Jonas 3
1 Et la parole de l’Éternel [vint] à Jonas une seconde fois, disant:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
2 Lève-toi, va à Ninive, la grande ville, et crie-lui selon le cri que je te dirai.
Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
3 Et Jonas se leva et s’en alla à Ninive, selon la parole de l’Éternel. Or Ninive était une fort grande ville, de trois journées de chemin.
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.
4 Et Jonas commença à entrer dans la ville, le chemin d’un jour; et il cria et dit: Encore 40 jours, et Ninive sera renversée.
And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.
5 Et les hommes de Ninive crurent Dieu, et proclamèrent un jeûne, et se vêtirent de sacs, depuis les plus grands d’entre eux jusqu’aux plus petits.
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.
6 Car la parole parvint au roi de Ninive, et il se leva de son trône, et ôta de dessus lui son manteau, et se couvrit d’un sac et s’assit sur la cendre.
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.
7 Et il fit crier et dire dans Ninive, par un édit du roi et de ses grands, disant: Que les hommes, et les bêtes, le gros et le menu bétail, ne goûtent de rien; qu’ils ne paissent pas et ne boivent pas d’eau;
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:
8 et que les hommes et les bêtes soient recouverts de sacs. Et qu’ils crient à Dieu avec force; et qu’ils reviennent, chacun, de leur mauvaise voie et de la violence qui est en leurs mains.
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.
9 Qui sait? Dieu reviendra et se repentira, et reviendra de l’ardeur de sa colère, et nous ne périrons pas.
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?
10 Et Dieu vit leurs œuvres, qu’ils revenaient de leur mauvaise voie; et Dieu se repentit du mal qu’il avait parlé de leur faire, et il ne le fit pas.
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.
