Jona 3
3
Shanduko ye bathu be Ninive
1Dama la Yahwe lakazha kuna Jona gwe bubili liti, 2“Milika uyende ku Ninive nzi nkulu usinshoma, ngono usumikile kuuli sumikilo yandinokudwa.” 3Ipapo Jona kamilika kayenda ku Ninive kuyendidzana ne dama la Yahwe. Ninive wakabe uli nzi nkulu usinshoma mu mesho e Ndzimu, kungabe gwendo gwe mazhuba matatu kuupalama. 4#Matewu 12:41; Luke 11:32Jona katangisa kungina mu nzi nkulu gwendo gwe zhuba, ngono kasumikila eti, “Mu mazhuba ali makumi manna, nzi we Ninive unowobe ukolomogwa.” 5Ndizo bathu be Ninive bakagalamoyo mu Ndzimu, ngono bakaloba lukombo ngekwe kuzwinyima zojiwa, bakaambala jila le saka kudwa mu nkulu tjose kunoti mu ntukununu tjose.
6Kwakati thawu dziswika kuna mambo we Ninive, kamilika pa tjigalo tjitje tje bushe, kambula tjiambalo tjitje tje bushe, ngono kazwifukidza nge jila le saka ebe enogala pa tjizhalanlota. 7Ipapo kadusa mima ngono ikaandama nge Ninive yose eti, “Nge kulaya kwa mambo ne hadzasha dzidze, ‘Kusibe ne nthu kene ithuwo, ng'ombe kene pkhwizi zwingalabila tjimwe, kusijiwe ne vula kusing'wiwe. 8Ngakuti nthu ne ithuwo zwifukidziwe nge jila le saka, kuliligwe ku Ndzimu nge masimba, ngono mmwe ne mmwe ashanduke mu zila dzidze dzakabipa ne mu ngwa dze maboko. 9Ndiani unoziba, Ndzimu ungashanduka ukabe ne ngoni, ungashandukila bushongola gwawo gunotjisa kuti ndizo tisilobe.’ ”
10Kwakati Ndzimu ubona mishingo yabo kuti bashanduka mu zila dzabo dzakabipa, Ndzimu ukabe ne ngoni ukashandukila kuhwisa zogwadza kwawakati unowobathamila iko, ngono ukasikuthame.
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