1 Otiia ki tā Hona, nui atu te hē, ā, mura ana tōna riri. 2 Ā, ka īnoi ia, ki a Ihowā, ka mea, “Auē, e Ihowā, he teka ianei ko tāku tēnei i mea ai i ahau anō i tōku whenua? Nā reira ahau i rere wawe ai ki Tarahihi; i mōhio hoki ahau he Atua atawhai koe, he tohu tangata, he pūhoi ki te riri, he nui te aroha, e puta kē ana te whakaaro mō te kino. 3 Nā, tērā rā, e Ihowā, kia mate ahau āianei; he pai atu hoki i te ora te mate mōku.”

4 Anō rā ko Ihowā, “He mea pai rānei kia riri koe?”

5 Nā, ka puta a Hona i roto i te pā, ā, noho ana i te taha ki te rāwhiti o te pā; kei te hanga i tētahi tīhokahoka mōna ki reira, noho ana i raro i te taumarumarunga iho, kia kite rā anō ka ahatia rānei te pā.

6 Nā, kua rite i a Ihowā tētahi hue, meinga ana e ia kia eke ki runga ki a Hona, hei whakamarumaru mō tōna māhunga, hei whakaora mōna i a ia i mamae rā. Nā, nui atu te koa o Hona ki te hue rā. 7 Nā, kua rite anō i te Atua he huhu i te aonga ake o te rā, ā, ngaua iho e tērā te hue, nā, kua maroke. 8 Nā, i te whitinga o te rā kua rite mai anō i te Atua tētahi hau pūmāhu, he marangai; āki tonu mai te rā ki runga ki te māhunga o Hona, whakaruhi noa iho, ā, īnoi ana mōna kia mate ia, i mea ia, “Pai atu i te ora te mate mōku.”

9 Nā, ka mea te Atua ki a Hona, “He pai rānei kia riri koe ki te hue?”

Anō rā ko ia, “He pai anō kia riri ahau ā mate noa.”

10 Anō rā ko Ihowā, “I manawapā koe ki te hue kīhai nā i mahia e koe, kīhai anō i whakatupuria e koe; kotahi anō te pō i tupu ake ai, kotahi anō te pō i kore ai. 11 Ā, kaua ianei ahau e manawapā ki Ninewe ki taua pā nui, he tokomaha nei ōna tāngata i ngā mano e ono tekau tōpū, he hunga kāhore nei e mōhio ki ō rātou ringa matau, ki ō rātou ringa mauī, he maha anō hoki ngā kararehe?”

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