Jonas 3
1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
上主的話再次傳給約納說：
2 Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of.
「你起身往尼尼微大城去，向他們宣告我曉諭你的事。」
3 And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey.
約納便依從上主的話，起身去了尼尼微。尼尼微在天主前是一座大城，須要三天的行程。
4 And Jonas began to enter into the city about a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineve shall be overthrown.
約納開始進城，行了一天的路程，宣佈說：「還有四十天，尼尼微就要毀滅了。」
5 And the men of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
尼尼微人便信仰了天主，立刻宣佈禁食，從大到小，都身披苦衣。
6 And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
當這傳到尼尼微王那裏，他便起來，離開自己的寶座，脫去長服，披上苦衣，坐在灰土中；
7 And proclamation was made, and it was commanded in Nineve by the king an by his great men, saying, Let not men, or cattle, or oxen, or sheep, taste [any thing], nor feed, nor drink water.
然後命令以君王的諭令和其大臣的名義，在尼尼微宣佈說：「人、牲畜、牛羊，都可不可吃什麼；不可牧放，也不可喝水。
8 So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloths, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying,
人和牲畜都應身披苦衣，人要懇切呼求天主，更要轉離自己的邪路，放棄手中的暴行。
9 Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and [so] we shall not perish?
誰知道天主也許會轉意憐憫，收回自己的烈怒，使我們不致滅亡。」
10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did [it] not.
天主看到他們所行的事，看到他們離開自己的邪路，遂憐憫他們，不將已宣佈的災禍，降在他們身上。
