yoonah
3 fir yoonah kol yahovah da sandesh dooji vaar aaya:+ 2 “utth, vadde sheher* ninvah+ nu jaah atey lokaa nu mera sandesh suna jo mai tainu dassda ha.”
3 is layi yoonah utthya atey yahovah da kehna mann ke+ ninvah nu chala gaya.+ dhyaan dyo ki ninvah ik bahut vadda sheher si jis da paidal chakkar kaddan vich tinn din laggde san. 4 fir yoonah sheher vich gaya atey ik din da safar kar ke elaan karan lagga: “bass 40 dina baad ninvah sheher nu tabah kar ditta javega.”
5 eh sunn ke ninvah de lokaa ne parmeshwar utte nehcha keeti+ atey ohna ne elaan keeta ki ameer te gareeb, buddhe te javaan sare vart rakhan atey tapparr paaun. 6 jad ninvah de raje kol eh sandesh pahunchya, taa oh apne singhasan to utthya atey os ne apna shahi libaas laah ke tapparr paya atey suaah vich baith gaya. 7 nale os ne poore ninvah sheher vich eh elaan karvaya,
“raje atey os de uch adhikariya da eh farmaan hai: koi vi insaan na taa ann nu muh lave atey na hi paani peeve. ise tarha ijjarr ja vagg vicho koi vi jaanvar na kujh khave atey na hi paani peeve. 8 insaan atey jaanvar tapparr paaun atey oh parmeshwar agge duhayi den te apne bure raaha to murr aaun atey zulam karno hat jaan. 9 kee pata sacha parmeshwar apne faisle te dobara soch-vichaar kare* atey apne krodh di agg naal sanu bhasam na kare!”
10 jado sache parmeshwar ne dekhya ki lokaa ne apne bure raaha to murran layi kee-kee keeta,+ taa os ne ohna nu naash karan de apne faisle te dobara soch-vichaar keeta* atey ohna nu naash nahi keeta.+