Five days of readings, covering the story of Jonah in which God declares judgement yet shows great mercy.
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JONASE 4
6Morena Modimo a medisa sefate, sa thathalatsa mahlaku, a etsetsa Jonase moriti, hore a tle a phomole ho wona. Jonase a thabela sefate seo haholo. 7Empa ka le hlahlamang, e sa le kameso, Modimo a romela seboko se ileng sa eja moko wa sefate seo, yaba se a pona. 8Ha letsatsi le tjhaba, Modimo a tsosa moya o tjhesang, o hlahang botjhabela, mme letsatsi la bataola Jonase hloohong, hoo a bileng a akgeha. A itakaletsa lefu, a re: “Ho ka ba molemo ho nna hore ke shwe, ho ena le hore ke nne ke phele.”
9Empa Modimo a botsa Jonase, a re: “Na ke hantle ha o kgenne ka baka la sefate see?”
Jonase a mo araba, a re: “E, ke hantle, ebile ke kgenne hoo nka nnang ka shwa.”
10Yaba Morena o re: “O qenehela sefate sena seo o sa kang wa se fufulellwa, leha e le ho se medisa. Se imeletse ka bosona e le bosiu, sa ba sa itjhwella e le bosiu.