Jonas 3
1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
Gospodova beseda je drugič prišla Jonu, rekoč:
2 Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of.
»Vstani, pojdi v Ninive, to veliko mesto in mu oznani pridigo, ki sem ti jo zapovedal.«
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.
Tako je Jona vstal in odšel v Ninive, glede na Gospodovo besedo. Torej Ninive so bile silno veliko mesto treh dni potovanja.
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.
Jona je začel vstopati v mesto [prvi] dan potovanja ter vpil in govoril: »Še štirideset dni in Ninive bodo uničene.«
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.
Tako je ljudstvo v Ninivah verovalo Bogu in razglasilo post in si nadelo vrečevino, od največjih izmed njih, celo do najmanjših izmed njih.
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.
Kajti beseda je prišla h kralju Niniv in vstal je s svojega prestola in iz sebe odložil svoje svečano oblačilo in se pokril z vrečevino in sédel na pepel.
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.
In storil je to, da se je razglasilo in oznanilo skozi Ninive, po odloku kralja in njegovih plemičev, rekoč: »Naj niti človek niti žival, [niti] trop niti čreda ničesar ne pokusijo, naj se ne pasejo niti ne pijejo vode,
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,
temveč naj bosta človek in žival pokrita z vrečevino in mogočno kličeta k Bogu, da naj se oni, vsakdo izmed njih, obrnejo od svoje zle poti in od nasilja, ki je v njihovih rokah.
9 Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and [so] we shall not perish?
Kdo lahko pove, če se bo Bog obrnil, pokesal in odvrnil proč od svoje krute jeze, da se ne pogubimo?«
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.
In Bog je videl njihova dela, da so se odvrnili od svoje zle poti in Bog se je pokesal od zla, ki ga je rekel, da jim bo storil in tega ni storil.
