Ninewe yari umurwa mukuru wa Isiraheli bakaba abanzi babi cyane mu gihe cya Yona Igihe rero Imana yahamagaye Yona ngo ajye i Ninewe abwire ubutumwa bw'urubanza ruzaza niba batihannye, umuhanuzi yarirutse agerageza kwihisha Imana. Ariko Imana yatumye Yona yihana kubera kutumvira kwe nkana igihe yamizwe n'igifi kinini. Nyuma y'iminsi itatu mu nda y'iyoo fi, Yona yarasenze kandi arihana, arahira ko azumvira Imana.