Jonas 3
1 La parole de Yahweh fut adressée une seconde fois à Jonas, en ces termes:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
2 " Lève-toi, va à Ninive, la grande ville, et prêche-lui la prédication que je te dirai. "
Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
3 Et Jonas se leva et alla à Ninive, selon la parole de Yahweh. Or Ninive était une ville grande devant Dieu, de trois journées de marche.
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.
4 Jonas commença à pénétrer dans la ville la marche d'une journée; et il prêcha et dit: " Encore quarante jours et Ninive sera détruite!... "
And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.
5 Les gens de Ninive crurent en Dieu; ils publièrent un jeûne et se revêtirent de sacs, depuis le plus grand jusqu'au plus petit.
And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.
6 La chose étant parvenue au roi de Ninive, il se leva de son trône, ôta son manteau, se couvrit d'un sac et s'assît sur la cendre.
And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.
7 Et on cria dans Ninive et on dit, par décret du roi et de ses grands, ces paroles: " Que ni hommes ni bêtes, bœufs et brebis, ne goûtent rien, ne paissent point et ne boivent point d'eau;
And he had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or water:
8 qu'ils se couvrent de sacs, hommes et bêtes, qu'ils crient à Dieu avec force, et qu'ils se détournent chacun de sa mauvaise voie et des actions de violence que commettent ses mains!
And let man and beast be covered with haircloth, and let them make strong prayers to God: and let everyone be turned from his evil way and the violent acts of their hands.
9 Qui sait si Dieu ne viendra pas à se repentir, et s'il ne reviendra pas de l'ardeur de sa colère, en sorte que nous ne périssions point? "
Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?
10 Dieu vit ce qu'ils faisaient, comment ils se détournaient de leur mauvaise voie; et Dieu se repentit du mal qu'il avait annoncé qu'il leur ferait; et il ne le fit pas.
And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.
