Jonas 3
1 Og Herrens Ord kom anden Gang til Jonas saaledes:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying:
2 Gør dig rede, gak til Ninive, den store Stad, og udraab for den den Prædiken, som jeg paalægger dig.
Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to you.
3 Og Jonas gjorde sig rede og gik til Ninive efter Herrens Ord, og Ninive var en stor Stad for Gud, en tre Dages Gang.
And Jonah rose, and he went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was a great city of three days’ journey.
4 Og Jonas begyndte at gaa ind i Staden een Dags Gang, og han raabte og sagde: Der er endnu fyrretyve Dage, saa skal Ninive omstyrtes.
And Jonah began to enter into the city one day’s journey. And he cried out and said, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed.”
5 Da troede Mændene i Ninive paa Gud, og de udraabte en Faste og klædte sig i Sæk, baade store og smaa iblandt dem.
And the men of Nineveh believed in God. And they proclaimed a fast, and they put on sackcloth, from the greatest all the way to the least.
6 Der Ordet kom for Kongen af Ninive, da stod han op fra sin Trone og aflagde sin herlige Kappe og bedækkede sig med Sæk og sad i Aske.
And word reached the king of Nineveh. And he rose from his throne, and he threw off his robe from himself and was clothed in sackcloth, and he sat in ashes.
7 Og han lod udraabe og sige i Ninive: Paa Kongens og hans Stormænds Befaling, som følger: Hverken Menneske eller Dyr, hverken Øksne eller Faar maa smage noget, de maa ikke græsse og ikke drikke Vand.
And he cried out and spoke: “In Nineveh, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, let it be said: Men and beasts and oxen and sheep may not taste anything. Neither shall they feed or drink water.
8 Men de skulle bedækkes med Sæk, baade Mennesker og Dyr, og raabe hart til Gud; og de skulle omvende sig, hver fra sin onde Vej og fra den Uret, som hænger ved deres Hænder.
And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry out to the Lord with strength, and may man be converted from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.
9 Hvo ved? Gud kunde vende om og angre det og vende om fra sin brændende Vrede, at vi ikke forgaa.
Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might not perish?”
10 Og Gud saa deres Gerninger, at de omvendte sig fra deres onde Vej; og Gud angrede det onde, som han havde talt om at ville gøre dem, og han gjorde det ikke.
And God saw their works, that they had been converted from their evil way. And God took pity on them, concerning the harm that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
