⁸ Nenkhosi yawulalela umlayeto waJona. Ngenca yekwesaba Nkulunkulu, yasukuma esihlalweni sayo sebukhosi, yakhumula tingubo tayo tasebukhosini, yembatsa tingubo letifana naleto bantfu bayo lebebatembatsile, futsi “yahlala phansi emlotseni.” Ikanye “netiphatsimandla” tayo, yashaya umtsetfo wekutsi lokuzila kube semtsetfweni. Yatsi bonkhe bantfu netilwane abembatse tindvwangu temasaka.b Ngekutfobeka yavuma kutsi bantfu bayo bebente bubi nebudlova. Inelitsemba lekutsi Nkulunkulu weliciniso utawubabonisa sihawu nabaphendvuka, lenkhosi yatsi: “Nkulunkulu angatisola ayiyekele lentfukutselo yakhe leyesabekako, kuze singabhubhi.”​—Jona 3:6-9.