योना 3
1 परमप्रभुको वचन योनाकहाँ दोस्रो पटक यसो भनेर आयो,
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying:
2 “उठ्, र त्यस ठुलो सहर निनवेमा जा र त्यसलाई दिनलाई मैले तँलाई आज्ञा गरेको सन्देश घोषणा गर् ।”
Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to you.
3 यसैले योना उठे र परमप्रभुको वचनमा आज्ञाकारी भएर निनवेमा गए । त्यस बेला निनवे अत्यन्तै ठुलो सहर थियो । त्यहाँ पुग्न तिन दिनको यात्रा गर्नुपर्थ्यो ।
And Jonah rose, and he went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was a great city of three days’ journey.
4 योना सहरभित्र प्रवेश गर्न थाले र एक दिनको यात्रापछि उनले कराए र यसो भने, “अबको चालीस दिनमा निनवे नाश हुनेछ ।”
And Jonah began to enter into the city one day’s journey. And he cried out and said, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed.”
5 निनवेका मानिसहरूले परमेश्वरलाई विश्वास गरे र तिनीहरूले उपवासको घोषणा गरे । तिमध्ये ठुलादेखि लिएर सानासम्म सबैले भाङ्ग्रा लगाए ।
And the men of Nineveh believed in God. And they proclaimed a fast, and they put on sackcloth, from the greatest all the way to the least.
6 त्यो खबर चाँडै नै निनवेका राजाकहाँ पुग्यो । तिनी आफ्ना सिंहासनबाट उठे, आफ्नो वस्त्र उतारे, आफूलाई भाङ्ग्रा ढाके, र खरानीमा बसे ।
And word reached the king of Nineveh. And he rose from his throne, and he threw off his robe from himself and was clothed in sackcloth, and he sat in ashes.
7 तिनले एउटा यस्तो घोषणाको सन्देश पठाए, “निनवेमा, राजा र भारदारहरूको अधिकारले, कुनै मानिस वा गाईबस्तु वा भेडाबाख्राले कुनै कुरा खानेछैनन् । तिनीहरूले खाना नखाऊन्, न पानी पिऊन् ।
And he cried out and spoke: “In Nineveh, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, let it be said: Men and beasts and oxen and sheep may not taste anything. Neither shall they feed or drink water.
8 तर मानिस र पशु दुबैले भाङ्ग्राले ढाकून्, र तिनीहरूले ठुलो सोरले परमेश्वारमा पुकारा गरून् । हरेक व्यक्ति आफ्ना दुष्ट मार्ग र आफ्ना हातले हिंसात्मक कामबाट फर्कून् ।
And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry out to the Lord with strength, and may man be converted from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.
9 कसलाई जान्दछ? परमेश्वर नरम बन्न र आफ्नो मनलाई बद्लन र आफ्नो भयङ्कर क्रोधबाट फर्कन सक्नुहुन्छ, जसले गर्दा हामी नष्ट हुनेछैनौं ।”
Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might not perish?”
10 तिनीहरूले जे गरे त्यो परमेश्वरले देख्नुभयो । यसरी तिनीहरू आफ्ना दुष्ट मार्गहरूबाट फर्के । यसैले परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूलाई दिन्छु भन्नुभएको दण्डको बारेमा उहाँले आफ्नो मन परिवर्तन गर्नुभयो, र उहाँले त्यसो गर्नुभएन ।
And God saw their works, that they had been converted from their evil way. And God took pity on them, concerning the harm that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
