Book of Jonah
Chapter 1
Standard translation
1
Mabud or kalam Amittai or fua Yunus or
uore nazil óoil, “Rowana loi ḍoóñr Ninivi
2
cóor ot zaa, ar híyan or hélaf boyan gorgoi,
kiyólla-hoilé ítarar hóra añár dorbarot
foñiccé.”
3
Montor Yunus Mabud or háziri ttu Tarcíc
cóor ot dái zai bolla rowana loóil. Íba nise
Joppa cóor ot giíl, ar héṛe íba ye Tarcíc ot
zaar de ekkán zaáñs loot faáil. Íba ye zaáñs
or bára dii zaáñs ot uiṭṭílgoi, ítarar fúañti
Tarcíc ot Malik or háziri ttu dái zai bolla.
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Montor Mabude doijjat ekgwá ḍoóñr
batác báabáil, ar doijjat eén ekgwá ḍoóñr
tuwán oóil, zeén niki zaáñs sán bañi zaibar
októ óigilgoi. 5 Tói séraingga ókkol ḍorai
giílgoi, ar fottíkiyé zar-zar debotar hañsé te-
te guzórat doijjíl. Zaáñs or bór hom
goríbolla ítara sáisaman ókkol doijjat félai
diíl.
Montor Yunus híyar age zaáñs or tolar
ṭalat lami úñitoiforí taikkíl, ar mur gum ot
fóijjil. 6 Héñtte zaáñs or kepṭeine Yunus or
hañse zai hoór de, “Tuñí gum zai kíya
táikko? Uṛó ar tuáñr Alla re mató, óitofare
tuáñr Alla ye añárar híkka díyan dibo ar
añára dónco no óiyum.”
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Tarfore ítara ekzon ore ekzone hoór de,
“Aiyó añára loṭári mari saái, e mosibot tán
har zoriya aiccé deh.” Ítara loṭári maijjé rar
loṭári Yunus name foijjíl. 8 Tói ítara íba re
hoór de, “Añára re hoó, añárar uore e
mosibot tán har zoriya aiccé deh? Tuñí kii
Back Translation into English
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The word of the Lord came on Jonah, the
son of Amittai, 2 “Get up and go to the great
city of Nineveh, and proclaim against it,
because their evilness has reached my
presence.” 3 But Jonah got up to ee to
Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He
went down to Joppa and found a ship going
to Tarshish. He boarded the ship with them
by paying to ee to Tarshish from the
presence of the Lord. 4 But the Lord caused a
great wind on the sea, and the storm was so
violent that the ship was in danger of
breaking up.5 Then the sailors became
afraid, and everyone began calling their
god. They threw the cargo to the sea to
lighten the ship's weight. But Jonah had
gone down into the lowest parts of the ship,
had lain down, and was fast asleep. 6
The
captain went to him and said, “How can you
sleep?, “Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps
the god will give a thought to us, that we
may not perish.” 7 And they said to one
another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may
know on whose account this evil has come
upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell
on Jonah. 8 Then they said to him, “Tell us
on whose account this evil has come upon
us. What is your occupation? And where do
you come from? What is your country? And
of what people are you?”
ham goró? Tuáñr hontú aiccó deh? Tuñí And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I
hon zat or manúc?” fear the Lord , the God of heaven, who
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Íba ye zuwab diíl de, “Añí óilam de made the sea and the dry land.” 10
Then the
Hibrani, ar añí bíyostor Mabud Allar men were exceedingly afraid and said to
ebaadot gorí deh, ziba ye doijja edde fúana him, “What is this that you have done!” For
zobin banaiyé.” the men knew that he was eeing from the
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Híyane ítara bicí ḍooraigiílgoi ar íba re presence of the Lord , because he had told
hoóil de, “Tuñí yián kii goijjó?” Íba Mabud
them. 11 Then they said to him, “What shall
or hañsor ttu dái zaar goide híyan ítara zani
we do to you, that the sea may quiet down
faijjíl, kiyólla-hoilé íba ye nize híyan ítara
for us?” For the sea was growing more and
re zanáil.
more tempestuous.12 He said to them, “Pick
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Doijja zettót zetó éto hótara óizargoi,
me up and throw me into the sea; then the
ítara íba re hoór de, “Doijja hánta ófan
sea will quiet down for you; for I know it is
añára tuáñre kii goittám?”
because of me that this great storm has
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Íba ye ítara re hoór de, “Añáre tuli loi
come upon you.”
doijjat félai doo, tói doijja hánta óizaiboi,
kíyolla-hoilé añí zani tuáñrar uore ettór
13
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring

tuwán ibá añár zoriya aiccé deh.”
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Toóu manúc cúne zaáñs sán kulot
loizaibolla zanforan dii dar baáil, montor nó
fare, kiyólla-hoilé doijja aṛó hótara ói uṛát
accíl. 14
Tói ítara Mabud or hañsé guzori
hoór de, “Yáh Mabud, e manúc cwar zan
olla bouli añára re mari no felayo. Ekzon
behosur manúc ór ore marifelair de híyan or
zimma añára re no ṭoóraiyo, kiyólla-hoilé
óh Mabud, Tuñí toh Tuáñr moncá mozin
éna goijjó.” 15
Baade ítara Yunus ore tuli loi
doijjat félai diíl, ar doijja ebbe éhon hánta
óigilgói. 16
Hé hálot tán dekí ítara Mabud
ore bicí ḍorail. Ítara Mabud ore hañsé
kurbani diíl ar manoc ókkol goijjíl.
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Mabude ekgwá ḍoóñr mas tík gorí
raikkíl, Yunus ore gilifelai bolla. Íba tin din,
tin rait hé mas swar feṭ ot accíl.
the ship back to land, but they could not, for
the sea grew more and more stormy against
them.14 Then they cried out to the Lord ,
“Please, O Lord , we pray, do not let us
perish on account of this man's life. Do not
make us guilty of innocent blood; for you, O
Lord , have done as it pleased you.” 15 So
they picked Jonah up and threw him into
the sea; and the sea ceased from its
raging.16 Then the men feared the Lord even
more, and they o ered a sacri ce to the
Lord and made vows.
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And the Lord appointed a great sh to
swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the
belly of the sh three days and three nights.