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Jonah Preaches at Nineveh
1Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.”
3So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent.
4And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then ⚓he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
The People of Nineveh Believe
5So the ⚓people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
6Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth ⚓and sat in ashes.
7⚓And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying,
Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.
8But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, ⚓let every one turn from his evil way and from ⚓the violence that is in his hands.
9⚓Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?
10⚓Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
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Yonaa Mingh Ni^naa^we Zingh
1Yonaa aengx duqv zipv Ziouv nyei waac da'nyeic nzunc,
2“Meih mingh Ni^naa^we wuov norm domh zingh ei jienv yie paaiv nyei waac zunh mbuox ninh mbuo.”
3Yonaa ziouc muangx Ziouv nyei waac, mingh Ni^naa^we Zingh aqv. Ni^naa^we benx norm hlo haic nyei domh zingh. Yangh jauv jiex nor, oix zuqc longc buo hnoi.
4Yonaa bieqc wuov norm zingh aengx mingh yietc hnoi liuz, ninh ziouc zunh mbuox mienh, “Aengx maaih feix ziepc hnoi Ni^naa^we Zingh oix zuqc mietc nzengc aqv.”
5Ni^naa^we Zingh nyei mienh sienx Ziouv nyei waac. Ninh mbuo yietc zungv ziouc dongh hnyouv zei maiv nyanc haaix nyungc. Yiem zoux hlo jiex taux zoux faix jiex nyei mienh ⟨zuqv jienv la'maah ndie-cou.⟩⚓
6Ni^naa^we Zingh nyei hungh haiz naaiv deix waac, ninh njiec hungh weic, jaiv nqoi ninh nyei hungh lui, zuqv jienv la'maah ndie-cou nyei lui-houx, zueiz jienv saaiv-ndui.
7Ninh yaac bun waac taux zingh nyei norm-norm dorngx mbuox baeqc fingx, “Yie, hungh diex, caux yie nyei jien, njiec naaiv diuh lingc.
Yie mbuo maiv bun haaix dauh nyanc haaix nyungc, maiv bun haaix dauh hopv haaix nyungc. Liemh saeng-kuv, ngongh, ba'gi yungh maiv duqv nyanc, maiv duqv hopv.
8Liemh mienh liemh saeng-kuv oix zuqc buix jienv la'maah ndie-cou. Dauh dauh oix zuqc jorm hnyouv daux gaux jouh Tin-Hungh. Mbuo zoux waaic nyei jauv yietc zungv oix zuqc guangc nzengc.
9Nziex Tin-Hungh oix tiuv ninh nyei za'eix, maiv qiex jiez mbuo, mbuo cingx daaih maiv zuqc daic mv bei.”
10Tin-Hungh buatc naaiv deix mienh goiv hnyouv guangc ninh mbuo zoux waaic nyei jauv, ninh ziouc tiuv ninh nyei za'eix. Zinh ndaangc ninh gorngv oix mietc naaiv norm zingh nyei mienh, mv baac ih zanc ninh maiv mietc aqv.