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 Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to you.
Levántate y vé a Nínive, la gran ciudad, y proclama en ella el mensaje que Yo te daré.
3 And Jonah rose, and he went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was a great city of three days’ journey.
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 began to enter into the city one day’s journey. And he cried out and said, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed.”
Jonás entró en la ciudad. Caminó un día y proclamaba: Quedan 40 días y Nínive será destruida.
5 And the men of Nineveh believed in God. And they proclaimed a fast, and they put on sackcloth, from the greatest all the way 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 word reached the king of Nineveh. And he rose from his throne, and he threw off his robe from himself and was clothed in sackcloth, and he sat in ashes.
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 cried out and spoke: “In Nineveh, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, let it be said: Men and beasts and oxen and sheep may not taste anything. Neither shall they feed or drink 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 men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry out to the Lord with strength, and may man be converted from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in 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 knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might not perish?”
¿Quién sabe si ʼElohim desistirá y cambiará de parecer, se apartará del furor de su ira y no perezcamos?
10 And God saw their works, that they had been converted from their evil way. And God took pity on them, concerning the harm that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
ʼElohim vio lo que hicieron, cómo regresaron de su mal camino, y desistió del mal que dijo que les haría, y no lo hizo.
