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Jonah Do Wat Da Boss Tell Um Fo Do
1 One mo time Da One In Charge talk to Jonah. He tell Jonah dis: 2 “No wait! Go Nineveh town, da main town Assyria side. Tell da peopo ova dea all da tings I stay tell you now.” 3 So Jonah, right den an dea he go Nineveh, jalike Da One In Charge wen tell um fo do.
Nineveh, dass one mangus town, you know. Need three days fo walk all ova da town. 4 ✡Wen Jonah get dea, he start fo go hea an dea inside da town. He walk fo one whole day. He talk fo erybody hear: “Ony get forty days moa, den God goin wipe out Nineveh town!”
5 Da Nineveh peopo, dey lissen wat God tell. Dey tell erybody, “Bummahs! All us guys betta not eat, mo betta we go pray!” Da importan peopo an da regula kine peopo, stay put on burmbag kine clotheses fo show dey stay sorry inside.
6 Den da king fo Nineveh, he hear bout wat Jonah stay tell too. He stan up from his throne, take off his fancy king kine robe, an put on burmbag kine clotheses an go sit down on top da ashes, fo show he stay sorry inside. 7 Da king sen guys all ova Nineveh town fo tell da peopo fo come togedda. Den he tell erybody: “Da king an da alii guys, we all tell dis: Nobody goin eat notting now—da peopo an all da animals, da cows, da sheeps, no goin eat! All us goin pray! Da animals no can eat grass o drink watta. 8 Erybody gotta put on burmbag kine clotheses, all da peopo an da animals, fo show dey stay sorry inside. Erybody gotta go all out fo yell to God fo help! Erybody gotta no do bad kine tings! Erybody gotta no hurt odda peopo no moa! 9 Nobody know if God goin change his mind bumbye. He tell ‘Laytas’ to da kine tings us guys stay do, but maybe he goin show pity an change his mind so us guys no come wipe out!”
10 God, he see wat dey stay do, an see dat dey change how dey ack an no do bad kine tings no moa. Az why he change his mind an no do bad tings to dem, da way he wen tell befo time dat he was goin do. Cuz a dat, he not goin do notting bad to dem.
✡ 3:4 3:4: Matt 12:41; Luke 11:32