9. Ke kaloku uThixo wathi kuye: “Unaso na isizathu sokuba uqumbe ngenxa yalo mthi?”UJona wathi: “Ndifanele ukuvutha ngumsindo, nditsho onokude undise ekufeni!”
10. UNdikhoyo wathi kuye: “Lo mthi uwukhathalele ngani, ungakhange ubulaleke nje ngawo, futhi ungakhuliswanga nanguwe? Lo mthi ukhule ngobusuku, wabuya wafa kwangobusuku.
11. Ke, uthi kukangakanani kum mayela nesi sixekokazi siyiNiniva? Uthi mandingavelani naso ngoku sinabantu abangaphezu kwekhulu elinamashumi amabini lamawaka, abangekawazi umahluko phakathi kwesandla sasekunene nesasekhohlo, kwakunye ke nemfuyo eninzi?”