Jonah 3
1 The LORD’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,
| وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ يُونَانَ ثَانِيَةً: | ١ |
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
| «قُمِ امْضِ إِلَى نِينَوَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَأَعْلِنْ لَهُمُ الرِّسَالَةَ الَّتِي أُبَلِّغُكَ إِيَّاهَا». | ٢ |
3 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
| فَهَبَّ يُونَانُ وَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى نِينَوَى بِمُوجِبِ أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. وَكَانَتْ نِينَوَى مَدِينَةً بَالِغَةَ الْعَظَمَةِ يَسْتَغْرِقُ اجْتِيَازُهَا ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. | ٣ |
4 Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
| فَدَخَلَ يُونَانُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَاجْتَازَ فِيهَا مَسِيرَةَ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَابْتَدَأَ يُنَادِي قَائِلاً: «بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً تَتَدَمَّرُ الْمَدِينَةُ». | ٤ |
5 The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
| فَآمَنَ شَعْبُ نِينَوَى بِالرَّبِّ، وَأَعْلَنُوا الصِّيَامَ وَارْتَدُوا الْمُسُوحَ مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إِلَى صَغِيرِهِم. | ٥ |
6 The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
| ثُمَّ بَلَغَ إِنْذَارُ النَّبِيِّ مَلِكَ نِينَوَى، فَقَامَ عَنْ عَرْشِهِ وَخَلَعَ عَنْهُ حُلَّتَهُ، وَارْتَدَى الْمِسْحَ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى الرَّمَادِ. | ٦ |
7 He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
| وَأَذَاعَ فِي كُلِّ نِينَوَى مَرْسُوماً وَرَدَ فِيهِ: «بِأَمْرٍ مِنَ الْمَلِكِ وَنُبَلائِهِ، يَمْتَنِعُ النَّاسُ عَنِ الأَكْلِ وَالشُّرْبِ، وَكَذَلِكَ الْبَهَائِمُ وَالْغَنَمُ وَالْبَقَرُ، لَا تَرْعَ وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً. | ٧ |
8 but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.
| وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ أَنْ يَرْتَدُوا الْمُسُوحَ، مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَى اللهِ تَائِبِينَ عَنْ طُرُقِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَعَمَّا ارْتَكَبُوهُ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ. | ٨ |
9 Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”
| لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَعْدِلُ عَنِ احْتِدَامِ سَخَطِهِ فَلا نَهْلِكَ». | ٩ |
10 God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى اللهُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ وَتَوْبَتَهُمْ عَنْ طُرُقِهِمِ الآثِمَةِ عَدَلَ عَنِ الْعِقَابِ الَّذِي كَانَ مُزْمِعاً أَنْ يُوْقِعَهُ بِهِمْ وَعَفَا عَنْهُمْ. | ١٠ |
