< Jonah 3 >

1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying:
Afei, Awurade asɛm baa Yona nkyɛn ne mprenu so sɛ,
2 Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to you.
“Kɔ Ninewe kuropɔn kɛseɛ no mu, na kɔpae mu ka asɛm a mede rema wo yi.”
3 And Jonah rose, and he went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was a great city of three days’ journey.
Yona yɛɛ ɔsetie maa Awurade asɛm no, na ɔkɔɔ Ninewe. Na Ninewe yɛ kuropɔn titire a wɔde nnansa na ɛhunu hɔ nyinaa.
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city one day’s journey. And he cried out and said, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed.”
Ɛda a ɛdi ɛkan no, Yona hyɛnee kuropɔn no mu, na ɔhyɛɛ aseɛ paee mu kaa sɛ, “Aka adaduanan na wɔadane Ninewe abutu.”
5 And the men of Nineveh believed in God. And they proclaimed a fast, and they put on sackcloth, from the greatest all the way to the least.
Ninewefoɔ gyee Onyankopɔn diiɛ. Wɔhyɛɛ sɛ wɔn nyinaa bɛdi abuada, ɛfiri ɔkɛseɛ so kɔsi ɔketewa so, na wɔafirafira ayitoma.
6 And word reached the king of Nineveh. And he rose from his throne, and he threw off his robe from himself and was clothed in sackcloth, and he sat in ashes.
Ɛberɛ a Ninewehene tee asɛm no, ɔsɔre firii nʼahennwa so, ɔworɔɔ nʼahenetadeɛ, Ɔfiraa ayitoma, na ɔtenaa mfuturo mu.
7 And he cried out and spoke: “In Nineveh, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, let it be said: Men and beasts and oxen and sheep may not taste anything. Neither shall they feed or drink water.
Afei, ɔmaa wɔbɔɔ dawuro wɔ Ninewe sɛ, “Mmara a ɛfiri ɔhene ne nʼatitire hɔ nie: “Obiara, sɛ ɔyɛ onipa anaa aboa, anantwikuo anaa nnwankuo, mmfa hwee nka nʼano; mma ɔnnnidi anaa ɔnnom.
8 And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry out to the Lord with strength, and may man be converted from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.
Na mmom nnipa ne mmoa mfa ayitoma nkata wɔn ho. Obiara mfa anibereɛ nsu mfrɛ Onyankopɔn. Wɔn mfiri wɔn akwammɔne so, na wɔnnyae basabasayɛ.
9 Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might not perish?”
Hwan na ɔnim? Ebia, Onyankopɔn bɛhunu yɛn mmɔbɔ, na watwe nʼabufuhyeɛ no a ɔnam so rebɛsɛe yɛn no asan.”
10 And God saw their works, that they had been converted from their evil way. And God took pity on them, concerning the harm that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
Na Onyankopɔn hunuu sɛdeɛ wɔyɛeɛ ne sɛdeɛ wɔsane firii wɔn akwammɔne ho no, ɔhunuu wɔn mmɔbɔ, na wansɛe wɔn sɛdeɛ ɔkaeɛ no.

< Jonah 3 >