Jonah 3
1 And it came [the] word of Yahweh to Jonah a second [time] saying.
E la parola dell’Eterno fu rivolta a Giona per la seconda volta, in questi termini:
2 Arise go to Nineveh the city great and call out against it the proclamation which I [am] speaking to you.
“Lèvati, va’ a Ninive, la gran città e proclamale quello che io ti comando”.
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.
E Giona si levò, e andò a Ninive, secondo la parola dell’Eterno. Or Ninive era una grande città dinanzi a Dio, di tre giornate di cammino.
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.
E Giona cominciò a inoltrarsi nella città per il cammino di una giornata, e predicava e diceva: “Ancora quaranta giorni, e Ninive sarà distrutta!”
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.
E i Niniviti credettero a Dio, bandirono un digiuno, e si vestirono di sacchi, dai più grandi ai più piccoli.
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].
Ed essendo la notizia giunta al re di Ninive, questi s’alzò dal trono, si tolse di dosso il manto, si coprì d’un sacco, e si mise a sedere sulla cenere.
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.
E per decreto del re e dei suoi grandi, fu pubblicato in Ninive un bando di questo tenore: “Uomini e bestie, armenti e greggi, non assaggino nulla; non si pascano e non bevano acqua;
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.
uomini e bestie si coprano di sacchi e gridino con forza a Dio; e ognuno si converta dalla sua via malvagia, e dalla violenza perpetrata dalle sue mani.
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.
Chi sa che Dio non si volga, non si penta, e non acqueti l’ardente sua ira, sì che noi non periamo”.
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].
E Dio vide quel che facevano, vide che si convertivano dalla loro via malvagia, e si pentì del male che avea parlato di far loro: e non lo fece.
