Jonas 3
1 Men HERRENS Ord kom for anden Gang til Jonas saaledes:
The LORD’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2 »Staa op og gaa til Nineve, den store Stad, og udraab over den, hvad jeg tilsiger dig!«
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give 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.
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
4 Da nu Jonas var gaaet den første Dagsrejse ind i Byen, raabte han: »Om fyrretyve Dage skal Nineve styrtes i Grus!«
Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
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; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their 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,
The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself 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;
He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; 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.
but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.
9 Maaske vil Gud da angre og holde sin glødende Vrede tilbage, saa vi ikke omkommer.«
Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, 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.
God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.
