Jona lọ si Ninefe
1Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tọ Jona wá nígbà kejì wí pé: 2“Dìde lọ sí Ninefe, ìlú ńlá a nì, kí o sì kéde sí i, ìkéde tí mo sọ fún ọ.”
3Jona sì dìde ó lọ sí Ninefe gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa. Ninefe jẹ́ ìlú títóbi gidigidi, ó tó ìrìn ọjọ́ mẹ́ta. 4Jona sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí wọ ìlú náà lọ ní ìrìn ọjọ́ kan, ó sì ń kéde, ó sì wí pé, “Níwọ́n ogójì ọjọ́ sí i, a ó bi Ninefe wó.” 5Àwọn ènìyàn Ninefe sì gba Ọlọ́run gbọ́. Wọ́n sì kéde àwẹ̀, gbogbo wọ́n sì wọ aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀, bẹ̀rẹ̀ láti orí ọmọdé títí dé orí àgbà wọn.
6Ọ̀rọ̀ náà sì dé ọ̀dọ̀ ọba Ninefe, ó sì dìde kúrò lórí ìtẹ́ rẹ̀, ó sì bọ́ aṣọ ìgúnwà rẹ̀ kúrò lára rẹ̀, ó sì da aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀ bora, ó sì jókòó nínú eérú. 7Nígbà náà ní ó kéde rẹ̀ ni Ninefe pé:
“Kí a la Ninefe já nípa àṣẹ ọba, àti àwọn àgbàgbà rẹ̀ pé:
“Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ènìyàn, tàbí ẹranko, ọ̀wọ́ ẹran tàbí agbo ẹran, tọ́ ohunkóhun wò: má jẹ́ kí wọn jẹ tàbí mu omi. 8Ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí ènìyàn àti ẹranko da aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀ bo ara, kí wọn sì kígbe kíkan sí Ọlọ́run, sì jẹ́ kí wọn yípadà, olúkúlùkù kúrò ní ọ̀nà ibi rẹ̀ àti kúrò ní ìwà ìpa tí ó wà lọ́wọ́ wọn. 93.9: Jl 2.14.Ta ni ó lè mọ̀ bí Ọlọ́run yóò yípadà kí ó sì ronúpìwàdà, kí ó sì yípadà kúrò ní ìbínú gbígbóná rẹ̀, kí àwa má ṣègbé?”
10Ọlọ́run sì rí ìṣe wọn pé wọ́n yípadà kúrò ní ọ̀nà ibi wọn: Ọlọ́run sì ronúpìwàdà ibi tí òun ti wí pé òun yóò ṣe sí wọn, òun kò sì ṣe e mọ́.
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
1Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”
3Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. 4Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” 5The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
6When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. 7This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:
“By the decree of the king and his nobles:
Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. 8But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. 9Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”
10When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.
