uYona
4:1 Kwaba kubi kuYona kakhulu, wavutha ngumsindo.
4:2 Wathandaza kuYehova, wathi, Ndiyakukhunga, Yehova, akunjalo
Ilizwi lam, oko bendisezweni lakowethu? ngenxa yoko ndasabela ngaphambili
eTarshishe: ngokuba bendisazi ukuba unguThixo obabalayo, onemfesane, ozeka kade umsindo
nomsindo, nenceba enkulu, uzohlwaya ngenxa yobubi.
4:3 Ke ngoko, Yehova, wuthabathe kum umphefumlo wam; kuba kunjalo
Kulungile ukuba ndife kunokuba ndidle ubomi.
4:4 Wathi uYehova, Uyalungisa na ukuqumba?
4:5 Waphuma ke uYona kuwo umzi, wahlala ngasempumalanga kuwo umzi, wahlala
wamenzela umnquba khona, wahlala phantsi kwawo emthunzini, wada waba namandla
ubone ukuba kuya kwenzeka ntoni na kuwo umzi.
4:6 UYehova uThixo wammisela umhlavuthwa, wenyuka waba phezu koYona.
ukuze ibe ngumthunzi entlokweni yakhe, Umhlangule ebubini bakhe.
Wawuvuyela ke uYona umhlavuthwa lowo.
4:7 Kodwa uThixo wamisela umbungu, ekuphumeni kwakusasa ngengomso, kwaye wabetha
umhlavuthwa owawubunile.
4:8 Kwathi, lakuphuma ilanga, uThixo walungisa imvula
umoya wasempumalanga; ilanga labetha phezu kwentloko kaYona, ukuba yena
Wawa isiduli, wanqwenela ukufa phakathi kwakhe, wathi, Kundilungele kanye ukuba ndife
kufa kunokuphila.
4:9 Wathi uThixo kuYona, Uyalungisa na ukuthiwa ngumsindo ngenxa yomhlavuthwa? Kwaye yena
Wathi, Ndiyatyapha ukuqumba, kude kuse ekufeni.
4:10 Wathi uYehova, Wena ube nenceba ngomhlavuthwa, owenze wona
akubulalekanga, akuwukhulisanga; owafika ngobusuku, kwaye
wabhubha ngobusuku:
4:11 ndingabi nanceba na ke mna ngenxa yeNineve, loo mzi mkhulu, unabantu abaninzi kuwo?
ngamashumi omathandathu amawaka abantu, abakwazi kucalula isandla sabo sokunene
nesandla sabo sasekhohlo; kwaneenkomo ezininzi?