Jonas 3
1 Un Tā Kunga vārds notika otru reizi uz Jonu sacīdams:
Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,
2 Celies, ej uz Ninivi, to lielo pilsētu, un sludini pret viņu to sludināšanu, ko Es tev sacīšu.
“Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you [previously].”
3 Tad Jona cēlās un gāja uz Ninivi pēc Tā Kunga vārda. Bet Ninive bija liela Dieva pilsēta treju dienu gājumu.
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 Un Jona sāka pilsētā iet vienas dienas gājumu un sludināja un sacīja: vēl četrdesmit dienas, tad Ninive taps apgāzta.
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 Tad Ninives ļaudis ticēja uz Dievu un izsauca gavēni un apģērbās ar maisiem, gan lieli, gan mazi.
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 Un kad tas vārds Ninives ķēniņa priekšā nāca, tad viņš cēlās no sava goda krēsla un nolika savas ķēniņa drēbes no sevis un apvilka maisu un apsēdās pelnos.
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 Un viņš lika izsaukt un sludināt Ninivē ķēniņa un viņa lielkungu pavēli: lai ne cilvēks, ne lops, ne vērsis, ne avs nekā nebauda, lai neiet ganos un nedzer ūdeni.
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 Bet cilvēki un lopi lai sedzās ar maisiem un Dievu gauži piesauc, un lai tie atgriežas ikviens no sava ļaunā ceļa un no tā varas darba, kas viņu rokās.
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 Varbūt ka Dievs atgriezīsies, un Viņam būs žēl un atkāpsies no Savas dusmības karstuma, ka mēs neejam bojā.
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 Un Dievs redzēja viņu darbus, ka tie atgriezās no sava niknā ceļa, un Dievam palika žēl viss tas ļaunums, ko Viņš bija runājis, tiem darīt, un to nedarīja.
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.
