41 Bantfu baseNineve bayakusukuma kanye nalesitukulwane ekwehlulelweni basilahle, ngobe bona baphendvuka ngekushunyayelwa nguJona; ase nibuke-ke, ngobe lapha kukhona lomkhulu kunaJona.
kute sikhali lesilolelwa kulwa nawe lesiyawuphumelela, uyakuyicitsa yonkhe inkhulumo lekubeka licala. Leli lifa letinceku taSimakadze, loku ngukona kutivikela kwami,” kusho Simakadze.
Simakadze wakhuluma kimi, watsi: “Israyeli longaketsembeki ulunge kakhulu kunaJuda longaketsembeki.
“Hamba uye eNineve, lidolobha lelikhulukati, ufike umemetele kubantfu balo utsi bubi babo sebenyukele kimi.”
Jona walingenela lelidolobha, wahamba lilanga lonkhe. Wase uyacala uyamemetela utsi: “Sekusele emalanga langemashumi lamane kutsi iNineve ibhujiswe!”
Kepha yena waphendvula watsi: “Situkulwane lesibi nalesiphingako ngekungetsembeki kuNkulunkulu sifuna sibonakaliso, kepha singeke sisitfole ngisho nasinye, ngaphandle kwesibonakaliso saJona, umphrofethi.
Indlovukazi yaseningizimu iyawusukuma kanye nalesitukulwane ekwehlulelweni, isilahle, ngobe yesuka emikhawulweni yemhlaba yatawulalela kuhlakanipha kwaSolomoni; ase nibuke-ke, ngobe lapha kukhona lomkhulu kunaSolomoni!”
ubese uyahamba ulandze leminye imimoya lesikhombisa lemibi kakhulu kunawo, ite ingene ihlale khona. Ngako siphetfo salowo muntfu siyawuba sibi kakhulu kunesimo sakhe sekucala. Kuyawuba njalo nakulesitukulwane lesibi.”
Ngiyanitjela ngitsi: Lapha kukhona lokukhulu kunelithempeli.
Situkulwane lesibi nalesiphingako ngekungetsembeki kuNkulunkulu sifuna sibonakaliso, kepha ngeke sisitfole ngisho nasinye ngaphandle kwesibonakaliso saJona.” Wesuka lapho, wahamba.
Jesu waphendvula watsi: “Yehheni, situkulwane lesingakholwa nalesiphambene, kuyawudzimate kube ngunini nginani? Kuyawudzimate kube ngunini nginibeketelela? Yiletseni la kimi!”
Ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Konkhe loku kuyakwehlela etikwalesitukulwane.”
Ngelilanga lekwehlulelwa bantfu baseNineve bayawusukuma basilahle ngelicala lesitukulwane; ngobe baphendvuka nabashunyayelwa nguJona, ngiyanitjela ngitsi: Kukhona lomkhulu kunaJona la.”
“Lowo lophuma etulu, ungetulu kwako konkhe; lowo lophuma emhlabeni wemhlaba, futsi ukhuluma tintfo temhlaba. Lophuma ezulwini ungetulu kwako konkhe.
Kantsi wena umkhulu yini kunababe wetfu Jakobe lowasinika lomtfombo? Yena wanatsa kuwo kanye nemadvodzana akhe nemihlambi yakhe.”
Ngako-ke wena mJuda, uyawulahlwa ngumuntfu wetive, ngekutsi yena ugcina umtsetfo nome angazange asasoke enyameni, ngobe wena wephula umtsetfo nome unawo ubhalwe phansi, kantsi futsi usokile.
Ngekukholwa Nowa walalela tecwayiso taNkulunkulu ngetintfo letatingakabonakali letatitakwenteka. Walalela Nkulunkulu ngekwakha umkhumbi wekuphephisa umndeni wakhe. Ngekukholwa wadalula bubi belive, wase uba yindlalifa yekulunga lokutfolakala ngekukholwa.