Jonah 3
1 Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,
Og Herrens Ord kom anden Gang til Jonas saaledes:
2 “Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you [previously].”
Gør dig rede, gak til Ninive, den store Stad, og udraab for den den Prædiken, som jeg paalægger dig.
3 So [this time] Jonah obeyed Yahweh, and he went to Nineveh. That city was so big that a person [had to walk] for three days to completely [go through] it.
Og Jonas gjorde sig rede og gik til Ninive efter Herrens Ord, og Ninive var en stor Stad for Gud, en tre Dages Gang.
4 On the first day [after] Jonah [arrived], he [began walking] through the city. He was proclaiming (OR, At the end of that day he started proclaiming) to the people, “Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed {[God] will destroy Nineveh}!”
Og Jonas begyndte at gaa ind i Staden een Dags Gang, og han raabte og sagde: Der er endnu fyrretyve Dage, saa skal Ninive omstyrtes.
5 The people of Nineveh believed God’s [message]. They [all] decided that everyone should begin (fasting/abstaining from food). So [everyone], including important people and unimportant people, [did that]. They [also] put on coarse cloth, [to show that they were sorry for having sinned].
Da troede Mændene i Ninive paa Gud, og de udraabte en Faste og klædte sig i Sæk, baade store og smaa iblandt dem.
6 The King of Nineveh heard [what the people were doing]. [So] he took off his royal robes, and [he also] put on coarse cloth. He left his palace, and sat down where there were [cold] ashes, [to show that he also was sorry for having sinned].
Der Ordet kom for Kongen af Ninive, da stod han op fra sin Trone og aflagde sin herlige Kappe og bedækkede sig med Sæk og sad i Aske.
7 Then he sent messengers to proclaim to [the people in] Nineveh: “My advisors and I have decreed that no one may eat or drink anything. Do not even allow your animals to eat or drink.
Og han lod udraabe og sige i Ninive: Paa Kongens og hans Stormænds Befaling, som følger: Hverken Menneske eller Dyr, hverken Øksne eller Faar maa smage noget, de maa ikke græsse og ikke drikke Vand.
8 Instead, every person must put on coarse cloth. [Put coarse cloth on] your animals, [too]. Then everyone must pray fervently to God. And everyone must stop doing evil actions/things, and stop acting violently [toward others].
Men de skulle bedækkes med Sæk, baade Mennesker og Dyr, og raabe hart til Gud; og de skulle omvende sig, hver fra sin onde Vej og fra den Uret, som hænger ved deres Hænder.
9 Perhaps, [if everyone does that], God may change his mind and be merciful [to us], and stop being very angry with us, with the result that we will not die.”
Hvo ved? Gud kunde vende om og angre det og vende om fra sin brændende Vrede, at vi ikke forgaa.
10 When they [all did that], God saw what they were doing, and he saw that they had stopped doing evil things. So [he pitied them, and] he did not get rid of them as he had threatened to do.
Og Gud saa deres Gerninger, at de omvendte sig fra deres onde Vej; og Gud angrede det onde, som han havde talt om at ville gøre dem, og han gjorde det ikke.
