Jonah 3
1 And it came [the] word of Yahweh to Jonah a second [time] saying.
La parole de l’Éternel fut adressée à Jonas une seconde fois, en ces mots:
2 Arise go to Nineveh the city great and call out against it the proclamation which I [am] speaking to you.
Lève-toi, va à Ninive, la grande ville, et proclames-y la publication que je t’ordonne!
3 And he arose Jonah and he went to Nineveh according to [the] word of Yahweh and Nineveh it was a city great to God a journey of three days.
Et Jonas se leva, et alla à Ninive, selon la parole de l’Éternel. Or Ninive était une très grande ville, de trois jours de marche.
4 And he began Jonah to go in the city a journey of a day one and he proclaimed and he said yet forty day[s] and Nineveh [is] about to be overturned.
Jonas fit d’abord dans la ville une journée de marche; il criait et disait: Encore quarante jours, et Ninive est détruite!
5 And they believed [the] people of Nineveh in God and they proclaimed a fast and they wore sackcloth from great their and unto insignificant their.
Les gens de Ninive crurent à Dieu, ils publièrent un jeûne, et se revêtirent de sacs, depuis les plus grands jusqu’aux plus petits.
6 And it reached the word to [the] king of Nineveh and he arose from throne his and he took off cloak his from on him and he covered sackcloth and he sat on ash[es].
La chose parvint au roi de Ninive; il se leva de son trône, ôta son manteau, se couvrit d’un sac, et s’assit sur la cendre.
7 And he had a proclamation made and he said in Nineveh from [the] decree of the king and great [people] his saying the people and the livestock the cattle and the flock[s] may not they taste anything may not they graze and water may not they drink.
Et il fit faire dans Ninive cette publication, par ordre du roi et de ses grands; Que les hommes et les bêtes, les bœufs et les brebis, ne goûtent de rien, ne paissent point, et ne boivent point d’eau!
8 And they may cover themselves sackcloth the people and the livestock and let them call out to God with strength and let them turn back everyone from way his evil and from the violence which [is] in palms their.
Que les hommes et les bêtes soient couverts de sacs, qu’ils crient à Dieu avec force, et qu’ils reviennent tous de leur mauvaise voie et des actes de violence dont leurs mains sont coupables!
9 Who? [is] knowing he will turn and he will relent God and he will turn back from [the] burning of anger his and not we will perish.
Qui sait si Dieu ne reviendra pas et ne se repentira pas, et s’il ne renoncera pas à son ardente colère, en sorte que nous ne périssions point?
10 And he saw God deeds their that they turned back from way their evil and he relented God on the evil which he had said to do to them and not he did [it].
Dieu vit qu’ils agissaient ainsi et qu’ils revenaient de leur mauvaise voie. Alors Dieu se repentit du mal qu’il avait résolu de leur faire, et il ne le fit pas.
