Yona 3
1 Afei, Awurade asɛm baa Yona nkyɛn ne mprenu so se,
The LORD’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2 “Kɔ Ninewe kuropɔn no mu, na kɔpae mu ka asɛm a mede rema wo yi.”
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach 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.
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
4 Da a edi kan no, Yona hyɛn kuropɔn no mu, na ofii ase pae mu kae se, “Aka adaduanan na wɔadan Ninewe abutuw.”
Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
5 Ninewefo gyee Nyankopɔn dii. Wɔhyɛɛ sɛ wɔn nyinaa bedi mmuada, efi ɔkɛse so kosi aketewa so, na wɔafurafura atweaatam.
The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
6 Bere a Ninewehene tee asɛm no, ɔsɔre fii nʼahengua so, ɔworɔw nʼahentade, ofuraa atweaatam, na ɔtenaa mfutuma mu.
The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose 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.
He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor 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.
but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way and from the violence that is 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 whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, 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.
God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.
