Jonah 3
1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
E veio a palavra do Senhor segunda vez a Jonas, dizendo:
2 Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
Levanta-te, e vai à grande cidade de Nínive, e prega contra ela a pregação que eu te digo.
3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.
E levantou-se Jonas, e foi a Nínive, segundo a palavra do Senhor: era pois Nínive uma grande cidade de Deus, de três dias de caminho.
4 And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.
E começava Jonas a entrar pela cidade caminho dum dia, e pregava, e dizia: Ainda quarenta dias, e Nínive será subvertida.
5 And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.
E os homens de Nínive creram em Deus; e proclamaram um jejum, e vestiram-se de saco, desde o maior até ao menor.
6 And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.
Porque esta palavra chegou ao rei de Nínive, e levantou-se do seu trono, e tirou de si os seus vestidos, e cobriu-se de saco, e assentou-se sobre a cinza.
7 And he had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or water:
E fez apregoar, e falou-se em Nínive, pelo mandado do rei e dos seus grandes, dizendo: Nem homens, nem animais, nem bois, nem ovelhas provem coisa alguma, nem se lhes dê pasto, nem bebam água.
8 And let man and beast be covered with haircloth, and let them make strong prayers to God: and let everyone be turned from his evil way and the violent acts of their hands.
Mas os homens e os animais estarão cobertos de sacos, e clamarão fortemente a Deus, e se converterão, cada um do seu mau caminho, e da violência que há nas suas mãos.
9 Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?
Quem sabe se se voltará Deus, e se arrependerá, e se apartará do furor da sua ira, de sorte que não pereçamos?
10 And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.
E Deus viu as obras deles, como se converteram do seu mau caminho: e Deus se arrependeu do mal que tinha dito lhes faria, e não o fez.
