< Jonah 3 >

1 And the worde of the Lord came vnto Ionah the seconde time, saying,
وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ يُونَانَ ثَانِيَةً:١
2 Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, and preach vnto it the preaching, which I bid thee.
«قُمِ امْضِ إِلَى نِينَوَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَأَعْلِنْ لَهُمُ الرِّسَالَةَ الَّتِي أُبَلِّغُكَ إِيَّاهَا».٢
3 So Ionah arose and went to Nineueh according to ye word of the Lord: now Nineueh was a great and excellent citie of three dayes iourney.
فَهَبَّ يُونَانُ وَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى نِينَوَى بِمُوجِبِ أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. وَكَانَتْ نِينَوَى مَدِينَةً بَالِغَةَ الْعَظَمَةِ يَسْتَغْرِقُ اجْتِيَازُهَا ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ.٣
4 And Ionah began to enter into the citie a dayes iourney, and he cryed, and said, Yet fourtie dayes, and Nineueh shalbe ouerthrowen.
فَدَخَلَ يُونَانُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَاجْتَازَ فِيهَا مَسِيرَةَ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَابْتَدَأَ يُنَادِي قَائِلاً: «بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً تَتَدَمَّرُ الْمَدِينَةُ».٤
5 So the people of Nineueh beleeued God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from ye greatest of the euen to the least of them.
فَآمَنَ شَعْبُ نِينَوَى بِالرَّبِّ، وَأَعْلَنُوا الصِّيَامَ وَارْتَدُوا الْمُسُوحَ مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إِلَى صَغِيرِهِم.٥
6 For worde came vnto the King of Nineueh, and he rose from his throne, and he layed his robe from him, and couered him with sackecloth, and sate in ashes.
ثُمَّ بَلَغَ إِنْذَارُ النَّبِيِّ مَلِكَ نِينَوَى، فَقَامَ عَنْ عَرْشِهِ وَخَلَعَ عَنْهُ حُلَّتَهُ، وَارْتَدَى الْمِسْحَ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى الرَّمَادِ.٦
7 And he proclaimed and said through Nineueh, (by the counsell of ye king and his nobles) saying, Let neither man, nor beast, bullock nor sheep taste any thing, neither feed nor drinke water.
وَأَذَاعَ فِي كُلِّ نِينَوَى مَرْسُوماً وَرَدَ فِيهِ: «بِأَمْرٍ مِنَ الْمَلِكِ وَنُبَلائِهِ، يَمْتَنِعُ النَّاسُ عَنِ الأَكْلِ وَالشُّرْبِ، وَكَذَلِكَ الْبَهَائِمُ وَالْغَنَمُ وَالْبَقَرُ، لَا تَرْعَ وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً.٧
8 But let man and beast put on sackecloth, and crie mightily vnto God: yea, let euery man turne from his euill way, and from the wickednesse that is in their handes.
وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ أَنْ يَرْتَدُوا الْمُسُوحَ، مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَى اللهِ تَائِبِينَ عَنْ طُرُقِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَعَمَّا ارْتَكَبُوهُ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ.٨
9 Who can tell if God will turne, and repent and turne away from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?
لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَعْدِلُ عَنِ احْتِدَامِ سَخَطِهِ فَلا نَهْلِكَ».٩
10 And God sawe their workes that they turned from their euill wayes: and God repented of the euill that he had said that he woulde doe vnto them, and he did it not.
فَلَمَّا رَأَى اللهُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ وَتَوْبَتَهُمْ عَنْ طُرُقِهِمِ الآثِمَةِ عَدَلَ عَنِ الْعِقَابِ الَّذِي كَانَ مُزْمِعاً أَنْ يُوْقِعَهُ بِهِمْ وَعَفَا عَنْهُمْ.١٠

< Jonah 3 >