< يُونَان 3 >

ثُمَّ صَارَ قَوْلُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى يُونَانَ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلًا: ١ 1
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
«قُمِ ٱذْهَبْ إِلَى نِينَوَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ، وَنَادِ لَهَا ٱلْمُنَادَاةَ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا مُكَلِّمُكَ بِهَا». ٢ 2
Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of.
فَقَامَ يُونَانُ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى نِينَوَى بِحَسَبِ قَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ. أَمَّا نِينَوَى فَكَانَتْ مَدِينَةً عَظِيمَةً لِلهِ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ. ٣ 3
And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey.
فَٱبْتَدَأَ يُونَانُ يَدْخُلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ مَسِيرَةَ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَنَادَى وَقَالَ: «بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا تَنْقَلِبُ نِينَوَى». ٤ 4
And Jonas began to enter into the city about a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineve shall be overthrown.
فَآمَنَ أَهْلُ نِينَوَى بِٱللهِ وَنَادَوْا بِصَوْمٍ وَلَبِسُوا مُسُوحًا مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إِلَى صَغِيرِهِمْ. ٥ 5
And the men of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
وَبَلَغَ ٱلْأَمْرُ مَلِكَ نِينَوَى، فَقَامَ عَنْ كُرْسِيِّهِ وَخَلَعَ رِدَاءَهُ عَنْهُ، وَتَغَطَّى بِمِسْحٍ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى ٱلرَّمَادِ. ٦ 6
And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
وَنُودِيَ وَقِيلَ فِي نِينَوَى عَنْ أَمْرِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَعُظَمَائِهِ قَائِلًا: «لَا تَذُقِ ٱلنَّاسُ وَلَا ٱلْبَهَائِمُ وَلَا ٱلْبَقَرُ وَلَا ٱلْغَنَمُ شَيْئًا. لَا تَرْعَ وَلَا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً. ٧ 7
And proclamation was made, and it was commanded in Nineve by the king an by his great men, saying, Let not men, or cattle, or oxen, or sheep, taste [any thing], nor feed, nor drink water.
وَلْيَتَغَطَّ بِمُسُوحٍ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْبَهَائِمُ، وَيَصْرُخُوا إِلَى ٱللهِ بِشِدَّةٍ، وَيَرْجِعُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ وَعَنِ ٱلظُّلْمِ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ، ٨ 8
So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloths, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying,
لَعَلَّ ٱللهَ يَعُودُ وَيَنْدَمُ وَيَرْجِعُ عَنْ حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ فَلَا نَهْلِكَ». ٩ 9
Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and [so] we shall not perish?
فَلَمَّا رَأَى ٱللهُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ رَجَعُوا عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمِ ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ، نَدِمَ ٱللهُ عَلَى ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ أَنْ يَصْنَعَهُ بِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَصْنَعْهُ. ١٠ 10
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did [it] not.

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