Jonas 3
1 Men HERRENS Ord kom for anden Gang til Jonas saaledes:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying:
2 »Staa op og gaa til Nineve, den store Stad, og udraab over den, hvad jeg tilsiger dig!«
Arise, and go to Ninive the great city: and preach in it the preaching that I bid thee.
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 Jonas arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord: now Ninive 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 Jonas began to enter into the city one day’s journey: and he cried, and said: Yet forty days, and Ninive 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 Ninive believed in God: and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest 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 the word came to the king of Ninive; and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed with sackcloth, and 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 caused it to be proclaimed and published in Ninive from the mouth of the king and of his princes, saying: Let neither men nor beasts, oxen nor sheep, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor 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 cry to the Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one 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 can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall 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 were turned from their evil way: and God had mercy with regard to the evil which he had said that he would do to them, and he did it not.
