Ithuba Lesibili
Izwi likaBaba wethu lifika okwesibili futhi uJona uyahamba, ahambe usuku lonke engena eNineve ememezela ukuthi kusele izinsuku ezingamashumi amane ngaphambi kokuba ibhidlizwe. Umuzi wonke uyakholwa, inkosi ishiya isihlalo sayo sobukhosi igqoke indwangu yamasaka ihlale emlotheni, futhi ngokubona ukuphenduka kwabo, uNkulunkulu akabachithi.
3 1Lase lifika futhi izwi likaBaba wethu kuJona okwesibili, lithi:
2“Sukuma, uye eNineve, lowo muzi omkhulu, umemezele umbiko engikunika wona.”
3Ngakho uJona wasukuma waya eNineve, njengoba uBaba wethu wayeshilo. INineve yayingumuzi omkhulu kakhulu—owawudinga izinsuku ezintathu ukuwuwela. 4UJona wahamba usuku olulodwa engena emzini, wamemeza wathi: “Kusasele izinsuku ezingamashumi amane, bese iNineve iyagumbuqelwa!” a a v4 Igama elithi “igumbuqelwa” liphethe incazelo ephindiwe ngamabomu—lingasho ukubhujiswa noma ukuphendulwa, into eyinhlekisa egcwaliswa yingxenye esele yalesi sahluko.
5Abantu baseNineve bakholwa uNkulunkulu. Bamemezela ukuzila ukudla, bembatha indwangu yamasaka, kusukela komkhulu kakhulu kuya komncane kakhulu.
6Kwathi lapho lezi zindaba zifika enkosini yaseNineve, yasukuma esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi, yakhumula ingubo yayo, yazembesa ngendwangu yamasaka, yahlala emlotheni. 7Yenza kwamenyezelwa eNineve, ngommemezelo wenkosi nezikhulu zayo, kwathiwa: Akukho muntu noma silwane, umhlambi wezinkomo noma owezimvu, oyakunambitha lutho; akumelwe kudle noma kuphuze amanzi. 8Abantu nezilwane mabembeswe ngendwangu yamasaka, wonke umuntu akhale kuNkulunkulu ngawo wonke amandla akhe. Yilowo nalowo makaphenduke endleleni yakhe embi nasebudloveni obusezandleni zakhe. 9Ubani owaziyo? Mhlawumbe uNkulunkulu uyakuphenduka ashintshe umqondo wakhe, aphenduke olakeni lwakhe oluvuthayo, ukuze singabhubhi.
10Kwathi lapho uNkulunkulu ebona izenzo zabo—ukuthi baphenduka endleleni yabo embi—uNkulunkulu washintsha umqondo wakhe ngenhlekelele ayesongele ukuyiletha kubo, akazange ayenze.
