Jona 3
1 Ary tonga fanindroany tamin’ i Jona ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Mitsangàna, ka mankanesa any Ninive, ilay tanàna lehibe; ary torio aminy ny teny izay lazaiko aminao.
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach 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.
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
4 Ary Jona niantomboka nandeha tao an-tanàna lalana indray andro ka nitory hoe: Rehefa afaka efa-polo andro, dia horavana Ninive.
Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
5 Dia nino an’ Andriamanitra ny mponina tao Ninive ka niantso fifadian-kanina sady nitafy lamba fisaonana hatramin’ ny lehibe ka hatramin’ ny kely.
The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their 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.
The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose 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.
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 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.
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 Fa angamba hiverina ihany Andriamanitra ka hanenina ary hiala amin’ ny fahatezerany mirehitra, mba tsy ho lany ritra isika?
Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might 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.
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 didn’t do it.
