The Prophet's Obedience
1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
Neno la Bwana likamjia Yona mara ya pili, kusema,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
Ondoka, uende Ninawi, mji ule mkubwa; ukaihubiri habari nitakayokuamuru.
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
Basi Yona akaondoka, akaenda Ninawi, kama Bwana alivyonena. Basi Ninawi ulikuwa mji mkubwa mno, ukubwa wake mwendo wa siku tatu.
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Yona akaanza kuuingia mji mwendo wa siku moja, akapaza sauti yake, akasema, Baada ya siku arobaini Ninawi utaangamizwa.
5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Basi watu wa Ninawi wakamsadiki Mungu; wakatangaza kufunga, wakajivika nguo za magunia, tangu yeye aliye mkubwa hata aliye mdogo.
6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Habari ikamfikia mfalme wa Ninawi, naye akaondoka katika kiti chake cha enzi, akavua vazi lake, akajivika nguo za magunia, na kuketi katika majivu.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
Naye akapiga mbiu, akatangaza habari katika mji wa Ninawi, kwa amri ya mfalme na wakuu wake; kusema, Mwanadamu asionje kitu, wala mnyama wala makundi ya ng'ombe, wala makundi ya kondoo; wasile, wala wasinywe maji;
8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
bali na wafunikwe nguo za magunia, mwanadamu na mnyama pia, nao wakamlilie Mungu kwa nguvu, naam, na wageuke, kila mtu akaache njia yake mbaya, na udhalimu ulio mikononi mwake.
9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Ni nani ajuaye kwamba Mungu hatageuka na kughairi, na kuiacha hasira yake kali, ili msiangamizwe?
10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Mungu akaona matendo yao, ya kuwa wameiacha njia yao mbaya. Basi Mungu akalighairi neno lile baya, ambalo alisema atawatenda; asilitende.
