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.
Eudifo laJona Elidilululo lOvaninive
1 Ndele ondjovo yOmwene oye uya lutivali kuJona, ndele tai ti: 2 “Fikama, u ye kuNinive, oshilando shinene, ove u udife ko eudifo eli handi li ku lombwele.” 3 Opo Jona a fikama, ndele ta i kuNinive ngaashi a lombwelwa kOmwene. Ndele Ninive osha li oshilando shinene unene, otashi taululwa omafiku atatu. 4 Ndele Jona okwa ya moshilando ndele ta ende mo efiku limwe, ndele ta udifa, ta ti: “Omafiku omilongo ine aeke, opo Ninive tashi hanaunwa po!” 5 Ndele Ovaninive ova itavela Kalunga, va ingida efiku lelidiliko, ndele ovakulunhu nounona va djala eeshako. 6 Ndele ondaka eshi ya hanga ohamba yomuNinive, oyo ya fikama kolukalwapangelo layo, oye lidula oshikutu shayo, ndele ya djala oshako noya kala omutumba momute. 7 Ndele yo ya vilikilifila muNinive, ndele tai ti: “Ondaka yohamba noyomalenga ayo tai ti: paha kale nande omunhu ta li sha ile oshinamwenyo, eengobe ile eedi noikombo tai lifwa ile tai xwiilwa. 8 Ndelenee ovanhu noimuna nai dikwe eeshako, oyo nai ifane shili Kalunga, ndele keshe umwe na aluke kondjila yaye ii nokoulunde ou wa kanyatela momake aye. 9 Kashiimba Kalunga ota ka efa ehandu laye nokulidilulula, opo Ye te lialuluka kexwamo lehandu laye ndele fye itatu nyonauka.” 10 Ndele Kalunga okwa mona oilonga yavo, nokutya vo ova aluka kondjila yavo ii. Opo nee Kalunga e lialuluka komupya ou Ye e u tile e u va ningile, ndele Ye ine shi ninga.
