²⁰ UNkulunkulu wabonisana noJona, ethi lo mprofethi wayedabukele ukufa kwesitshalo nje esasimile ngobusuku obubodwa, ayengazange asitshale noma asikhulise. UNkulunkulu wabe esethi: “Mina, akufanele yini ngilihawukele iNineve umuzi omkhulu, okukhona kuwo abantu abangaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amabili abangawazi nhlobo umehluko phakathi kwesandla sabo sokunene nesobunxele, ngaphandle kwezilwane eziningi ezifuywayo?”—Jona 4:10, 11.c

21. (a) UJehova wamfundisa siphi isifundo uJona ngesitshalo? (b) Indaba kaJona ingasisiza kanjani ukuba sizihlole ngokwethembeka?

²¹ Ingabe uyakuqonda lokho uJehova ayekufundisa ngalesi sifundo? UJona wayengenzanga lutho ukuze anakekele leso sitshalo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uJehova uyena owayenguMthombo wokuphila kwalabo bantu baseNineve futhi wayebanakekele, njengoba enakekela zonke izidalwa zakhe emhlabeni. UJona wayengasibheka kanjani isitshalo esisodwa njengesibaluleke ngaphezu kokuphila kwabantu abangu-120 000, kuhlanganise nayo yonke imfuyo yabo? Kwakungekhona yini ukuthi uJona wayevumela ukucabanga kwakhe kube nobugovu? Empeleni, wahawukela isitshalo ngoba nje sasizuzise yena siqu. Intukuthelo yakhe ngeNineve ayibangelwanga yini izisusa ezifanayo zobugovu—isifiso sokuzazisa, sokufuna ukuba kuthiwe wayeqinisile? Indaba kaJona ingase isisize ukuba sizihlole ngokwethembeka. Ubani kithi ogonyiwe ekuthambekeleni okunjalo kobugovu? Yeka ukuthi kufanele sijabule kanjani ngokuthi uJehova usifundisa ngesineke ukuba sizidele, sibe nozwela nesihe njengaye!