Jonah 3
1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
| ثُمَّ صَارَ قَوْلُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى يُونَانَ ثَانِيَةً قَائِلًا: | ١ |
2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
| «قُمِ ٱذْهَبْ إِلَى نِينَوَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ، وَنَادِ لَهَا ٱلْمُنَادَاةَ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا مُكَلِّمُكَ بِهَا». | ٢ |
3 This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
| فَقَامَ يُونَانُ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى نِينَوَى بِحَسَبِ قَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ. أَمَّا نِينَوَى فَكَانَتْ مَدِينَةً عَظِيمَةً لِلهِ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ. | ٣ |
4 On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
| فَٱبْتَدَأَ يُونَانُ يَدْخُلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ مَسِيرَةَ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَنَادَى وَقَالَ: «بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا تَنْقَلِبُ نِينَوَى». | ٤ |
5 And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
| فَآمَنَ أَهْلُ نِينَوَى بِٱللهِ وَنَادَوْا بِصَوْمٍ وَلَبِسُوا مُسُوحًا مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إِلَى صَغِيرِهِمْ. | ٥ |
6 When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
| وَبَلَغَ ٱلْأَمْرُ مَلِكَ نِينَوَى، فَقَامَ عَنْ كُرْسِيِّهِ وَخَلَعَ رِدَاءَهُ عَنْهُ، وَتَغَطَّى بِمِسْحٍ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى ٱلرَّمَادِ. | ٦ |
7 Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.
| وَنُودِيَ وَقِيلَ فِي نِينَوَى عَنْ أَمْرِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَعُظَمَائِهِ قَائِلًا: «لَا تَذُقِ ٱلنَّاسُ وَلَا ٱلْبَهَائِمُ وَلَا ٱلْبَقَرُ وَلَا ٱلْغَنَمُ شَيْئًا. لَا تَرْعَ وَلَا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً. | ٧ |
8 Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
| وَلْيَتَغَطَّ بِمُسُوحٍ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْبَهَائِمُ، وَيَصْرُخُوا إِلَى ٱللهِ بِشِدَّةٍ، وَيَرْجِعُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ وَعَنِ ٱلظُّلْمِ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ، | ٨ |
9 Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
| لَعَلَّ ٱللهَ يَعُودُ وَيَنْدَمُ وَيَرْجِعُ عَنْ حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ فَلَا نَهْلِكَ». | ٩ |
10 When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى ٱللهُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ رَجَعُوا عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمِ ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ، نَدِمَ ٱللهُ عَلَى ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ أَنْ يَصْنَعَهُ بِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَصْنَعْهُ. | ١٠ |
