Jonas 3
1 Men HERRENS Ord kom for anden Gang til Jonas saaledes:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying:
2 »Staa op og gaa til Nineve, den store Stad, og udraab over den, hvad jeg tilsiger dig!«
Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to you.
3 Saa stod Jonas op og gik til Nineve efter HERRENS Ord. Men Nineve var selv for Gud en stor By, tre Dagsrejser stor.
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 Da nu Jonas var gaaet den første Dagsrejse ind i Byen, raabte han: »Om fyrretyve Dage skal Nineve styrtes i Grus!«
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 Folkene i Nineve paa Gud, og de udraabte en Faste og klædte sig i Sæk, baade store og smaa;
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 og da Sagen kom Nineves Konge for Øre, stod han op fra sin Trone, tog Kappen af, klædte sig i Sæk og satte sig i Støvet,
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 i Nineve: »Kongen og hans Stormænd gør vitterligt: Hverken Folk eller Fæ, Hornkvæg eller Smaakvæg, maa nyde noget, græsse eller 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 Folk og Fæ skal klædes i Sæk og opløfte et vældigt Skrig til Gud og omvende sig, hver fra sin onde Vej og 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 Maaske vil Gud da angre og holde sin glødende Vrede tilbage, saa vi ikke omkommer.«
Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might not perish?”
10 Da Gud saa, hvad de gjorde, hvorledes de omvendte sig fra deres onde Vej, angrede han den Ulykke, han havde truet med at føre over dem, og gjorde ikke Alvor deraf.
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.
