Jonah 3
1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
Awo ekigambo kya Mukama ne kijjira Yona omulundi ogwokubiri, n’amugamba nti,
2 Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
“Genda mu kibuga ekinene Nineeve obalabule n’obubaka buno bwe nkuwa.”
3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.
Awo Yona n’agondera Mukama n’agenda e Nineeve. Nineeve kyali kibuga kya kitiibwa nnyo era nga kitwala ennaku ssatu okukibuna kyonna.
4 And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.
Ku lunaku olwasooka Yona yatambula olunaku lwonna ng’agenda alangirira nti, “Bwe waliyitawo ennaku amakumi ana, Nineeve kirizikirira.”
5 And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.
Abantu b’omu Nineeve ne bakkiriza Katonda, ne balangirira okusiiba ne beesiba ebibukutu, bonna okuva ku asinga ekitiibwa okutuuka ku asembayo okuba owa wansi.
6 And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.
Amawulire gano bwe gaatuuka ku kabaka w’e Nineeve, n’ayimuka ku ntebe ye ey’obwakabaka, ne yeeyambulamu ekyambalo kye, ne yeesiba ekibukutu, n’atuula mu nfuufu.
7 And he had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or water:
Kabaka teyakoma awo, wabula n’ayisa n’etteeka n’alibunya Nineeve yonna nga ligamba nti, Olw’ekiragiro kya kabaka n’abakungu be: “Tewaba muntu yenna, wadde ensolo oba eggana n’ekisibo, okukomba ku mmere wadde amazzi;
8 And let man and beast be covered with haircloth, and let them make strong prayers to God: and let everyone be turned from his evil way and the violent acts of their hands.
naye buli muntu n’ekisibo bibikkibwe n’ebibukutu, era bikaabirire nnyo Katonda, era birekeraawo okwonoona n’okukola eby’obukambwe.
9 Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?
Ani amanyi? Oboolyawo Katonda anaakyusa ku kibonerezo kye, kye yatusalira n’akkakkanya obusungu bwe n’atatuzikiriza.”
10 And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.
Awo Katonda bwe yalaba kye bakoze, ne baleka n’ebibi byabwe, n’abasonyiwa n’atabatuusaako kibonerezo, kye yali agambye okubatuusaako.
