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    • 12. (a) Kungani kungamelanga sithi ukulala kukaJona kwakutshengisa ukuthi wayengelandaba lokwakusenzakala emkhunjini? (Khangela lamabala angaphansi.) (b) UJehova wamveza njani umuntu owayebangele ukuthi kube lesiphepho?

      12 UJona wakubona ukuthi wayengeke ahlomulele muntu engozini le, wasesiyacambalala endlwaneni eyayingaphansi emkhunjini. Wafika wajunywa yibuthongo, walala obukabhuka.b Kodwa induna yomkhumbi yamfukula, yamtshela ukuthi laye kakhuleke kunkulunkulu wakhe njengabanye bonke. Amadoda ayesebenza emkhunjini akubona ukuthi isiphepho lesi sasingajayelekanga, asesithi kungcono enze inkatho ukuze abone ukuthi ngubani owayebathele emanyaleni la. Kumele ukuthi uJona wezwa uvalo lumhaqaza ebona inkatho iceza abanye bonke. Ekucineni iqiniso lavela mgceke. UJehova nguye owayesenza ukuthi kube lesiphepho njalo nguye owayesenza ukuthi inkatho ibaceze bonke abanye, idle uJona.—Bala uJona 1:5-7.

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    • b I-Septuagint ithi uJona walala waze wahoqa ukuze itshengise ukuthi wayebuthuza ubuthongo. Loba kunjalo akufanelanga sihle sithi wayengelandaba lokwakusenzakala emkhunjini. Phela kwezinye izikhathi umuntu odane kakhulu kuba lula ukuthi ajunywe yibuthongo. Ngesikhathi uJesu ephakathi kosizi ensimini yaseGetsemane, uPhetro, uJakhobe loJohane balala, “bekhathele ngenxa yosizi.”—Luk. 22:45.