Yona 3:1-10
3 Ijambo rya Yehova rigera kuri Yona ku nshuro ya kabiri rigira riti:+
2 “Haguruka ujye mu mujyi munini wa Nineve,+ ubatangarize ubutumwa ngiye kukubwira.”
3 Nuko Yona arahaguruka ajya i Nineve+ nk’uko Yehova yari yabimubwiye.+ Nineve wari umujyi munini umuntu yagenda iminsi itatu.
4 Amaherezo Yona yinjira muri uwo mujyi, akora urugendo rw’umunsi umwe atangaza ati: “Hasigaye iminsi 40 gusa Nineve ikarimburwa.”
5 Nuko abantu b’i Nineve bizera Imana,+ batangaza ko abantu bose bigomwa kurya no kunywa kandi bakambara imyenda y’akababaro,* guhera ku muntu ukomeye muri bo kugeza ku woroheje.
6 Ayo magambo ageze ku mwami w’i Nineve, ahaguruka ku ntebe ye y’ubwami, akuramo imyenda y’abami, yambara imyenda y’akababaro, yicara mu ivu.
7 Nanone umwami n’abanyacyubahiro be batanga itegeko kandi ritangazwa muri Nineve hose. Iryo tegeko ryagiraga riti:
“Nta muntu cyangwa amatungo bigomba kugira icyo birya. Ntibigomba kurya, ndetse ntibigomba no kunywa amazi.
8 Abantu bose nibambare imyenda y’akababaro ndetse bayishyire no ku matungo. Abantu batakambire Imana cyane kandi bisubireho bareke ibikorwa bibi, bareke n’ibikorwa by’urugomo bakora.
9 Nta wamenya, wenda Imana y’ukuri yakwisubiraho, ikareka kuturakarira cyane maze ntiturimbuke!”
10 Imana y’ukuri ibonye ibyo bakoze, ikabona n’ukuntu baretse ibikorwa byabo bibi,+ yisubiraho ireka kubateza ibyago yari yavuze ko izabateza.+
Ibisobanuro ahagana hasi
^ Cyangwa “ibigunira.”
