Jona 3
1 Niheo am’ Ionà fañindroe’e ty tsara’ Iehovà, nanao ty hoe:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
2 Miavota mb’e Ninevè, i rova jabajabay mb’eo, vaho tseizo ama’e ty saontsy hatoroko azo.
Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of.
3 Aa le niongake t’Ionà, nañavelo mb’e Ninevè mb’eo ty amy tsara’ Iehovày. Rova jabajaba ty Ninevè kanao lia telo andro te rangàeñe.
And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey.
4 Namototse naneñateña i rovay t’Ionà lia andro raike vaho nikoike ty hoe: Ie heneke ty efa-polo andro le ho rotsake t’i Ninevè.
And Jonas began to enter into the city about a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineve shall be overthrown.
5 Aa le niantok’ an’ Andrianañahare ondati’ i Ninevèo, le nitsey lilitse vaho nisikin-gony, ty loho bey pak’ an-tsitso’e.
And the men of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
6 Niheo amy mpanjaka’ i Ninevèy i tsaray, le niongake amy fiambesa’ey naho nahifi’e añe ty sarimbo’e naho nisaron-gony vaho nipisetse an-davenok’ ao.
And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
7 Nampitsitsife’e tsey ty Nineve ami’ty hoe: Ami’ty fandilia’ i mpanjakay naho o roandria’eo: Ehe ko apoke hitsopeke ndra inoñ’ inoñe ze ondaty ndra hare, ze mpirai-troke ndra lia-raike; ko meañe hihinañe ndra hinon-drano,
And proclamation was made, and it was commanded in Nineve by the king an by his great men, saying, Let not men, or cattle, or oxen, or sheep, taste [any thing], nor feed, nor drink water.
8 le ampisaroñan-gony ondatio naho o hareo, sindre hipoña-toreo aman’ Añahare; songa hitolik’ amo sata rati’eo naho amo halò-tsere’e am-pità’eo.
So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloths, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying,
9 Ia ty hahafohiñe he hitolike t’i Andrianañahare naho hiheve, hiamboho amy haviñera’e miforoforoy, tsy hihomahan-tika?
Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and [so] we shall not perish?
10 Aa naho nahavazoho o fitoloña’ iareoo t’i Andrianañahare, t’ie niamboho amo sata rati’eo, le napo’e i hankàñe nitsarae’e ho nanoe’e am’ iereoy, vaho tsy nanoe’e.
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did [it] not.
