Yona 1

1 Awurade asɛm baa Amitai babarima Yona nkyɛn se,

and to be word LORD to(wards) Jonah son: child Amittai to/for to say

2 “Kɔ kuropɔn Ninewe mu na kɔka asɛmpa no tia wɔn, efisɛ wɔn atirimɔdensɛm aforo abedu mʼanim.”

to arise: rise to go: went to(wards) Nineveh [the] city [the] great: large and to call: call out upon her for to ascend: rise distress: evil their to/for face: before my

3 Nanso Yona guan fii Awurade anim na ɔde nʼani kyerɛɛ Tarsis. Ɔkɔɔ Yopa, na okonyaa hyɛn wɔ hɔ a na ɛrekɔ Tarsis. Otuaa ka kɔtenaa hyɛn no mu, sɛ ɔrefi Awurade anim akɔ Tarsis.

and to arise: rise Jonah to/for to flee Tarshish [to] from to/for face LORD and to go down Joppa and to find fleet to come (in): come Tarshish and to give: pay wages her and to go down in/on/with her to/for to come (in): come with them Tarshish [to] from to/for face LORD

4 Nanso Awurade maa mframa kɛse bi bɔɔ wɔ po no so; ɛmaa ahum tui a, anka hyɛn no rebɛbɔ.

and LORD to cast spirit: breath great: large to(wards) [the] sea and to be tempest great: large in/on/with sea and [the] fleet to devise: devise to/for to break

5 Hyɛn no mufo no nyinaa suroe, na obiara su frɛɛ ne nyame. Wɔtotoo aguade a ɛwɔ hyɛn no mu guguu po no mu sɛnea hyɛn no mu bɛyɛ hare. Nanso na Yona akɔhyɛ hyɛn no ase baabi ada hatee.

and to fear [the] mariner and to cry out man: anyone to(wards) God his and to cast [obj] [the] article/utensil which in/on/with fleet to(wards) [the] sea to/for to lighten from upon them and Jonah to go down to(wards) flank [the] ship and to lie down: lay down and to sleep

6 Na hyɛn no so panyin no kɔɔ ne nkyɛn kɔkae se, “Adɛn na woada? Sɔre na frɛ wo nyame! Ebia, obehu yɛn mmɔbɔ, na yɛanwuwu.”

and to present: come to(wards) him chief [the] pilot and to say to/for him what? to/for you to sleep to arise: rise to call: call to to(wards) God your perhaps to think [the] God to/for us and not to perish

7 Afei hyɛn no mufo no keka kyerɛɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Momma yɛmmɔ ntonto nhwehwɛ nea saa amanehunu yi nam ne so aba.” Wɔbɔɔ ntonto no na ɛbɔɔ Yona.

and to say man: anyone to(wards) neighbor his to go: come! and to fall: allot allotted and to know in/on/with which/that to/for who? [the] distress: evil [the] this to/for us and to fall: allot allotted and to fall: allot [the] allotted upon Jonah

8 Enti wobisaa no se, “Kyerɛ yɛn, hena na wama saa ɔhaw yi nyinaa aba? Adwuma bɛn na woyɛ? Ɛhe na wufi? Ɔman bɛn so na wufi? Ɛhefo ne wo nkurɔfo?”

and to say to(wards) him to tell [emph?] please to/for us in/on/with in which to/for who? [the] distress: evil [the] this to/for us what? work your and from where? to come (in): come what? land: country/planet your and where? from this people you(m. s.)

9 Obuae se, “Meyɛ Hebrini, na mesom Awurade, ɔsoro Nyankopɔn a, ɔbɔɔ po ne asase.”

and to say to(wards) them Hebrew I and [obj] LORD God [the] heaven I afraid which to make [obj] [the] sea and [obj] [the] dry land

10 Eyi bɔɔ wɔn hu, enti wobisaa Yona se, “Dɛn na woayɛ?” (Na wonim sɛ ɔreguan afi Awurade nkyɛn, efisɛ na waka saa akyerɛ wɔn dedaw).

and to fear [the] human fear great: large and to say to(wards) him what? this to make: do for to know [the] human for from to/for face LORD he/she/it to flee for to tell to/for them

11 Na ahum no kɔ so tu denneennen ara. Enti wobisaa no se, “Dɛn na yɛnyɛ wo a ɛbɛma ahum yi ano abrɛ ase ama yɛn?”

and to say to(wards) him what? to make: do to/for you and be quiet [the] sea from upon us for [the] sea to go: continue and to rage

12 Yona buaa wɔn se, “Momma me so ntow me nkyene po yi mu, na ano bedwo. Minim sɛ me nti na ahum kɛse yi retu wɔ mo so.”

and to say to(wards) them to lift: raise me and to cast me to(wards) [the] sea and be quiet [the] sea from upon you for to know I for in/on/with which/that to/for me [the] tempest [the] great: large [the] this upon you

13 Mmarima no yɛɛ nea wobetumi biara sɛ wɔbɛhare hyɛn no akɔ mpoano. Nanso, wɔantumi, esiane sɛ na po no so ahum no ano ayɛ den asen kan no.

and to dig [the] human to/for to return: return to(wards) [the] dry land and not be able for [the] sea to go: continue and to rage upon them

14 Afei wosu frɛɛ Awurade se, “Awurade yɛsrɛ wo mma yennwuwu sɛ yɛama ɔbarima yi ahwere ne nkwa nti. Mma yennni fɔ wɔ ɔbarima yi mogya ho, efisɛ, Awurade wayɛ nea wopɛ.”

and to call: call to to(wards) LORD and to say Please! LORD not please to perish in/on/with soul: life [the] man [the] this and not to give: put upon us blood innocent for you(m. s.) LORD like/as as which to delight in to make: do

15 Afei, wɔmaa Yona so tow no kyenee po no mu, na po a na ehuru so no yɛɛ komm.

and to lift: raise [obj] Jonah and to cast him to(wards) [the] sea and to stand: stand [the] sea from rage his

16 Eyi maa mmarima no suroo Awurade pa ara na wɔbɔɔ afɔre maa Awurade, na wɔhyɛɛ no bɔ.

and to fear: revere [the] human fear great: large [obj] LORD and to sacrifice sacrifice to/for LORD and to vow vow

17 Na Awurade maa bonsu kɛse bi bɛmenee Yona, na Yona daa bonsu no yam nnansa, awia ne anadwo.

and to count LORD fish great: large to/for to swallow up [obj] Jonah and to be Jonah in/on/with belly [the] fish three day and three night