| ← Jonah (4/4) |
| 1. | Kodwa lokho kwaba kubi kakhulu kuJona, wathukuthela. |
| 2. | Wakhuleka eNkosini wathi: Ngiyakuncenga, Nkosi, kayisikho lokhu engakutshoyo ngiseselizweni lakithi yini? Yikho lokhu ngaphangisa ukubalekela eTarshishi; ngoba ngangisazi ukuthi wena unguNkulunkulu olomusa lolesihawu, ophuza ukuthukuthela, ogcwele uthando olungapheliyo, ozisola ngokubi. |
| 3. | Ngakho-ke, Nkosi, ake ungibulale, ngiyakuncenga, ngoba kungcono kimi ukufa kulokuphila. |
| 4. | INkosi yathi: Kambe wenza kuhle ngokuthukuthela? |
| 5. | UJona wasephuma emzini, wayehlala ngasempumalanga komuzi, wazakhela idumba khona, wahlala ngaphansi kwalo emthunzini ukuba abone ukuthi uzakwehlelwa yini umuzi. |
| 6. | INkosi uNkulunkulu yenza ukuba isihlahla somhlafutho sikhule sisithe uJona, sibe ngumthunzi kuye, ukuze simlamulele kokumkhathazayo. UJona wathokoza kakhulu ngenxa yomhlafutho. |
| 7. | Kodwa kusasa ekuphumeni kwelanga uNkulunkulu wenza ukuba impehlane iwutshaye umhlafutho, wasubuna. |
| 8. | Kwathi ekuphumeni kwelanga uNkulunkulu wathumela umoya otshisayo wasempumalanga, ilanga lamtshaya uJona waze wayatha. Wakhulekela ukuba afe. wathi: Kungcono kimi ukufa kulokuphila. |
| 9. | Kodwa unkulunkulu wathi kuye: Kambe wenza kuhle ngokuthukuthela ngenxa yomhlafutho? Yena wathi: Ngenza kuhle ukuthukuthela ngize ngiphose ukufa. |
| 10. | INkosi yathi: Wena ulesihawu ngomhlafutho ongawusebenzelanga, ongawenzanga ukuba ukhule, okhule ngobusuku bunye, wafa futhi ngobusuku bunye. |
| 11. | Mina-ke kangifanelanga yini ukuba lesihawu ngeNineve lowana umuzi omkhulu, okukuwo abantwana abadlula izinkulungwane ezilikhulu lamatshumi amabili abangakwaziyo ukwahiukanisa isandla sokunene esandleni sokhohlo, futhi kukhona inkomo ezinengi? |
| ← Jonah (4/4) |