Jonas 3
1 Men HERRENS Ord kom for anden Gang til Jonas saaledes:
Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,
2 »Staa op og gaa til Nineve, den store Stad, og udraab over den, hvad jeg tilsiger dig!«
“Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you [previously].”
3 Saa stod Jonas op og gik til Nineve efter HERRENS Ord. Men Nineve var selv for Gud en stor By, tre Dagsrejser stor.
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 Da nu Jonas var gaaet den første Dagsrejse ind i Byen, raabte han: »Om fyrretyve Dage skal Nineve styrtes i Grus!«
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 Da troede Folkene i Nineve paa Gud, og de udraabte en Faste og klædte sig i Sæk, baade store og smaa;
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 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,
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 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;
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 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.
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 Maaske vil Gud da angre og holde sin glødende Vrede tilbage, saa vi ikke omkommer.«
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 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.
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.
