Yona 3:1-10
3 Yehova analankhula ndi Yona kachiwiri kuti:+
2 “Nyamuka, upite kumzinda waukulu wa Nineve, ndipo kumeneko ukalalikire+ zimene ndikuuze.”
3 Pamenepo Yona ananyamuka ndi kupita ku Nineve mogwirizana ndi mawu a Yehova.+ Mzinda wa Nineve unali waukulu pamaso pa Mulungu,+ ndipo mtunda wake unali woyenda masiku atatu.
4 Kenako Yona analowa mumzindawo ndi kuyenda ulendo wa tsiku limodzi. Iye anali kulalikira kuti: “Kwangotsala masiku 40 okha ndipo Nineve awonongedwa.”+
5 Anthu a ku Nineve anayamba kukhulupirira Mulungu+ ndipo anayamba kulengeza kuti aliyense, popanda wotsala, asale kudya ndipo avale ziguduli.*+
6 Uthengawo utafika kwa mfumu ya Nineve,+ mfumuyo inanyamuka pampando wake wachifumu ndi kuvula chovala chake chachifumu. Ndiyeno inavala chiguduli ndi kukhala paphulusa.+
7 Kuwonjezera pamenepo, mfumu ndi akuluakulu ake analamula anthu kuti alengeze mu Nineve kuti:
“Munthu aliyense, chiweto, ng’ombe ndi nkhosa iliyonse zisadye chilichonse. Munthu aliyense kapena chiweto zisadye chakudya kapena kumwa madzi.+
8 Munthu aliyense komanso ziweto zivale chiguduli. Afuulire Mulungu ndi mphamvu zawo zonse, ndipo aliyense asiye njira zake zoipa+ ndi zinthu zonse zachiwawa zimene amachita.
9 Ndani angadziwe? Mwina Mulungu woona satigwetsera tsoka ndipo asintha maganizo+ ndi kubweza mkwiyo wake woyaka moto, moti satiwononga.”+
10 Ndiyeno Mulungu woona anaona ntchito zawo.+ Anaona kuti alapa ndi kusiya njira zawo zoipa.+ Choncho, Mulungu woona anasintha maganizo ake+ pa tsoka limene ananena kuti awabweretsera, moti sanawabweretsere.+
Mawu a M'munsi
^ Ena amati “masaka.”
