Jonah 3
1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying:
И дође реч Господња Јони други пут говорећи:
2 'Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and make unto it the proclamation that I bid thee.'
Устани, и иди у Ниневију град велики, и проповедај му оно што ти ја кажем.
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.
И устав Јона отиде у Ниневију по речи Господњој; а Ниневија беше град врло велик, три дана хода.
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said: 'Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.'
И Јона поче ићи по граду један дан хода, и проповеда и рече: Јоште четрдесет дана, па ће Ниневија пропасти.
5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
И Ниневљани повероваше Богу, и огласише пост, и обукоше се у кострет од највећег до најмањег.
6 And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Јер кад дође та реч до цара ниневијског, он уста са свог престола, и скиде са себе своје одело, и обуче се у кострет и седе у пепео.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying: 'Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing; let them not feed, nor drink water;
И прогласи се и каза се по Ниневији по заповести царевој и кнезова његових говорећи: Људи и стока, говеда и овце да не окусе ништа, ни да пасу ни да пију воде.
8 but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Него и људи и стока да се покрију кострећу, и да призивају Бога јако, и да се врати сваки са свог злог пута и од неправде која му је у руку.
9 Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?'
Ко зна, еда се поврати и раскаје Бог и поврати се од љутог гнева свог, те не изгинемо.
10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, which He said He would do unto them; and He did it not.
И Бог виде дела њихова, где се вратише са злог пута свог; и раскаја се Бог ода зла које рече да им учини, и не учини.
