Jonah 3
1 And it came [the] word of Yahweh to Jonah a second [time] saying.
Då kom Herrens ord til Jonas andre gongen; han sagde:
2 Arise go to Nineveh the city great and call out against it the proclamation which I [am] speaking to you.
«Statt upp og gakk til Nineve, den store byen, og ropa ut yver honom dei ordi eg vil tala til deg!»
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.
Og Jona stod upp og gjekk til Nineve, som Herren hadde sagt. Nineve var ein stor by for Gud, tri dagsleider lang.
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.
Og Jona gjekk ei dagslei inn i byen og ropa og sagde: «Um fyrti dagar skal Nineve verta lagd i grus.»
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.
Då trudde ninevitarne på Gud, lyste ut ei fasta og klædde seg i sekk både store og små.
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].
Då saki kom for kongen i Nineve, reiste han seg frå sin kongsstol, lagde kappa av seg og sveipte seg i sekk og sette seg i oska.
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.
Han let ropa ut i Nineve og segja: «Etter bod frå kongen og hans stormenner må korkje menneskje eller dyr, storfe eller småfe, smaka noko, beita eller drikka vatn.
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.
Men dei skal sveipa seg i sekk, menneski med dyri, og ropa til Gud av all kraft og umvenda seg, kvar frå sin vonde veg og frå den urett som er i deira hender.
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.
Kven veit? Gud kunde då venda um og angra det, venda um frå den brennande vreide sin, so me ikkje gjeng under.»
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].
Då no Gud såg det dei gjorde, at dei vende um frå sin vonde veg, angra han det vonde han hadde sagt han vilde gjera mot deim, og han gjorde det ikkje.
