Yona 3
1 Afei, Awurade asɛm baa Yona nkyɛn ne mprenu so se,
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying:
2 “Kɔ Ninewe kuropɔn no mu, na kɔpae mu ka asɛm a mede rema wo yi.”
Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to you.
3 Yona yɛɛ osetie maa Awurade asɛm no, na ɔkɔɔ Ninewe. Na Ninewe yɛ kuropɔn titiriw a wɔde nnansa na etwa mu nyinaa.
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.
4 Da a edi kan no, Yona hyɛn kuropɔn no mu, na ofii ase pae mu kae se, “Aka adaduanan na wɔadan Ninewe abutuw.”
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.”
5 Ninewefo gyee Nyankopɔn dii. Wɔhyɛɛ sɛ wɔn nyinaa bedi mmuada, efi ɔkɛse so kosi aketewa so, na wɔafurafura atweaatam.
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.
6 Bere a Ninewehene tee asɛm no, ɔsɔre fii nʼahengua so, ɔworɔw nʼahentade, ofuraa atweaatam, na ɔtenaa mfutuma mu.
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.
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.
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.
8 Na mmom nnipa ne mmoa mfa atweaatam nkata wɔn ho. Obiara mfa anibere nsu mfrɛ Onyankopɔn. Womfi wɔn akwammɔne so, na wonnyae basabasayɛ.
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.
9 Hena na onim? Ebia, Onyankopɔn behu yɛn mmɔbɔ, na watwe nʼabufuwhyew no a ɔnam so rebɛsɛe yɛn no asan.”
Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might 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.
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.
