Jonáš 3
1 I stalo se slovo Hospodinovo k Jonášovi podruhé, řkoucí:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
2 Vstaň, jdi do Ninive města toho velikého, a kaž proti němu to, což já poroučím tobě.
Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of.
3 Tedy vstav Jonáš, šel do Ninive podlé slova Hospodinova. (Bylo pak Ninive město velmi veliké, cesty tří dnů.)
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 A jakž počal byl Jonáš jíti po městě cestou dne jednoho a volati, pravě: Po čtyřidcíti dnech Ninive vyvráceno bude,
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 Tedy uvěřili Ninivitští Bohu, a vyhlásivše půst, oblékli se v žíně, od největšího z nich až do nejmenšího z nich.
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 Nebo jakž došla ta řeč krále Ninivitského, vstav s trůnu svého, složil s sebe oděv svůj, a přioděv se žíní, seděl v popele.
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 A dal provolati a oznámiti v Ninive z usouzení královského i knížat svých, takto řka: Lidé i hovada, volové i ovce, neokoušejte ničeho, nepaste se, ani vody nepíte.
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 Ale přiodějte se žíněmi lidé i hovada, a volejte k Bohu horlivě, a odvrať se jeden každý od cesty své zlé, i loupeže, kteráž jest v rukou jeho.
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 Kdo ví, neobrátí-li se a nebude-li želeti toho Bůh; neodvrátí-li se, pravím, od prchlivosti hněvu svého, abychom nezahynuli.
Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and [so] we shall not perish?
10 I viděl Bůh skutky jejich, že se odvrátili od cesty své zlé, a lítost měl Bůh nad tím zlým, kteréž řekl učiniti jim. A neučinil.
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.
