Jonas 3
1 Et la parole de l’Éternel [vint] à Jonas une seconde fois, disant:
And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Lève-toi, va à Ninive, la grande ville, et crie-lui selon le cri que je te dirai.
Arise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation which I shall speak unto thee.
3 Et Jonas se leva et s’en alla à Ninive, selon la parole de l’Éternel. Or Ninive était une fort grande ville, de trois journées de chemin.
And Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a great city before God, a three days' journey.
4 Et Jonas commença à entrer dans la ville, le chemin d’un jour; et il cria et dit: Encore 40 jours, et Ninive sera renversée.
And Jonah began to go through the city one day's journey, and he called out, and said, Yet forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5 Et les hommes de Ninive crurent Dieu, et proclamèrent un jeûne, et se vêtirent de sacs, depuis les plus grands d’entre eux jusqu’aux plus petits.
And the men of Nineveh believed in God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
6 Car la parole parvint au roi de Ninive, et il se leva de son trône, et ôta de dessus lui son manteau, et se couvrit d’un sac et s’assit sur la cendre.
For when the matter was come unto the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, and put off his mantle from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down on ashes.
7 Et il fit crier et dire dans Ninive, par un édit du roi et de ses grands, disant: Que les hommes, et les bêtes, le gros et le menu bétail, ne goûtent de rien; qu’ils ne paissent pas et ne boivent pas d’eau;
And he caused to be proclaimed and he published through Nineveh, By the decree of the king and his chief men, it is said, Neither man nor beast, neither herds nor flocks, shall taste any thing; they shall not feed, nor drink water;
8 et que les hommes et les bêtes soient recouverts de sacs. Et qu’ils crient à Dieu avec force; et qu’ils reviennent, chacun, de leur mauvaise voie et de la violence qui est en leurs mains.
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let [men] call unto God with might; and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence which is in their hands.
9 Qui sait? Dieu reviendra et se repentira, et reviendra de l’ardeur de sa colère, et nous ne périrons pas.
Who knoweth, but God may turn and bethink himself, and turn away from the fierceness of his anger, that we perish not?
10 Et Dieu vit leurs œuvres, qu’ils revenaient de leur mauvaise voie; et Dieu se repentit du mal qu’il avait parlé de leur faire, et il ne le fit pas.
And God saw their works, that they had turned from their evil way: and God bethought himself of the evil, which he had spoken that he would do unto them, and he did it not.
