Jonah 3
1 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
Og Herrens ord kom annen gang til Jonas, og det lød så:
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation which I shall speak unto thee.
Stå op, gå til Ninive, den store stad, og rop ut i den de ord som jeg vil tale til dig!
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.
Og Jonas stod op og gikk til Ninive efter Herrens ord. Men Ninive var en stor stad for Gud, tre dagsreiser lang.
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.
Og Jonas gikk en dagsreise inn i byen og ropte: Om firti dager skal Ninive bli omstyrtet.
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.
Da trodde mennene i Ninive på Gud, og de ropte ut en faste og klædde sig i sekk, både store og små.
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.
Da saken kom for Ninives konge, stod han op fra sin trone og la sin kappe av sig og svøpte sekk om sig og satte sig i asken.
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;
Og han lot rope ut i Ninive: Efter kongens og hans stormenns påbud må hverken mennesker eller dyr, storfe eller småfe, smake nogen ting, ikke nyte føde og ikke drikke vann!
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.
Men de skal svøpe sig i sekk, både mennesker og dyr, og de skal rope til Gud med kraft og vende om, hver fra sin onde vei og fra den urett som henger ved deres hender.
9 Who knoweth, but God may turn and bethink himself, and turn away from the fierceness of his anger, that we perish not?
Hvem vet? Gud kunde da vende om og angre det, vende om fra sin brennende vrede, så vi ikke forgår.
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.
Da nu Gud så det de gjorde, at de vendte om fra sin onde vei, angret han det onde han hadde sagt han vilde gjøre mot dem, og han gjorde det ikke.
