Jonáš 3
1 I stalo se slovo Hospodinovo k Jonášovi podruhé, řkoucí:
Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,
2 Vstaň, jdi do Ninive města toho velikého, a kaž proti němu to, což já poroučím tobě.
“Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you [previously].”
3 Tedy vstav Jonáš, šel do Ninive podlé slova Hospodinova. (Bylo pak Ninive město velmi veliké, cesty tří dnů.)
So [this time] Jonah obeyed Yahweh, and he went to Nineveh. That city was so big that a person [had to walk] for three days to completely [go through] it.
4 A jakž počal byl Jonáš jíti po městě cestou dne jednoho a volati, pravě: Po čtyřidcíti dnech Ninive vyvráceno bude,
On the first day [after] Jonah [arrived], he [began walking] through the city. He was proclaiming (OR, At the end of that day he started proclaiming) to the people, “Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed {[God] will destroy Nineveh}!”
5 Tedy uvěřili Ninivitští Bohu, a vyhlásivše půst, oblékli se v žíně, od největšího z nich až do nejmenšího z nich.
The people of Nineveh believed God’s [message]. They [all] decided that everyone should begin (fasting/abstaining from food). So [everyone], including important people and unimportant people, [did that]. They [also] put on coarse cloth, [to show that they were sorry for having sinned].
6 Nebo jakž došla ta řeč krále Ninivitského, vstav s trůnu svého, složil s sebe oděv svůj, a přioděv se žíní, seděl v popele.
The King of Nineveh heard [what the people were doing]. [So] he took off his royal robes, and [he also] put on coarse cloth. He left his palace, and sat down where there were [cold] ashes, [to show that he also was sorry for having sinned].
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.
Then he sent messengers to proclaim to [the people in] Nineveh: “My advisors and I have decreed that no one may eat or drink anything. Do not even allow your animals to eat or drink.
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.
Instead, every person must put on coarse cloth. [Put coarse cloth on] your animals, [too]. Then everyone must pray fervently to God. And everyone must stop doing evil actions/things, and stop acting violently [toward others].
9 Kdo ví, neobrátí-li se a nebude-li želeti toho Bůh; neodvrátí-li se, pravím, od prchlivosti hněvu svého, abychom nezahynuli.
Perhaps, [if everyone does that], God may change his mind and be merciful [to us], and stop being very angry with us, with the result that we will not die.”
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.
When they [all did that], God saw what they were doing, and he saw that they had stopped doing evil things. So [he pitied them, and] he did not get rid of them as he had threatened to do.
