يُونان 3
| وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ يُونَانَ ثَانِيَةً: | ١ 1 |
Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
| «قُمِ امْضِ إِلَى نِينَوَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَأَعْلِنْ لَهُمُ الرِّسَالَةَ الَّتِي أُبَلِّغُكَ إِيَّاهَا». | ٢ 2 |
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
| فَهَبَّ يُونَانُ وَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى نِينَوَى بِمُوجِبِ أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. وَكَانَتْ نِينَوَى مَدِينَةً بَالِغَةَ الْعَظَمَةِ يَسْتَغْرِقُ اجْتِيَازُهَا ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. | ٣ 3 |
This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
| فَدَخَلَ يُونَانُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَاجْتَازَ فِيهَا مَسِيرَةَ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَابْتَدَأَ يُنَادِي قَائِلاً: «بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً تَتَدَمَّرُ الْمَدِينَةُ». | ٤ 4 |
On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
| فَآمَنَ شَعْبُ نِينَوَى بِالرَّبِّ، وَأَعْلَنُوا الصِّيَامَ وَارْتَدُوا الْمُسُوحَ مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إِلَى صَغِيرِهِم. | ٥ 5 |
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
| ثُمَّ بَلَغَ إِنْذَارُ النَّبِيِّ مَلِكَ نِينَوَى، فَقَامَ عَنْ عَرْشِهِ وَخَلَعَ عَنْهُ حُلَّتَهُ، وَارْتَدَى الْمِسْحَ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى الرَّمَادِ. | ٦ 6 |
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
| وَأَذَاعَ فِي كُلِّ نِينَوَى مَرْسُوماً وَرَدَ فِيهِ: «بِأَمْرٍ مِنَ الْمَلِكِ وَنُبَلائِهِ، يَمْتَنِعُ النَّاسُ عَنِ الأَكْلِ وَالشُّرْبِ، وَكَذَلِكَ الْبَهَائِمُ وَالْغَنَمُ وَالْبَقَرُ، لَا تَرْعَ وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً. | ٧ 7 |
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.
| وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ أَنْ يَرْتَدُوا الْمُسُوحَ، مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَى اللهِ تَائِبِينَ عَنْ طُرُقِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَعَمَّا ارْتَكَبُوهُ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ. | ٨ 8 |
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
| لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَعْدِلُ عَنِ احْتِدَامِ سَخَطِهِ فَلا نَهْلِكَ». | ٩ 9 |
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى اللهُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ وَتَوْبَتَهُمْ عَنْ طُرُقِهِمِ الآثِمَةِ عَدَلَ عَنِ الْعِقَابِ الَّذِي كَانَ مُزْمِعاً أَنْ يُوْقِعَهُ بِهِمْ وَعَفَا عَنْهُمْ. | ١٠ 10 |
When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
