Umsindo kaYona
Inceba yiyo kanye into awayeyoyika uYona. Uyavuma ukuba wabaleka kuba wayesazi ukuba uBawo wethu uyazohlwaya, aze acele ukuba afe. Isityalo simthela umthunzi, ikruxeshe iyasibulala, waza uBawo wethu wabuza ukuba kutheni isityalo angasikhulisanga sibaluleke ngaphezu komzi wamawaka abantu.
4 1Kodwa oku kwamkhathaza kakhulu uYona, waza wavutha ngumsindo. 2Wathandaza kuBawo wethu, wathi: “Camagu, Bawo, akuyiyo na le nto endayitshoyo ndisesezweni lam? Kungenxa yoko ndabalekela eTarshishe kuqala—ndandisazi ukuba wena unguBawo onobabalo, onemfesane, ozeka kade umsindo, ophuphuma yinceba yomnqophiso, ozohlwayayo ekuthumeleni intlekele. 3Ngoku ke, Bawo wethu, ndiyakubongoza, wuthabathe umphefumlo wam kum—ukufa kundilungele kunokuba ndidle ubomi.”
4Wathi uBawo wethu: “Ingaba kulungile na ukuba uqumbe kangaka?”
5UYona waphuma emzini, wahlala ngasempumalanga kuwo, wazenzela isithe khona, wahlala phantsi kwaso emthunzini, elinde ukubona okuya kwenzeka kuloo mzi. 6Waza uBawo wethu wamisa isityalo, wasikhulisa phezu koYona, ukuze sibe ngumthunzi phezu kwentloko yakhe, siphungule nenkxwaleko yakhe. Waza uYona wavuya kakhulu ngenxa yesityalo eso. 7Ngengomso ekuseni ngesifingo, uBawo wethu wamisa ikruxeshe elahlasela isityalo, saza soma. 8Kwathi lakuphuma ilanga, uBawo wethu wathumela umoya oshushu wasempumalanga; labetha ilanga entlokweni kaYona wada watyhafa. Wacela ukuba afe, wathi: “Kundilungele ukufa kunokuba ndidle ubomi.”
9Kodwa uBawo wethu wabuza kuYona, wathi: “Ingaba kulungile na ukuba uqumbe ngenxa yesityalo?” Wathi yena: “Kulungile—ndiqumbe ndada ndanqwenela ukufa.”
10Waza uBawo wethu wathi: “Wena ube nemfesane ngesityalo ongasisebenzelanga, ongasikhulisanga, esahluma ngobusuku, safa ngobusuku. 11Ngaba ke mna andisayi kuba nemfesane na ngeNineve, loo mzi mkhulu, ekuwo kukho abantu abangaphezu kwamawaka alikhulu elinamashumi amabini, abangakwaziyo ukwahlula isandla sabo sokunene kwesokhohlo, neenkomo ezininzi kananjalo?” a a v11 Le ncwadi iphela ngombuzo wemfesane kaBawo wethu—intliziyo yakhe ngeentlanga ezingaphaya kukaSirayeli. UYesu ubalula iintsuku ezintathu nobusuku obuthathu bukaYona njengomqondiso wokuvuka kwakhe ekufeni (Mateyu 12:38-41), nenguquko yabaseNineve njengesigwebo nxamnye namaSirayeli angaguqukiyo.
