⁸ Nekosi yatjhuguluka neyizwa umlayezo kaJona. Ifikelwe kusaba uZimu, yasikima esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi, yahlubula iimbatho zayo zebukhosini, yambatha umgodla njengabantu bayo, “yahlala emlotheni.” ‘Ineenkhulu zayo,’ benza ukuzilokho kwaba ngokomthetho. Yathi boke bambathe umgodla, ngitjho neenlwana ezifuywako.b Ngokuthobeka yatjheja bona abantu bayo bebanomlandu wokwenza okumbi nenturhu. Itjengisa ukuba nethemba bona uZimu weqiniso uzokuba nomusa nekabona ukuphenduka kwabo, ikosi yathi: ‘UZimu . . . uzokubuya elakeni lakhe elivuthako, bona singapheliswa.’—Jona 3:6-9.