Yon 1:3-6

Lakini Yona akaondoka akimbilie Tarshishi, apate kujiepusha na uso wa BWANA; akatelemka hata Yafa, akaona merikebu inayokwenda Tarshishi; basi, akatoa nauli, akapanda merikebuni, aende pamoja nao Tarshishi, ajiepushe na uso wa BWANA. Lakini BWANA alituma upepo mkuu baharini, ikawa tufani kubwa baharini, hata merikebu ikawa karibu na kuvunjika. Basi wale mabaharia wakaogopa, kila mtu akamwomba mungu wake; nao wakatupa baharini shehena iliyokuwa merikebuni, ili kuupunguza uzito wake. Lakini Yona alikuwa ameshuka hata pande za ndani za merikebu; akajilaza, akapata usingizi. Basi nahodha akamwendea, akamwambia, Una nini, Ewe ulalaye usingizi? Amka, ukamwombe Mungu wako; labda Mungu huyo atatukumbuka, tusipotee.