Jonah 3
1 Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jonah, the second time, saying:
耶和华的话二次临到约拿说：
2 Arise, get thee unto Nineveh, the great city, —and cry against it the cry that I am bidding thee.
“你起来！往尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民宣告我所吩咐你的话。”
3 So Jonah arose, and went his way unto Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh, —Nineveh, being a city great before God, of three days’ journey.
约拿便照耶和华的话起来，往尼尼微去。这尼尼微是极大的城，有三日的路程。
4 So Jonah began to enter into the city, one day’s journey, —and he cried out and said—Yet forty days, and, Nineveh, is to be overthrown!
约拿进城走了一日，宣告说：“再等四十日，尼尼微必倾覆了！”
5 And the people of Nineveh believed in God, —and proclaimed a fast, and clothed themselves in sackcloth, from the greatest of them, even unto the least of them.
尼尼微人信服 神，便宣告禁食，从最大的到至小的都穿麻衣。
6 And the word reached unto the king of Nineveh, so he arose from his throne, and laid aside his robe from off him, —and covered him with sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
这信息传到尼尼微王的耳中，他就下了宝座，脱下朝服，披上麻布，坐在灰中。
7 And he caused an outcry to be made—and said—throughout Nineveh, By decree of the king and of his great men, Be it known: —Man and beast, herd and flock, Let them taste, nothing, let them not feed, and, water, let them not drink:
他又使人遍告尼尼微通城，说：“王和大臣有令，人不可尝什么，牲畜、牛羊不可吃草，也不可喝水。
8 Let both man and beast, cover themselves with sackcloth, and let them cry unto God, mightily, —Yea let them turn, every man from his wicked way, and from the violence which is in their hands:
人与牲畜都当披上麻布；人要切切求告 神。各人回头离开所行的恶道，丢弃手中的强暴。
9 Who knoweth whether God himself—may turn and grieve, —and turn away from the glow of his anger, that we perish not?
或者 神转意后悔，不发烈怒，使我们不致灭亡，也未可知。”
10 And God saw their doings, that they turned from their wicked way, —and God was grieved over the calamity which he had spoken of executing upon them, and executed it not.
于是 神察看他们的行为，见他们离开恶道，他就后悔，不把所说的灾祸降与他们了。
