¹ Anyumawo ecyigambo cya Mukama cyagaruka cyayiza ari Yona ogwa kabiri nicigira cyiti: ² Imuka oze Nineeve, etawuni ejo empango ogigambire obutumwa obu nkukutuma. ³ Atyo Yona yayimuka yaaza Nineeve nkkoku MUKAMA yamugambira, kandi Nineeve ekaba eri etawuni empango, obuhango bwayo bukutamburwa ebiro bisatu. ⁴ Yona yatandika kugendagenda omutawuni, nagenda orugendo rwizooba rumwe, nagamba n'iraka riwango, maggira ati: Asigereyo ebiro makumi ana Nineeve okucwekerezebwa. ⁵ Abantu ba Nineeve bawura Ruhanga, baaranga okwesibyaako, bazwara ebiguniya, okuruga amukuru kwika amuto. ⁶ Anyumawo eryo ikuru ryayika amugabe wa Nineeve, yayimuka omucitebe cyewe, yazuura suuti yewe, yaayewumbika ebideeya, yasitama omwizu ⁷ Yaragiira kuzanzanza, ecyirango omuri Nineeve ecyikugira cyiti: abwecyiragiro cy'omugabe, nabakungu beewe, atagagira ecyatamira, ecyokurya cyona, oba ni muntu ninga obusyo bwente, ninga obw'entaama bitarya nobukwakuba okunywa. ⁸ Kureka omuntu weena n'enyamiswa zoona, biwumbike ebideeya, kandi abantu batacyire munonga Ruhanga, buri muntu areke omuhanda gwewe omubi, n'obutemu oburi omungaro zewe. ⁹ Nowa akumanya ngu ogundi murundi, Ruhanga takwegarukamu akareka ecyiniga cyewe cyingi tukareka kwerekera? ¹⁰ RUHANGA kuyarebere ecyibakora noku bayinduka kureka emihanda yaabo emibi yayegarukamu, yareka akabiakui yagambire kubareeta wo tiyakabareeta wo.