Bat seknomoa, wanfala big blak samting muv kam klosap long hem. And kam long hem nao. Hem openem big mouth bilong hem and swallowim Jonah wan go nomoa!

Masbi diswan nao last day bilong Jonah. Bat Jonah sapraes long samting wea happen. Hem laef nomoa! Hem stap laef, no garekil, and hem no short wind tu. Nomata hem tingse long there nao bae hem dae, hem laef nomoa. Isisi Jonah sapraes fogud. Tru tumas, God bilong hem Jehovah nao “markem wanfala big fish for swallowim Jonah.”c​—Jonah 1:​17.

Samfala minute go pas, gogo hem samfala hour nao. Long datfala dark ples wea hem nating kasem bifor, Jonah start for tingting stret moa and hem prea long Jehovah God. Prea bilong hem wea stap long mek-tu chapter bilong Jonah barava helpem iumi for minim gud. Datfala prea showimaot tu hao Jonah savve gud long olketa scripture, bikos hem talem tu samfala toktok from Psalms. Hem showimaot tu gudfala fasin: wei for tinghae. Jonah finisim story bilong hem olsem: “Long saed bilong mi, witim toktok for sei thankiu mi bae givim sakrifaes long iu. Wanem mi promisim, bae mi peim. Jehovah nomoa savve sevem man.”​—Jonah 2:9.

Jonah lanem hao Jehovah savve sevem olketa wea worshipim hem, long eniwea, and long enitaem. Nomata “long bele bilong fish,” Jehovah lukim and sevem wakaman bilong hem Jonah wea kasem trabol. (Jonah 1:​17) Jehovah nomoa savve mekem man stap laef and stap gud for thrifala day and thrifala naet insaed bele bilong wanfala big fish. Hem gud for iumi mas tingim distaem, hao Jehovah nao ‘God wea holem laef bilong iumi.’ (Daniel 5:​23) Iumi thankiu long God bikos hem givim iumi laef. Waswe, iumi tinghae and obeyim Jehovah?

Waswe long Jonah? Hem lanem wei for tinghae taem hem obeyim Jehovah? Ia, hem tinghae. Bihaen thrifala day and thrifala naet, datfala big fish tekem Jonah long sandbis and ‘toroaotem Jonah long drae ples.’ (Jonah 2:​10) Tingim bihaen evri samting hia wea kasem Jonah, hem no need for swim go long sandbis! Hem tru, hem mas faendem wei bilong hem. No longtaem nomoa, nara samting happen wea testim wei bilong hem for tinghae. Jonah 3:​1, 2, talem olsem: “Then mek-tu taem Jonah herem toktok bilong Jehovah wea sei: ‘Standap, and go long Nineveh datfala big taon, and talemaot samting wea mi talem long iu.’” Wanem nao Jonah bae duim?

Samfala taem man savve sapraes long samfala samting wea happen. Datwan no minim God nao mekem datwan kamap. Iu savve, olketa talem hao long 1758, wanfala shark hem swallowim wanfala man wea gogo long wanfala ship long Mediterranean Sea. Bat olketa long ship sutim nao datfala shark. Then nomoa, datfala shark toroaotem nao datfala man and olketa sevem datfala man wea hem garekil lelebet. Nomata datfala story hem tru, and maet iumi barava sapraes long hem, datwan no minim hem wanfala mirakol. Tru nao, God hem fit for iusim paoa bilong hem for duim eni samting winim datwan.

Olketa man wea no bilivim datfala story abaotem Jonah, daotem sapos man savve brith insaed bele bilong fish for thrifala day and stap laef or nomoa. Bat olketa man savve tumas for mekem wei for man savve brith lelebet longtaem insaed long wata. Dastawe, God fit for iusim bigfala paoa and bigfala savve bilong hem for mekem Jonah brith and stap laef for thrifala day. Olsem angel bilong Jehovah talem long Mary wea hem mami bilong Jesus, “eni samting wea God talem bae hem mas kamap tru.”​—⁠Luke 1:​37.