Then the Lord said, 'Thou art concerned about the castor oil plant...which came up in a night and perished in a night: and should I not be concerned for Nineveh, that great city in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?"
Yayisithi iNKOSI, wena uhawukela umhlakuva, ongawusebenzelanga, futhi wawukhulisa; omile nje ngobusuku bunye, futhi ubhubhe ebusuku: Mina-ke bengingayikulihawukela yini iNinive, idolobha elikhulu, lapho kukhona kulo abantu abangaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amabili abangakwazi ukwahlukanisa isandla sokunene nesandla sokunxele; kanye nezinkomo eziningi na?