Jonah 3
1 Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,
Då kom Herrens ord til Jonas andre gongen; han sagde:
2 “Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you [previously].”
«Statt upp og gakk til Nineve, den store byen, og ropa ut yver honom dei ordi eg vil tala til deg!»
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 Jona stod upp og gjekk til Nineve, som Herren hadde sagt. Nineve var ein stor by for Gud, tri dagsleider lang.
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 Jona gjekk ei dagslei inn i byen og ropa og sagde: «Um fyrti dagar skal Nineve verta lagd i grus.»
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].
Då trudde ninevitarne på Gud, lyste ut ei fasta og klædde seg i sekk både store og små.
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].
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 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.
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 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 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 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.”
Kven veit? Gud kunde då venda um og angra det, venda um frå den brennande vreide sin, so me ikkje gjeng under.»
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.
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.
