Jona
3 Jehova wakhuluma naJona kwesibili watsi:+ 2 “Hamba uye kulelidolobha lelikhulu lokutsiwa yiNineve,+ ufike umemetele lomlayeto lengikutjela wona.”
3 Ngako Jona wamlalela Jehova+ futsi wahamba waya eNineve.+ INineve beyilidolobha lelikhulu kakhulu,* bekungatsatsa emalanga lamatsatfu kutsi umuntfu alihambe lonkhe ngetinyawo. 4 Jona wangena kulelidolobha futsi wahamba lilanga lonkhe amemetela* atsi: “Sekusele emalanga langu-40 kutsi iNineve ibhujiswe.”
5 Bantfu baseNineve batsi nabakuva loko bakholwa kuNkulunkulu,+ bamemetela nekutsi wonkhe umuntfu, kusukela kulomncane kuya kulomdzala azile kudla futsi embatse indvwangu yelisaka. 6 Inkhosi yaseNineve yatsi nayiva lomlayeto lobewumenyetelwa nguJona, yasukuma esihlalweni sayo sebukhosi futsi yakhumula ingubo yayo yebukhosi, yembatsa indvwangu yelisaka futsi yahlala emlotseni. 7 Yabese ikhipha simemetelo kuyo yonkhe iNineve yatsi:
“Naku lokushiwo yinkhosi netiphatsimandla tayo: Akube bete umuntfu lodlako nobe lonatsa emanti; netilwane atingadli futsi atinganatsi, kanjalo nemhlambi wetinkhomo, wetimvu newetimbuti. 8 Bantfu netilwane kufanele bembatse tindvwangu temasaka; futsi bakhale bancengisise Nkulunkulu, bashiye tindlela tabo letimbi kanye nebudlova. 9 Kwati bani nje, mhlawumbe Nkulunkulu weliciniso angashintja ingcondvo* ngaloku lafuna kukwenta, abambe nentfukutselo yakhe levutsako kuze angasibhubhisi.”
10 Watsi Nkulunkulu weliciniso nakabona loko lebebakwentile, kutsi bebatishiyile tindlela tabo letimbi,+ washintja ingcondvo* futsi wabese akasayiletsi lenhlekelele lebekatsite utabaletsela yona.+