يُونَان 3
| ثُمَّ صَارَ قَوْلُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى يُونَانَ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلًا: | ١ 1 |
The LORD’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,
| «قُمِ ٱذْهَبْ إِلَى نِينَوَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ، وَنَادِ لَهَا ٱلْمُنَادَاةَ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا مُكَلِّمُكَ بِهَا». | ٢ 2 |
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
| فَقَامَ يُونَانُ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى نِينَوَى بِحَسَبِ قَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ. أَمَّا نِينَوَى فَكَانَتْ مَدِينَةً عَظِيمَةً لِلهِ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ. | ٣ 3 |
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
| فَٱبْتَدَأَ يُونَانُ يَدْخُلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ مَسِيرَةَ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَنَادَى وَقَالَ: «بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا تَنْقَلِبُ نِينَوَى». | ٤ 4 |
Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
| فَآمَنَ أَهْلُ نِينَوَى بِٱللهِ وَنَادَوْا بِصَوْمٍ وَلَبِسُوا مُسُوحًا مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إِلَى صَغِيرِهِمْ. | ٥ 5 |
The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
| وَبَلَغَ ٱلْأَمْرُ مَلِكَ نِينَوَى، فَقَامَ عَنْ كُرْسِيِّهِ وَخَلَعَ رِدَاءَهُ عَنْهُ، وَتَغَطَّى بِمِسْحٍ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى ٱلرَّمَادِ. | ٦ 6 |
The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with 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 |
He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not 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 |
but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.
| لَعَلَّ ٱللهَ يَعُودُ وَيَنْدَمُ وَيَرْجِعُ عَنْ حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ فَلَا نَهْلِكَ». | ٩ 9 |
Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى ٱللهُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ رَجَعُوا عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمِ ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ، نَدِمَ ٱللهُ عَلَى ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ أَنْ يَصْنَعَهُ بِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَصْنَعْهُ. | ١٠ 10 |
God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.
