Jonah 3
1 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
परमप्रभुको वचन योनाकहाँ दोस्रो पटक यसो भनेर आयो,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation which I shall speak unto thee.
“उठ्, र त्यस ठुलो सहर निनवेमा जा र त्यसलाई दिनलाई मैले तँलाई आज्ञा गरेको सन्देश घोषणा गर् ।”
3 And Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a great city before God, a three days' journey.
यसैले योना उठे र परमप्रभुको वचनमा आज्ञाकारी भएर निनवेमा गए । त्यस बेला निनवे अत्यन्तै ठुलो सहर थियो । त्यहाँ पुग्न तिन दिनको यात्रा गर्नुपर्थ्यो ।
4 And Jonah began to go through the city one day's journey, and he called out, and said, Yet forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
योना सहरभित्र प्रवेश गर्न थाले र एक दिनको यात्रापछि उनले कराए र यसो भने, “अबको चालीस दिनमा निनवे नाश हुनेछ ।”
5 And the men of Nineveh believed in God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
निनवेका मानिसहरूले परमेश्वरलाई विश्वास गरे र तिनीहरूले उपवासको घोषणा गरे । तिमध्ये ठुलादेखि लिएर सानासम्म सबैले भाङ्ग्रा लगाए ।
6 For when the matter was come unto the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, and put off his mantle from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down on ashes.
त्यो खबर चाँडै नै निनवेका राजाकहाँ पुग्यो । तिनी आफ्ना सिंहासनबाट उठे, आफ्नो वस्त्र उतारे, आफूलाई भाङ्ग्रा ढाके, र खरानीमा बसे ।
7 And he caused to be proclaimed and he published through Nineveh, By the decree of the king and his chief men, it is said, Neither man nor beast, neither herds nor flocks, shall taste any thing; they shall not feed, nor drink water;
तिनले एउटा यस्तो घोषणाको सन्देश पठाए, “निनवेमा, राजा र भारदारहरूको अधिकारले, कुनै मानिस वा गाईबस्तु वा भेडाबाख्राले कुनै कुरा खानेछैनन् । तिनीहरूले खाना नखाऊन्, न पानी पिऊन् ।
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let [men] call unto God with might; and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence which is in their hands.
तर मानिस र पशु दुबैले भाङ्ग्राले ढाकून्, र तिनीहरूले ठुलो सोरले परमेश्वारमा पुकारा गरून् । हरेक व्यक्ति आफ्ना दुष्ट मार्ग र आफ्ना हातले हिंसात्मक कामबाट फर्कून् ।
9 Who knoweth, but God may turn and bethink himself, and turn away from the fierceness of his anger, that we perish not?
कसलाई जान्दछ? परमेश्वर नरम बन्न र आफ्नो मनलाई बद्लन र आफ्नो भयङ्कर क्रोधबाट फर्कन सक्नुहुन्छ, जसले गर्दा हामी नष्ट हुनेछैनौं ।”
10 And God saw their works, that they had turned from their evil way: and God bethought himself of the evil, which he had spoken that he would do unto them, and he did it not.
तिनीहरूले जे गरे त्यो परमेश्वरले देख्नुभयो । यसरी तिनीहरू आफ्ना दुष्ट मार्गहरूबाट फर्के । यसैले परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूलाई दिन्छु भन्नुभएको दण्डको बारेमा उहाँले आफ्नो मन परिवर्तन गर्नुभयो, र उहाँले त्यसो गर्नुभएन ।
