< Yona 3 >

1 Yehowa ƒe nya va na Yona zi evelia be,
and to be word LORD to(wards) Jonah second to/for to say
2 “Yi ɖe Ninive, du gã ma me, eye nàɖe gbeƒã nya siwo megblɔ na wò la na wo.”
to arise: rise to go: went to(wards) Nineveh [the] city [the] great: large and to call: call out to(wards) her [obj] [the] proclamation which I to speak: speak to(wards) you
3 Ale Yona ɖo to Yehowa ƒe gbe azɔ, eye wòyi Ninive. Ninive nye du gã aɖe si woatsɔ ŋkeke etɔ̃ hafi azɔ ato eme.
and to arise: rise Jonah and to go: went to(wards) Nineveh like/as word LORD and Nineveh to be city great: large to/for God journey three day
4 Yona ge ɖe du la me hezɔ ŋkeke ɖeka nɔ gbeƒã ɖem be, “Esusɔ ŋkeke blaene ne woagbã Ninive du la!”
and to profane/begin: begin Jonah to/for to come (in): come in/on/with city journey day one and to call: call out and to say still forty day and Nineveh to overturn
5 Ame siwo le Ninive dua me la xɔ Mawu dzi se; woɖe gbeƒã nutsitsidɔ, eye ame sia ame, tsitsiawo kple ɖeviwo siaa ta akpanya.
and be faithful human Nineveh in/on/with God and to call: call to fast and to clothe sackcloth from great: large their and till small their
6 Esi Ninive fia se Yona ƒe mawunya la, eɖi le eƒe fiazikpui dzi, ɖe eƒe fiawuwo da ɖi, eye wòta akpanya henɔ anyi ɖe dzofi me.
and to touch [the] word to(wards) king Nineveh and to arise: rise from throne his and to pass: bring clothing his from upon him and to cover sackcloth and to dwell upon [the] ashes
7 Fia la na woɖe gbeƒã le Ninive dua me be: “Fia kple eƒe dumegãwo de se be: “Amegbetɔ alo lã, nyi alo alẽ aɖeke maɖu nu o. Womana nuɖuɖu alo tsi wo o.
and to cry out and to say in/on/with Nineveh from taste [the] king and great: large his to/for to say [the] man and [the] animal [the] cattle and [the] flock not to perceive anything not to pasture and water not to drink
8 Amegbetɔwo kple lãwo siaa ata akpanya, woafa avi vevie na Mawu, woatrɔ le woƒe mɔ vɔ̃wo dzi, eye woaɖe asi le vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi ŋuti.
and to cover sackcloth [the] man and [the] animal and to call: call to to(wards) God in/on/with force and to return: repent man: anyone from way: conduct his [the] distress: evil and from [the] violence which in/on/with palm their
9 Ɖewohĩ, Mawu ate ŋu aɖo be míatsi agbe, eye wòaɖo asi eƒe dziku helĩhelĩ la dzi be wòagatsrɔ̃ mí o.”
who? to know to return: repent and to be sorry: relent [the] God and to return: repent from burning anger face: anger his and not to perish
10 Ke esi Mawu kpɔ be woɖe asi le woƒe mɔ vɔ̃wo ŋuti la, eɖe asi le ɖoɖo si wòwɔ be yeatsrɔ̃ wo la ŋu, eye wòtsɔe ke wo.
and to see: see [the] God [obj] deed their for to return: repent from way: conduct their [the] distress: evil and to be sorry: relent [the] God upon [the] distress: harm which to speak: speak to/for to make: do to/for them and not to make: do

< Yona 3 >