Jonas 3
1 Bondye pale yon dezyèm fwa ankò ak Jonas,
The word of Jehovah came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2 li di l' konsa: -Leve non! Ale lavil Niniv, gwo kapital la. Fè yo konnen mesaj mwen te ba ou pou yo a.
"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I give you."
3 Se konsa, Jonas leve, li ale lavil Niniv jan Seyè a te di l' la. Niniv te yon gwo lavil ki mande twa jou pou mache soti nan yon bout ale nan lòt bout la.
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.
4 Jonas antre nan lavil la. Li fè yon jounen ap mache. Epi li pran pale ak moun yo. Li di yo konsa: -Nan karant jou lavil Niniv pral disparèt.
Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
5 Moun lavil yo te kwè nan mesaj Bondye a. Yo bay lòd pou tout moun, malere kou grannèg, rete san manje, pou yo mete rad sak sou yo pou moutre jan yo nan lapenn pou tout mal yo te fè.
The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6 Nouvèl la rive nan zòrèy wa lavil Niniv la. Li leve sou fotèy li a, li wete bèl rad ki te sou li a, li mete rad sak sou li. Lèfini, li chita atè nan sann dife.
The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 Li voye fè yon piblikasyon nan tout lavil la. Li di konsa: -Men lòd wa a ansanm ak lòt chèf li yo bay: Pesonn pa pou manje anyen. Ni moun, ni bèf, ni mouton, tout pou rete san manje san bwè.
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;
8 Tout moun va gen rad sak sou yo. Tout bèt va nan lapenn. Tout moun va lapriyè Bondye ak tout kè yo. Y'a kite tout move zak ak tout mechanste yo te konn fè nan lavi yo.
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.
9 Nou pa janm konnen, Bondye ka chanje lide. L'a règrèt sa li tapral fè a, li p'ap fache sou nou ankò. Konsa, nou p'ap mouri.
Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?"
10 Bondye wè sa yo t'ap fè a. Li wè yo te soti pou yo chanje lavi yo vre. Se konsa li chanje lide. Li pa pini yo ankò jan li te di li tapral pini yo a.
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 did not do it.
