Mwayi Wachiwiri
Mawu a Atate wathu abwera kachiwiri ndipo Yona apita, akuyenda ulendo wa tsiku limodzi kulowa mu Nineve kulengeza kuti patsala masiku makumi anayi kuti mzindawo ugwetsedwe. Mzinda wonse ukhulupirira, mfumu itsika pampando wake wachifumu nkuvala chiguduli ndi kukhala paphulusa, ndipo Mulungu, ataona kuti atembenuka, sawaononga.
3 1Ndipo mau a Atate wathu anadza kwa Yona kachiwiri, nati:
2“Nyamuka, pita ku Ninive, mzinda waukulu uja, ndipo ukalengeze uthenga umene ndikupatsa iwe.”
3Ndipo Yona ananyamuka napita ku Ninive, monga mmene Atate wathu ananenera. Ninive unali mzinda waukulu kwambiri, wofunika masiku atatu kuti munthu auwoloke. 4Yona analowa mu mzinda, nayenda ulendo wa tsiku limodzi, nafuwula nati, “Patsala masiku makumi anayi, ndipo Ninive udzagwetsedwa!” a a v4 Mau akuti “udzagwetsedwa” ali ndi tanthauzo lophatikana mwadala—angatanthauze kuwonongedwa kapena kutembenuzidwa, chinthu chimene chotsala cha mutuwu chimachikwaniritsa.
5Anthu a ku Ninive anakhulupirira Mulungu. Analengeza kusala kudya, navala ziguduli, kuyambira wamkulu wawo mpaka wamng'ono.
6Pamene nkhaniyi inafika kwa mfumu ya ku Ninive, inachoka pa mpando wake wachifumu, navula mkanjo wake, nadzifunditsa chiguduli, nakhala pa phulusa. 7Ndipo analengeza mu Ninive, mwa lamulo la mfumu ndi akuluakulu ake, kuti: Munthu kapena nyama, ng'ombe kapena nkhosa, zisalawe kanthu kalikonse; zisadye udzu kapena kumwa madzi. 8Anthu ndi nyama zifunditsidwe ziguduli, ndipo aliyense afuwulire kwa Mulungu ndi mphamvu zake zonse. Yense atembenuke kuchoka ku njira yake yoyipa ndi ku nkhanza za m'manja mwake. 9Ndani angadziwe? Mulungu akhoza kutembenuka nasintha maganizo ake, nachoka ku mkwiyo wake woopsa, kuti ife tisawonongeke.
10Pamene Mulungu anaona ntchito zawo—kuti anatembenuka kuchoka ku njira yawo yoyipa—Mulungu anasintha maganizo ake pa za tsoka limene anawaopseza kuti adzawabweretsera, ndipo sanalichite.
