Yona 3
1 Afei, Awurade asɛm baa Yona nkyɛn ne mprenu so se,
Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
2 “Kɔ Ninewe kuropɔn no mu, na kɔpae mu ka asɛm a mede rema wo yi.”
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
3 Yona yɛɛ osetie maa Awurade asɛm no, na ɔkɔɔ Ninewe. Na Ninewe yɛ kuropɔn titiriw a wɔde nnansa na etwa mu nyinaa.
This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
4 Da a edi kan no, Yona hyɛn kuropɔn no mu, na ofii ase pae mu kae se, “Aka adaduanan na wɔadan Ninewe abutuw.”
On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
5 Ninewefo gyee Nyankopɔn dii. Wɔhyɛɛ sɛ wɔn nyinaa bedi mmuada, efi ɔkɛse so kosi aketewa so, na wɔafurafura atweaatam.
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
6 Bere a Ninewehene tee asɛm no, ɔsɔre fii nʼahengua so, ɔworɔw nʼahentade, ofuraa atweaatam, na ɔtenaa mfutuma mu.
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 Afei, ɔma wɔbɔɔ dawuru wɔ Ninewe se, “Mmara a wofi ɔhene ne nʼatitiriw hɔ ni: “Obiara, sɛ ɔyɛ onipa anaa aboa, anantwikuw anaa nguankuw, mmfa hwee nka nʼano; onnnidi anaa ɔnnom.
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.
8 Na mmom nnipa ne mmoa mfa atweaatam nkata wɔn ho. Obiara mfa anibere nsu mfrɛ Onyankopɔn. Womfi wɔn akwammɔne so, na wonnyae basabasayɛ.
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
9 Hena na onim? Ebia, Onyankopɔn behu yɛn mmɔbɔ, na watwe nʼabufuwhyew no a ɔnam so rebɛsɛe yɛn no asan.”
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
10 Na Onyankopɔn huu sɛnea wɔyɛɛ ne sɛnea wɔsan fii wɔn akwammɔne ho no, ohuu wɔn mmɔbɔ, na wansɛe wɔn sɛnea ɔkae no.
When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
