Ɔkwan Foforo a Ɛtɔ So Abien
Yɛn Agya asɛm ba ne mprenu so, na Yona kɔ; ɔnantew da koro kɔ Ninive mu kɔka sɛ nnafua aduanan akyi no wɔbɛdan no butuw. Kurow no nyinaa gye di, ɔhene sɔre fi n'ahengua so kɔfura atweaatam tena nsõ mu, na Onyankopɔn hu sɛ wɔasan wɔn akyi no, ɔnsɛe wɔn.
Yɛn Agya kasa wɔ nkyekyɛmu 2
3 1Afei yɛn Agya asɛm baa Yona nkyɛn ne mprenu so se:
2“Sɔre kɔ Nineve, kuropɔn kɛse no so, na kɔbɔ asɛm a mede bɛma wo no ho dawuru.”
3Enti Yona sɔre kɔɔ Nineve, sɛnea yɛn Agya kae no. Nineve yɛ kuropɔn kɛse bi a, sɛ obi retwa mu a, ɛgye nnansa. 4Yona nantew kɔɔ kurow no mu da koro, na ɔteɛm se, “Nnaduanan bio, na Nineve bɛdan butuw!” a a v4 “Dan butuw” kura ntease abien a ɛyɛ atirimpɔw so: ebetumi akyerɛ sɛ wɔbɛsɛe no anaasɛ ɛbɛdan ne ho, na saa nsɛm a ɛyɛ nwonwa yi, ti yi a aka no ma ɛba mu.
5Nineve nkurɔfo gyee Onyankopɔn dii. Wɔbɔɔ mmuadadi ho dawuru, na wɔhyɛɛ atweaatam, efi ɔkɛse so kosi ɔketewa so.
6Bere a asɛm no duu Nineve hene nkyɛn no, ɔsɔre fii nʼahennwa so, ɔyii nʼatade, ɔde atweaatam kataa ne ho, na ɔtenaa nsõ mu. 7Ɔmaa wɔbɔɔ dawuru wɔ Nineve, ɔhene ne ne mpanyimfo mmara so se: Mma onipa anaa aboa biara, anantwi anaa nguan, nka biribiara; mma wɔnnidi sare, na mma wɔnnom nsu. 8Ma nnipa ne mmoa mfa atweaatam nkata wɔn ho, na obiara mfa nʼahoɔden nyinaa nteɛm mfrɛ Onyankopɔn. Ma obiara nnan mfi ne kwan bɔne ne basabasayɛ a ɛwɔ ne nsa mu no ho. 9Hena na onim? Ebia Onyankopɔn bɛdan asesa nʼadwene, na wadan afi nʼabufuw denden no ho, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛrenyera.
10Bere a Onyankopɔn huu wɔn nneyɛe—sɛ wɔdan fii wɔn akwan bɔne so no—Onyankopɔn sesaa nʼadwene wɔ amanehunu a ɔde hunahunaa wɔn sɛ ɔde bɛba wɔn so no ho, na wanyɛ.
