Jonah 3
1 Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jonah, the second time, saying:
Yawe alobaki na Yona na mbala ya mibale:
2 Arise, get thee unto Nineveh, the great city, —and cry against it the cry that I am bidding thee.
— Telema, kende na Ninive, engumba monene, mpe sakola kuna maloba oyo nakopesa yo.
3 So Jonah arose, and went his way unto Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh, —Nineveh, being a city great before God, of three days’ journey.
Yona atosaki Liloba na Yawe; atelemaki mpe akendeki na Ninive. Nzokande Ninive ezalaki engumba moko ya monene na miso ya Nzambe; esengelaki kosala mikolo misato mpo na kosilisa kotambola kati na yango.
4 So Jonah began to enter into the city, one day’s journey, —and he cried out and said—Yet forty days, and, Nineveh, is to be overthrown!
Yona abandaki mosala na ye, atambolaki mokolo mobimba kati na engumba; azalaki kosakola: — Etikali mikolo tuku minei mpo ete engumba ya Ninive ebebisama nye!
5 And the people of Nineveh believed in God, —and proclaimed a fast, and clothed themselves in sackcloth, from the greatest of them, even unto the least of them.
Bato ya Ninive bandimelaki Nzambe; bazwaki mokano ya kokila bilei mpe ya kolata basaki, kobanda na oyo aleki na bozwi kino na oyo aleki na bobola.
6 And the word reached unto the king of Nineveh, so he arose from his throne, and laid aside his robe from off him, —and covered him with sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
Tango sango yango ekomaki epai ya mokonzi ya Ninive, atelemaki longwa na kiti na ye ya bokonzi, alongolaki bilamba na ye ya bokonzi, alataki saki mpe amivandisaki na putulu.
7 And he caused an outcry to be made—and said—throughout Nineveh, By decree of the king and of his great men, Be it known: —Man and beast, herd and flock, Let them taste, nothing, let them not feed, and, water, let them not drink:
Apesaki mitindo ete bapanza sango oyo na Ninive: « Na mitindo ya mokonzi mpe ya bakalaka na ye, Epekisami na bato mpe na bibwele, ezala ngombe, meme to ntaba; epekisami kolia biloko nyonso mpe komela mayi.
8 Let both man and beast, cover themselves with sackcloth, and let them cry unto God, mightily, —Yea let them turn, every man from his wicked way, and from the violence which is in their hands:
Tika ete bato mpe bibwele balata basaki, babelela Nzambe makasi. Tika ete moko na moko atika nzela na ye ya mabe mpe mobulu oyo ekangami ye na maboko.
9 Who knoweth whether God himself—may turn and grieve, —and turn away from the glow of his anger, that we perish not?
Nani ayebi? Tango mosusu Nzambe akobongola makanisi, akolongola kanda mpe akozongisa motema sima mpo ete tokufa te. »
10 And God saw their doings, that they turned from their wicked way, —and God was grieved over the calamity which he had spoken of executing upon them, and executed it not.
Tango Nzambe amonaki makambo oyo basalaki mpe ndenge batikaki banzela na bango ya mabe, abongolaki makanisi na Ye mpe atindelaki bango lisusu te etumbu oyo akanaki kopesa bango.
