26 Yikho bathatha ijongosi ababeliphiwe balilungisa, baqhubeka bebiza ibizo likaBhali kusukela ekuseni kwaze kwaba semini besithi: “Awu Bhali, siphendule!” Kodwa akulalizwi elazwakalayo njalo akulamuntu owabaphendulayo.+ Babelokhu beseqa bebhoda i-alithare ababelenzile.

37 USenakheribhi inkosi yase-Asiriya wasesuka wabuyela eNiniva+ wayahlala khona.+ 38 Ngelinye ilanga wathi esakhotheme ekhonza endlini kankulunkulu* wakhe uNizirokhi, amadodana akhe u-Adrameleki loSharezeri ambulala ngenkemba,+ asebaleka aya elizweni le-Ararathi.+ Ngemva kwalokho indodana yakhe u-Esa-hadoni+ yathatha ubukhosi.

5 Abagwedli bomkhumbi besaba kakhulu, ngamunye wabo wakhala kunkulunkulu wakhe ecela ukuthi abasize. Baqalisa ukuphosela impahla elwandle ukuze umkhumbi ungacwili.+ Kusenzakala konke lokhu uJona yena wayesendaweni engaphansi emkhunjini, elele nya.