Jonah 1
1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
Maganar Ubangiji ta zo wa Yunana ɗan Amittai cewa,
2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
“Tafi babban birnin nan Ninebe ka yi mata wa’azi, saboda muguntarta ta haura zuwa gabana.”
3 Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
Amma Yunana ya gudu daga Ubangiji ya nufi Tarshish. Ya gangara zuwa Yaffa, inda ya sami jirgin ruwa mai shirin tashi daga tashar. Bayan ya biya kuɗin tafiya, sai ya shiga jirgi ya kama hanya zuwa Tarshish don yă tsere wa Ubangiji.
4 Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
Sai Ubangiji ya aika da babban iska a bisan teku, hadiri ya tsananta ƙwarai har jirgin ya yi barazanar farfashewa.
5 The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
Dukan matuƙan jirgin suka tsorata, kowannensu kuma ya yi kuka ga allahnsa, suka kuma jefar da kayan jirgi a cikin teku domin su rage nauyin jirgin. Ana cikin haka, ashe, Yunana ya sauka can ƙarƙashin jirgi ya je ya kwanta, yana ta sharar barcinsa.
6 The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
Sai kyaftin ɗin ya je wajensa ya ce masa, “Don me kake barci? Tashi ka kira bisa ga allahnka! Mai yiwuwa yă ji mu, yă cece mu don kada mu hallaka.”
7 “Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
Matuƙan jirgin suka ce wa juna, “Ku zo, mu jefa ƙuri’a mu ga wa ke da alhakin wannan masifa.” Sai suka jefa ƙuri’a, ƙuri’ar kuwa ta fāɗa a kan Yunana.
8 “Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”
Saboda haka suka tambaye shi suka ce, “Yanzu, gaya mana, dalilin da ya sa wannan masifa ta zo mana? Mene ne aikinka? Daga ina ka fito? Ina ne ƙasarka? Daga wacce kabila ce ka fito?”
9 “I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
Sai ya amsa, “Ni mutumin Ibraniyawa ne, ina kuma bauta wa Ubangiji Allah na sama, wanda ya yi teku da tuddai.”
10 Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Sai matuƙan jirgin suka tsorata ƙwarai, suka ce masa, “Wane irin mugun abu ne ka aikata haka?” (Sun gane cewa yana gudu ne daga wurin Ubangiji, domin ya riga ya faɗa musu.)
11 Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”
Sai tekun ya daɗa rikicewa. Sai suka tambaye shi, “Me za mu yi da kai domin tekun yă daina hauka?”
12 “Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”
Ya amsa musu ya ce, “Ku ɗauke ni ku jefa a cikin teku, tekun zai kwanta. Na san cewa laifina ne ya jawo wannan babban hadirin da ya auka muku.”
13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.
Maimakon mutanen su yi haka, sai suka yi ƙoƙari su tura jirgin ruwan zuwa bakin teku. Amma ba su iya ba, saboda iskar ta sa tekun ya yi ta ƙara hauka.
14 So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
Sai suka yi kuka ga Ubangiji suka ce, “Ya Ubangiji, in ka yarda kada ka bar mu mu mutu saboda ran mutumin nan. Kada ka yi mana hukuncin masu kisankai, gama kai ne, ya Ubangiji, ka ga ya gamshe ka.”
15 At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.
Sa’an nan suka ɗauki Yunana suka jefar da shi daga jirgin, sai tekun ya kwanta.
16 Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
Ganin haka sai mutanen suka cika da tsoron Ubangiji, suka kuma miƙa wa Ubangiji hadaya, suka yi wa’adi da shi.
17 Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
Amma Ubangiji ya tanada wani babban kifi da zai haɗiye Yunana, Yunana kuwa ya yi yini uku da dare uku a ciki cikin kifin.
