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ثُمَّ صَارَ قَوْلُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى يُونَانَ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلًا: ١ 1
This message from the Lord came to Jonah the second time,
«قُمِ ٱذْهَبْ إِلَى نِينَوَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ، وَنَادِ لَهَا ٱلْمُنَادَاةَ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا مُكَلِّمُكَ بِهَا». ٢ 2
‘Arise, go to that great city, Nineveh, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.’
فَقَامَ يُونَانُ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى نِينَوَى بِحَسَبِ قَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ. أَمَّا نِينَوَى فَكَانَتْ مَدِينَةً عَظِيمَةً لِلهِ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ. ٣ 3
So Jonah started for Nineveh, as the Lord commanded. Now Nineveh was so large a city that it took three days’ journey to cross it.
فَٱبْتَدَأَ يُونَانُ يَدْخُلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ مَسِيرَةَ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَنَادَى وَقَالَ: «بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا تَنْقَلِبُ نِينَوَى». ٤ 4
Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, and he proclaimed, ‘Forty days more and Nineveh shall be overthrown.’
فَآمَنَ أَهْلُ نِينَوَى بِٱللهِ وَنَادَوْا بِصَوْمٍ وَلَبِسُوا مُسُوحًا مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إِلَى صَغِيرِهِمْ. ٥ 5
And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they ordered a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
وَبَلَغَ ٱلْأَمْرُ مَلِكَ نِينَوَى، فَقَامَ عَنْ كُرْسِيِّهِ وَخَلَعَ رِدَاءَهُ عَنْهُ، وَتَغَطَّى بِمِسْحٍ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى ٱلرَّمَادِ. ٦ 6
And when word came to the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his robe, dressed in sackcloth, and sat in 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 he made this proclamation and published it in Nineveh: ‘By the decree of the king and his nobles: People, beast, herd, and flock shall not taste anything; let them not eat nor drink water.
وَلْيَتَغَطَّ بِمُسُوحٍ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْبَهَائِمُ، وَيَصْرُخُوا إِلَى ٱللهِ بِشِدَّةٍ، وَيَرْجِعُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ وَعَنِ ٱلظُّلْمِ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ، ٨ 8
Let both people and animals put on sackcloth and let them cry earnestly to God; let them each turn from their evil ways and from the deeds of violence which they are doing.
لَعَلَّ ٱللهَ يَعُودُ وَيَنْدَمُ وَيَرْجِعُ عَنْ حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ فَلَا نَهْلِكَ». ٩ 9
Who knows? God may relent and avert his fierce anger, so that we may not die.’
فَلَمَّا رَأَى ٱللهُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ رَجَعُوا عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمِ ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ، نَدِمَ ٱللهُ عَلَى ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ أَنْ يَصْنَعَهُ بِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَصْنَعْهُ. ١٠ 10
When God saw that they turned from their evil course, he relented the evil which he said he would do to them, and did not do it.

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