Jonah 3
1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
La Palabra de Yavé vino por segunda vez a Jonás:
2 Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
Levántate y vé a Nínive, la gran ciudad, y proclama en ella el mensaje que Yo te daré.
3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.
Entonces Jonás se levantó y fue a Nínive, conforme a la Palabra de Yavé. Nínive era una ciudad muy grande de tres días de camino.
4 And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.
Jonás entró en la ciudad. Caminó un día y proclamaba: Quedan 40 días y Nínive será destruida.
5 And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.
Los hombres de Nínive creyeron a ʼElohim, proclamaron ayuno y se cubrieron de tela áspera, desde el mayor hasta el menor.
6 And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.
Cuando la noticia llegó al rey de Nínive, éste se levantó de su trono, se despojó de su manto, se cubrió de tela áspera y se sentó sobre ceniza.
7 And he had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or water:
Proclamó y anunció en Nínive, por mandato del rey y de sus grandes: ¡Que hombres y animales, bueyes y ovejas, no coman alguna cosa! ¡Que no se les dé alimento, ni beban agua!
8 And let man and beast be covered with haircloth, and let them make strong prayers to God: and let everyone be turned from his evil way and the violent acts of their hands.
¡Cúbranse de tela áspera tanto hombres como animales! ¡Clamen a ʼElohim fuertemente, y cambien de mente cada uno con respecto a su mal camino y al robo que hay en sus manos!
9 Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?
¿Quién sabe si ʼElohim desistirá y cambiará de parecer, se apartará del furor de su ira y no perezcamos?
10 And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.
ʼElohim vio lo que hicieron, cómo regresaron de su mal camino, y desistió del mal que dijo que les haría, y no lo hizo.
