Jonah 3

Ndebele Bible 1978 (iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978)

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1Ilizwi le Nkosi lafika kuJona ngokwesibili lisithi:

2Suka uye eNineve kulowana umuzi omkhulu, umemezele kulo ilizwi engikutshela lona.

3Ngakho uJona wasuka waya eNineve njengokutsho kwelizwi le Nkosi. INineve yayingumuzi omkhulu kakhulu ohanjwa insuku ezintathu.

4UJona waqala ukungena emzini, wawuhamba usuku lwaba lunye. Wamemeza wathi: Kusele insuku ezingamatshumi amane ukuthi iNineve lichitheke.

5Abantu baseNineve bakholwa kuNkulunkulu, bamemezela ukuthi kuzilwe ukudla, bagqoka amalembu amasaka, kusukela komkhulu wabo kwaze kwafika komncinyane.

6Ilizwi lafinyelela enkosini yeNineve; yasuka esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi, yakhulula isembatho sayo, yagqoka ilembu lesaka, yahlala emlotheni.

7Yamemezela eNineve yathi: Ngomthetho wenkosi leziphathamandla zayo kakungadli kunathe umuntu lenyamazana lenkomo lemvu;

8bonke kabembathe amalembu amasaka, bakhale kakhulu kuNkulunkulu, baphenduke bonke endleleni zabo ezimbi lebubini bonke ababenzayo.

9Kwazi bani ukuthi uNkulunkulu angezisole, ludede ulaka lwakhe olukhulu ukuze singabhubhi.

10Lapho uNkulunkulu ebona izenzo zabo ukuthi baphendukile ebubini babo, wazisola ngobubi ayezabenza kibo, kasabenzanga.

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