Yunana 1

1 Maganar Ubangiji ta zo wa Yunana ɗan Amittai cewa,

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas the son of Amathi, saying,

2 “Tafi babban birnin nan Ninebe ka yi mata wa’azi, saboda muguntarta ta haura zuwa gabana.”

Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.

3 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.

But Jonas rose up to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord.

4 Sai Ubangiji ya aika da babban iska a bisan teku, hadiri ya tsananta ƙwarai har jirgin ya yi barazanar farfashewa.

And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken.

5 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.

And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonas was gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.

6 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.”

And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snore you? arise, and call upon your God, that God may save us, and we perish not.

7 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.

And each man said to his neighbor, Come, let us cast lots, and find out for whose sake this mischief is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonas.

8 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?”

And they said to him, Tell us what is your occupation, and whence come you, and of what country and what people are you?

9 Sai ya amsa, “Ni mutumin Ibraniyawa ne, ina kuma bauta wa Ubangiji Allah na sama, wanda ya yi teku da tuddai.”

And he said to them, I am a servant of the Lord; and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea, and the dry [land].

10 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.)

Then the men feared exceedingly, and said to him, What is this [that] you have done? for the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.

11 Sai tekun ya daɗa rikicewa. Sai suka tambaye shi, “Me za mu yi da kai domin tekun yă daina hauka?”

And they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea rose, and lifted its wave exceedingly.

12 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.”

And Jonas said to them, Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

13 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.

And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them.

14 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.”

And they cried to the Lord, and said, Forbid it, Lord: let us not perish for the sake of this man's life, and bring not righteous blood upon us: for you, Lord, have done as you would.

15 Sa’an nan suka ɗauki Yunana suka jefar da shi daga jirgin, sai tekun ya kwanta.

So they took Jonas, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.

16 Ganin haka sai mutanen suka cika da tsoron Ubangiji, suka kuma miƙa wa Ubangiji hadaya, suka yi wa’adi da shi.

And the men feared the Lord very greatly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord, and vowed vows.

17 Amma Ubangiji ya tanada wani babban kifi da zai haɗiye Yunana, Yunana kuwa ya yi yini uku da dare uku a ciki cikin kifin.

Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.