Jonas 3
1 Men HERRENS Ord kom for anden Gang til Jonas saaledes:
And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah a second time, saying,
2 »Staa op og gaa til Nineve, den store Stad, og udraab over den, hvad jeg tilsiger dig!«
'Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation that I am speaking unto 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 Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days.
4 Da nu Jonas var gaaet den første Dagsrejse ind i Byen, raabte han: »Om fyrretyve Dage skal Nineve styrtes i Grus!«
And Jonah beginneth to go in to the city a journey of one day, and proclaimeth, and saith, 'Yet forty days — and Nineveh is overturned.'
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 believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto 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,
seeing the word doth come unto the king of Nineveh, and he riseth from his throne, and removeth his honourable robe from off him, and spreadeth out sackcloth, and sitteth on the 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 crieth and saith in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, 'Man and beast, herd and flock — let them not taste anything, let them not feed, even water let them not 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.
and cover themselves [with] sackcloth let man and beast, and let them call unto God mightily, and let them turn back each from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands.
9 Maaske vil Gud da angre og holde sin glødende Vrede tilbage, saa vi ikke omkommer.«
Who knoweth? He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do 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 seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done [it].
