³ No eni daot stap hao full story bilong Jonah hem tru. “Man wea Mekem Perfect faith bilong iumi, Jesus,” hem story abaotem Jonah olsem wanfala really man and talem mining bilong tufala profesi bilong Jonah, wea pruvim olketa profesi bilong datfala buk hem tru. (Heb. 12:2; Matt. 12:39-41; 16:4; Luke 11:29-32) Olketa Jew evritaem putim buk bilong Jonah witim olketa nara Bible buk and olketa tingim hem olsem wanfala history buk. Wei wea Jonah seleva talemaot olketa mistek and wik point bilong hemseleva, and no trae for haedem, showimaot tu hao disfala record hem tru wan.

¹¹ Long Matthew 12:38-41, Jesus talem olketa leader bilong religion hao only saen wea hem bae givim for olketa hem “saen bilong Jonah.” Bihaen thrifala day and thrifala naet long “bele bilong Sheol,” Jonah go and preach long Nineveh, and long wei olsem hem kamap wanfala “saen” for olketa bilong Nineveh. (Jonah 1:17; 2:2; 3:1-4) Long sem wei, Jesus stap insaed grev for samfala part bilong thrifala day and then hem resurrect. Taem olketa disaepol bilong hem talemaot pruv bilong datwan, Jesus hem kamap wanfala saen for datfala genereson. Followim wei wea olketa Jew measurem taem and olketa samting wea really happen witim Jesus, disfala taem bilong “thrifala day and thrifala naet” minim hem no need for barava thrifala full day.b

¹² Long disfala sem story, Jesus markem wei wea olketa bilong Nineveh repent witim wei wea olketa Jew wea garem hardfala heart and barava rejectim hem taem hem duim ministry bilong hem, taem hem sei: “Olketa man bilong Nineveh bae resurrect long taem bilong judgment witim disfala genereson and olketa bae tokdaonem olketa; bikos olketa repent taem Jonah preach; bat, lukim! samting wea winim Jonah hem long hia.” (Lukim tu Matthew 16:4 and Luke 11:30, 32.) “Samting wea winim Jonah”—wanem nao Jesus minim taem hem talem disfala toktok? Hem storyim hemseleva olsem nambawan profet wea winim evri narawan, Datwan wea Jehovah sendem for preach: “Repent, iufala pipol, from kingdom bilong heven hem klosap kam nao.” (Matt. 4:17) Nomata olsem, big haf long olketa Jew bilong datfala genereson rejectim datfala “saen bilong Jonah.” Waswe distaem? Nomata planti no lisin long warning message bilong Jehovah, planti thousand raonem world kasem datfala nambawan chance for herem gud nius bilong Kingdom bilong God wea Jesus, datfala “Son bilong man,” hem first wan for preach abaotem. Olsem olketa bilong Nineveh wea repent, wea kasem blessing thru long preaching waka bilong Jonah, olketa hia tu savve share long datfala laef olowe wea Jehovah provaedem wea showimaot bigfala blessing and mercy bilong hem, bikos tru nao “salvation hem bilong Jehovah.”—Jonah 2:9.