Jona 3
1 Ary tonga fanindroany tamin’ i Jona ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
2 Mitsangàna, ka mankanesa any Ninive, ilay tanàna lehibe; ary torio aminy ny teny izay lazaiko aminao.
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
3 Dia nitsangana Jona ka nankany Ninive araka ny tenin’ i Jehovah. Ary Ninive dia tanàna lehibe teo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra, dia lalana hateloana.
This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
4 Ary Jona niantomboka nandeha tao an-tanàna lalana indray andro ka nitory hoe: Rehefa afaka efa-polo andro, dia horavana Ninive.
On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
5 Dia nino an’ Andriamanitra ny mponina tao Ninive ka niantso fifadian-kanina sady nitafy lamba fisaonana hatramin’ ny lehibe ka hatramin’ ny kely.
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
6 Ary nony efa ren’ ny mpanjakan’ i Ninive izany, dia nitsangana niala tamin’ ny seza fiandrianany izy, ka nanaisotra ny akanjom-boninahiny, dia nisarona lamba fisaonana sady nipetraka tamin’ ny lavenona.
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 Ary nasaina nantsoina sy nambara eran’ i Ninive araka ny didin’ ny mpanjaka sy ny mpanapaka hoe: Aza avela hisy hanendry hanina akory, na olona, na biby fiompy; dia ny ondry aman’ osy sy ny omby; eny, aza avela hisy hihinana na hisotro rano akory ireo.
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.
8 Fa aoka samy hisarona lamba fisaonana ny olona sy ny biby fiompy, ary aoka hitaraina mafy amin’ Andriamanitra izy, ary aoka samy hahafoy ny lalany ratsy sy ny fandozana eny an-tanany avy izy rehetra.
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
9 Fa angamba hiverina ihany Andriamanitra ka hanenina ary hiala amin’ ny fahatezerany mirehitra, mba tsy ho lany ritra isika?
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
10 Ary rehefa hitan’ Andriamanitra ny nataon’ ireo ny amin’ ny nialany tamin’ ny lalan-dratsiny, dia nanenina Izy ny amin’ ny loza izay nolazainy hamelezany azy, ka tsy nataony izany.
When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
