Jonas 3
1 Et la parole du Seigneur fut adressée une seconde fois à Jonas, disant:
Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,
2 Lève-toi, et va dans Ninive la grande cité, et prêches-y ce que moi je te dis de prêcher.
“Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you [previously].”
3 Et Jonas se leva, et alla à Ninive selon la parole du Seigneur; or Ninive était une grande cité de trois jours de chemin.
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.
4 Jonas commença à entrer dans la cité, à faire le chemin d’un jour; et il cria, et il dit: Encore quarante jours et Ninive sera renversée.
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}!”
5 Les hommes de Ninive crurent en Dieu, et ils publièrent un jeûne, et se revêtirent de cilices, depuis le plus grand jusqu’au plus petit.
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].
6 Et le bruit en parvint au roi de Ninive; et il se leva de son trône, et quitta son vêtement, et se revêtit d’un sac, et s’assit sur la cendre.
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].
7 Et il cria et dit dans Ninive par la bouche du roi et de ses princes, disant: Que les hommes et les animaux, et les bœufs et les troupeaux de menu bétail ne goûtent rien; et qu’ils ne paissent point, et ne boivent point d’eau.
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.
8 Et que les hommes se couvrent de sacs ainsi que les animaux, et qu’ils crient au Seigneur avec force, et que chacun se convertisse de sa voie mauvaise, et de l’iniquité qui est en leurs mains.
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].
9 Qui sait si Dieu ne reviendra pas et ne pardonnera pas; et s’il ne se détournera pas de la fureur de sa colère, et nous ne périrons pas?
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.”
10 Et Dieu vit leurs œuvres, il vit qu’ils étaient convertis de leur voie mauvaise; et Dieu eut pitié d’eux, touchant le mal qu’il avait dit qu’il leur ferait, et il ne le fit pas.
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.
