Jonah Goes to Nineveh
1 Once again the Lord told Jonah 2 to go to that great city of Nineveh and preach his message of doom.
3 Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it. 4 After walking for a day, Jonah warned the people, “Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed!”
5 They believed God's message and set a time when they would go without eating to show their sorrow. Then everyone in the city, no matter who they were, dressed in sackcloth.
6 When the king of Nineveh heard what was happening, he also dressed in sackcloth; he left the royal palace and sat in dust. 7-9 Then he and his officials sent out an order for everyone in the city to obey. It said:
None of you or your animals may eat or drink a thing. Each of you must wear sackcloth, and you must even put sackcloth on your animals.
You must also pray to the Lord God with all your heart and stop being sinful and cruel. Maybe God will change his mind and have mercy on us, so we won't be destroyed.
10 When God saw that the people had stopped doing evil things, he had pity and did not destroy them as he had planned.
Jona ma i kOninive
1 Norukwao Muhona wa hungira ku Jona a tja: 2 “Twende kOninive, ihi otjihuro otjinene, u kazuvarisire ovature vatjo indji ombuze ndji mbe ku raera.” 3 Nu Jona wa kara nonḓuviro ku Muhona na i kOninive, Ninive tja ri otjihuro otjinene nai nga tjaa tji kawondjwa oure womayuva yetatu okutuurunga tjo. 4 Jona wa uta okutuurunga otjihuro, neye tja za nokuryanga oure weyuva rimwe, arire tja zuvarisa a tja: “Inga pa sewa omayuva omirongo vine, nu Ninive otji matji yandekwa!”
5 Novature va Ninive va kambura mu Ndjambi nowo va tya kutja auhe e ritjaere kovikurya, novandu avehe, ovanene nouṱiṱi, va zara ozombanda zomakutu okuraisa kutja ve ritanaura.
6 Nombara ya Ninive tji ya zuva ombuze ndji, ya sekama kotjihavero tjayo tjouhona, ai hukura ongwava yayo, ai zara ombanda yekutu nai kahaama momutwe. 7 Noyo ya tjivisa nai kovature va Ninive: “Inga owo omarakiza nga zu kombara na kovahongore vayo: ‘Kape na omundu ngu ma ri otjikurya; ovandu avehe mave tjaerwa okurya nokunwa, nozongombe nozonyanda wina. 8 Ovandu avehe mave zara ozombanda zomakutu, novinamuinyo avihe wina. Auhe nga kumbe nomasa ku Ndjambi nu a ise ozongaro ze ozombi novitjitwa vye ovivi. 9 Ngahino Ndjambi ma rundurura omeripura we na zu ko komazenge we ne he tu yandeke!’ ”
10 Nu Ndjambi wa muna imbi mbi va tjita. Eye wa muna kutja va isa ozongaro zawo ozombi, neye opa rundururira omeripura we ne he ve vere otja pa tjere meve vere.
