Jonah 3
1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying:
Y vino palabra del SEÑOR segunda vez a Jonás, diciendo:
2 Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to you.
Levántate, y ve a Nínive, aquella gran ciudad, y predique en ella la predicación que yo te diré.
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.
Y se levantó Jonás, y fue a Nínive, conforme a la palabra del SEÑOR. Y era Nínive ciudad grande a Dios, 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.”
Y comenzó Jonás a entrar por la ciudad, camino de un día, y predicaba diciendo: De aquí a cuarenta días 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.
Y los varones de Nínive creyeron a Dios, y pregonaron ayuno, y se vistieron de cilicio desde el mayor de ellos hasta el menor de ellos.
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.
Y llegó la palabra hasta el rey de Nínive, y se levantó de su silla, y echó de sí su vestido, y se cubrió de cilicio, 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.
E hizo pregonar y anunciar en Nínive, por mandato del rey y de sus grandes, diciendo: Hombres y animales, bueyes y ovejas, no gusten cosa alguna; no se les dé pasto, 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.
y que se cubran de cilicio los hombres y los animales, y clamen a Dios fuertemente; y cada uno se convierta de su mal camino, y de la rapiña que está 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 se convertirá y se arrepentirá Dios, y se convertirá del furor de su ira, y no pereceremos?
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.
Y vio Dios sus obras, porque se convirtieron de su mal camino; y se arrepintió del mal que había dicho que les había de hacer, y no lo hizo.
