< योना 3 >

1 परमप्रभुको वचन योनाकहाँ दोस्रो पटक यसो भनेर आयो,
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying:
2 “उठ्‍, र त्यस ठुलो सहर निनवेमा जा र त्‍यसलाई दिनलाई मैले तँलाई आज्ञा गरेको सन्देश घोषणा गर् ।”
Arise, and go to Ninive the great city: and preach in it the preaching that I bid thee.
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 Jonas arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord: now Ninive 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 Jonas began to enter into the city one day’s journey: and he cried, and said: Yet forty days, and Ninive 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 Ninive believed in God: and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest 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 the word came to the king of Ninive; and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed with sackcloth, and 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 caused it to be proclaimed and published in Ninive from the mouth of the king and of his princes, saying: Let neither men nor beasts, oxen nor sheep, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor 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 cry to the Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one 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 can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall 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 were turned from their evil way: and God had mercy with regard to the evil which he had said that he would do to them, and he did it not.

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