Giona 3
1 E LA parola del Signore fu [indirizzata] a Giona, la seconda volta, dicendo:
Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,
2 Levati, va' in Ninive, la gran città, e predicale la predicazione che io ti dichiaro.
“Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you [previously].”
3 E Giona si levò, e se ne andò in Ninive, secondo la parola del Signore. Or Ninive [era] una grandissima città, di tre giornate di cammino.
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 E Giona cominciò ad andar per la città il cammino d'una giornata, e predicò, e disse: Infra quaranta giorni Ninive sarà sovvertita.
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 E i Niniviti credettero a Dio, e bandirono il digiuno, e si vestirono di sacchi, dal maggiore fino al minor di loro.
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 Anzi, essendo quella parola pervenuta al re di Ninive, egli si levò su dal suo trono, e si tolse d'addosso il suo ammanto, e si coperse di un sacco, e si pose a sedere in su la cenere.
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 E fece andare una grida, e dire in Ninive: Per decreto del re, e de' suoi grandi, vi si fa assapere, che nè uomo, nè bestia, nè minuto, nè grosso bestiame, non assaggi nulla, [e] non pasturi, e non beva acqua;
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 e che si coprano di sacchi gli uomini, e le bestie; e che si gridi di forza a Dio; e che ciascuno si converta dalla sua via malvagia, e dalla violenza ch'è nelle sue mani.
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 Chi sa se Iddio si rivolgerà, e si pentirà, e si storrà dall'ardor della sua ira; sì che noi non periamo?
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 E Iddio vide le loro opere; come si erano convertiti dalla lor via malvagia; ed egli si pentì del male, ch'egli avea detto di far loro, e non [lo] fece.
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.
