1 Yona ali mʼmimba mwa chinsomba chija anapemphera kwa Yehova Mulungu wake. 2 Iye anati:

"Pamene ndinali mʼmavuto anga ndinayitana Yehova,

ndipo Iye anandiyankha.

Ndili ku dziko la anthu akufa ndinapempha thandizo,

ndipo Inu munamva kulira kwanga.

3 Munandiponya mʼnyanja yozama,

mʼkati mwenimweni mwa nyanja,

ndipo madzi oyenda anandizungulira;

mafunde anu onse ndi mkokomo wake

zinandimiza.

4 Ndinati, ‘Ine ndachotsedwa

pamaso panu;

komabe ndidzayangʼananso

ku Nyumba yanu yopatulika.’

5 Madzi wondimiza anandichititsa mantha,

nyanja yozama inandizungulira;

udzu wa mʼmadzi zinakuta mutu wanga.

6 Ndinatsikira kunsi ndithu, mʼtsinde mwa mapiri;

mipiringidzo ya dziko inanditsekereza kosatha.

Koma Inu munatulutsa moyo wanga mʼmandamo,

Inu Yehova Mulungu wanga.

7 "Pamene moyo wanga umachoka mwa ine,

ine ndinakumbukira Inu Yehova,

ndipo pemphero langa linafika kwa inu,

ku Nyumba yanu yopatulika.

8 "Iwo amene amagwiritsitsa mafano achabechabe

amataya chisomo chawo.

9 Koma ine ndidzapereka kwa Inu nsembe

ndikuyimba nyimbo yamayamiko.

Chimene ndinalonjeza ndidzachikwaniritsa.

Chipulumutso chimachokera kwa Yehova."

10 Ndipo Yehova analamula chinsomba chija, ndipo chinakamusanza Yonayo mʼmbali mwa nyanja.