²⁰ Nkulunkulu wabonisana naye, watsi Jona abeva buhlungu ngekufa kweluselwa lobelutihlumele ebusuku, langazange aluhlanyele nobe alukhulise. Ngako Nkulunkulu watsi: “Mine bengingeke ngiyihawukele yini iNineve, lelidolobha lelikhulu kangaka, lapho kukhona bantfu labangakwati kwehlukanisa sandla sabo sekudla nesancele, labati-120 000, kanye netinkhomo letinyenti kangaka?”​—Jona 4:10, 11.c

21. (a) Ngusiphi sifundvo lesibalulekile Jehova lasifundzisa Jona? (b) Indzaba yaJona ingasisita njani sitihlole ngekwetsembeka?

²¹ Uyakubona yini kubaluleka kwesifundvo Jehova lasifundzisa Jona? Kute Jona lakwenta kute anakekele loluselwa. Ngakulokunye, Jehova abenguMtfombo wekuphila webantfu baseNineve futsi abebanakekela njengobe enta kuto tonkhe tidalwa takhe emhlabeni. Jona abengakhatsateka njani ngeluselwa lunye kwendlula kuphila kwebantfu labangu-120 000 kanye netilwane tabo? Bekungasiko yini kutsi Jona abeticabangela yena kuphela? Ecinisweni, abeva buhlungu ngaloluselwa ngobe nje abefuna kutizuzisa yena. Kutfukutselela kwakhe bantfu baseNineve bekungabangelwa yini kuticabangela yena​—lokusifiso sekutigabatisa kuze ligama lakhe lingonakali, futsi kubonakale kutsi abecinisile? Indzaba yaJona ingasisita sitihlole ngekwetsembeka. Ngubani emkhatsini wetfu lokungeke sekwenteke kutsi abe nalomoya wekuticabangela yena? Ngako kufanele simbonge Jehova ngekutsi usifundzisa ngesineke kute singaticabangeli tsine, sibe neluvelo futsi sibe nesihawu njengaye.