約拿書 3
1 上主的話再次傳給約納說：
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
2 「你起身往尼尼微大城去，向他們宣告我曉諭你的事。」
Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of.
3 約納便依從上主的話，起身去了尼尼微。尼尼微在天主前是一座大城，須要三天的行程。
And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey.
4 約納開始進城，行了一天的路程，宣佈說：「還有四十天，尼尼微就要毀滅了。」
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.
5 尼尼微人便信仰了天主，立刻宣佈禁食，從大到小，都身披苦衣。
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.
6 當這傳到尼尼微王那裏，他便起來，離開自己的寶座，脫去長服，披上苦衣，坐在灰土中；
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.
7 然後命令以君王的諭令和其大臣的名義，在尼尼微宣佈說：「人、牲畜、牛羊，都可不可吃什麼；不可牧放，也不可喝水。
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.
8 人和牲畜都應身披苦衣，人要懇切呼求天主，更要轉離自己的邪路，放棄手中的暴行。
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,
9 誰知道天主也許會轉意憐憫，收回自己的烈怒，使我們不致滅亡。」
Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and [so] we shall not perish?
10 天主看到他們所行的事，看到他們離開自己的邪路，遂憐憫他們，不將已宣佈的災禍，降在他們身上。
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.
