikepeakauyakwaari,akatikwaari, Nhai,iwemuvati,wakaitaseiko?Simuka,danakuna Mwariwako,zvimweMwariangatirangarira,tikasaparara 7Zvinomumwenomumwewakatikushamwariyake,Uyai tikandemijenya,tizivekutinjodziiyiyatiwiranokuda kwaaniZvinovakakandamijenya,mujenyaukabataJona 8Zvinovakatikwaari,Chitiudzahako,kutinjodziiyi yatiwiranokudakwaani;Basarakonderei?uyeunobvepi? nyikayakondeipi?iweuriwerudzirupi?
9Iyeakatikwavari,NdirimuHebheru;ndinotyaJehovha Mwariwokudenga,akaitagungwanenyikayakaoma.
10Ipapovarumevakatyakwazvo-kwazvo,vakatikwaari, Waitireikoizvozvo?nekutivarumevakazivakutianotiza pamberipaJehovha,nekutiakavaudza.
11Zvinovakatikwaari,Tichakuiteiko,kutigungwa ritinyararire?nekutigungwarakarambarichinyanya kupenga.
12Iyeakatikwavari,Ndisimudzei,mundikandire mugungwa;naizvozvogungwarichakunyararirai;nekuti ndinozivakutidutuirigururakakuwirainokudakwangu
13Asivarumevakakwasvanesimbakutivauyenapo panyika;asivakakoniwa,nekutigungwarakaramba richinyanyakuvapengera
14ZvinovakachemakunaJehovha,ndokuti: Tinokunyengeteraihenyu,Jehovha,tinokunyengeterai,kuti tiregekupararanekudakweupenyuhwemunhuuyu,uye muregekuisapamusoropeduroparisinamhosva;nokuti imwiJehovhamakaitasezvamada.iwe.
15IpapovakasimudzaJona,vakamukandiramugungwa, gungwarikanyararapakupengakwaro 16IpapovarumevakatyaJehovhakwazvo-kwazvo, vakabayiraJehovhachibayiro,nokumupikiramhiko 17ZvinoJehovhaakangaagadzirirahovehurukutiimedze Jona.Jonaakavamudumbumehovemazuvamatatu nousikuhutatu
CHITSAUKO2
1IpapoJonaakanyengeterakunaJehovhaMwariwakeari mudumburehove.
2Akati,NdakadanakunaJehovhandirimunhamoyangu, Akandipindura;NdakadanandirimudumbureSheori,imwi mukanzwainzwirangu.
3nekutimakandikandiramakadzika,mukatimegungwa; Mafunguenyunamafunguenyuosezvakapfuura napamusoropangu.
4Ipapondikati,Ndarashwa,hamuchandioni;Kunyange zvakadarondicharingirazvekutemberiyenyutsvene
5Mvurazhinjiyakandipoteredzakusvikirakumweya wangu;Pakadzikapakangapandipoteredza;sorarakanga riripamusorowangu
6Ndakaburukirapasipamakomo;Nyika,zvipfigisozvayo zvakandipfigiramonokusingaperi;Kunyangezvakadaro makabudisaupenyuhwangupagomba,JehovhaMwari wangu.
7Mweyawanguwakatiuchiziyamukatimangu, ndikarangariraJehovha;Munyengeterowanguukapinda kwamuri,mutemberiyenyutsvene.
8VanorangarirazvisinamaturozvenhemaVanorasha nyashadzavo
9Asindichakubayirainenzwirokuvonga;Ndicharipa zvandapikaRuponesorunobvakunaJehovha
10Jehovhaakatauranehove,ikandorutsiraJonapanyika yakaoma.
CHITSAUKO3
1ZvinoshokoraJehovharakasvikarwechipirikunaJona, richiti,
2Simuka,uendeNinivhe,riyagutaguru,undoriparidzira zvandichakurairakutiuparidze
3IpapoJonaakasimuka,akaendaNinivhe,sezvaakarairwa neshokoraJehovhaZvinoNinivheraivagutaguru-guru, rwendorwamazuvamatatu
4Jonaakatangakupindamuguta,achifambarwendo rwezuvarimwe,akadana,akati,Kwasaramazuvamakumi mana,ipapoNinivherichaparadzwa
5VanhuveNinivhevakatendaMwari,vakataranguva yokutsanya,vakafukamasaga,kubvakuvakurupakatipavo kusvikirakuvadukupakatipavo
6ShokorikasvikakunamamboweNinivhe,akasimuka pachigarochakechoushe,akabvisanguvoyake,akafuka saga,nokugaramumadota
7Akaitakutichiparidzwe,chiparidzwemuNinivherose chirevochamambonevakuruvake,achiti,Vanhukana zvipfuwo,kanamombekanamakwai,ngazvirege kutongoravirachinhu,ngazviregekufurakanakumwa mvura;
8asivanhunezvipfuwongazvifukidzwemasaga, ngavadanekunaMwarinesimba;ngavatendeukemumwe nomumwepanzirayakeyakaipanapakuitanesimba namaokoake
9Ndianiangaziva,zvimweMwariungadzoka akazvidemba,akadzokapakutsamwakwakekukuru, tikaregakuparadzwa?
10Mwariakaonazvavakaita,kutivakatendeukapanzira yavoyakaipa;Mwariakazvidembapamusoropezvakaipa zvaakatindichavaitira;uyehaanakuzviita
CHITSAUKO4
1AsizvakaodzamwoyowaJonakwazvo,akatsamwa kwazvo.
2AkanyengeteraJehovha,akati,Aiwa,Jehovha,handizvo zvandakataura,ndichirimunyikayanguhere?Saka ndakatiziraTarishishi,nekutindaizivakutimuriMwariane nyasha,anetsitsi,anononokakutsamwa,anetsitsihuru, muchizvidembapamusoropezvakaipa
3Naizvozvozvino,Jehovha,chinditoreraihenyuupenyu hwangu;nekutizvirinanikwandirikutindifepakuti ndirarame
4IpapoJehovhaakati,Zvakanakaherezvawatsamwa?
5Jonaakabudakunzekweguta,akandogarakurutivi rwamabvazuvarweguta,akazvivakirapotende,akagara pasiparomumumvuri,kutiaonezvichaitirwaguta.
6JehovhaMwarindokurairamutiwomuchindwe, akaumeresakumusorokwaJona,kutiuvemumvuri pamusorowake,shungudzakedzinyaradzwe.IpapoJona akafariramutiwomuchindwikwazvo
7AsifumemangwanaMwariakarairagonyemangwanani, rikarovamuchindwi,ukasvava.
8Zvinozuvarakatirichibuda,Mwariakarairamhepo inopisainobvamabvazuva;zuvarikarovapamusoro waJona,akaziya,akashuvakufa,akati,Zvirinanikwandiri kutindifepakutindirarame
9MwariakatikunaJona,Zvakanakaherezvawatsamwira muchindwi?Iyendokuti:Zvakanakakutinditsamwe, kusvikiraparufu
10Jehovhaakati,Iwewakangeunetsitsinomuti womuchindwi,wausinakutamburira,kanakuumeresa;iyo yakauyaneusikuhumwe,ikapararaneusikuhumwe; 11zvinoinihandizaifanirakunzwiratsitsiNinivhe,riya gutaguru,munavanhuvanopfuurazviuruzvinamakumi matanhatuvasingagonikutsauraruokorwavorworudyi kanaruokorwavorworuboshwe;nemombezhinjihere?