योना 3
1 परमप्रभुको वचन योनाकहाँ दोस्रो पटक यसो भनेर आयो,
Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,
2 “उठ्, र त्यस ठुलो सहर निनवेमा जा र त्यसलाई दिनलाई मैले तँलाई आज्ञा गरेको सन्देश घोषणा गर् ।”
“Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you [previously].”
3 यसैले योना उठे र परमप्रभुको वचनमा आज्ञाकारी भएर निनवेमा गए । त्यस बेला निनवे अत्यन्तै ठुलो सहर थियो । त्यहाँ पुग्न तिन दिनको यात्रा गर्नुपर्थ्यो ।
So [this time] Jonah obeyed Yahweh, and he went to Nineveh. That city was so big that a person [had to walk] for three days to completely [go through] it.
4 योना सहरभित्र प्रवेश गर्न थाले र एक दिनको यात्रापछि उनले कराए र यसो भने, “अबको चालीस दिनमा निनवे नाश हुनेछ ।”
On the first day [after] Jonah [arrived], he [began walking] through the city. He was proclaiming (OR, At the end of that day he started proclaiming) to the people, “Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed {[God] will destroy Nineveh}!”
5 निनवेका मानिसहरूले परमेश्वरलाई विश्वास गरे र तिनीहरूले उपवासको घोषणा गरे । तिमध्ये ठुलादेखि लिएर सानासम्म सबैले भाङ्ग्रा लगाए ।
The people of Nineveh believed God’s [message]. They [all] decided that everyone should begin (fasting/abstaining from food). So [everyone], including important people and unimportant people, [did that]. They [also] put on coarse cloth, [to show that they were sorry for having sinned].
6 त्यो खबर चाँडै नै निनवेका राजाकहाँ पुग्यो । तिनी आफ्ना सिंहासनबाट उठे, आफ्नो वस्त्र उतारे, आफूलाई भाङ्ग्रा ढाके, र खरानीमा बसे ।
The King of Nineveh heard [what the people were doing]. [So] he took off his royal robes, and [he also] put on coarse cloth. He left his palace, and sat down where there were [cold] ashes, [to show that he also was sorry for having sinned].
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 ।
Then he sent messengers to proclaim to [the people in] Nineveh: “My advisors and I have decreed that no one may eat or drink anything. Do not even allow your animals to eat or drink.
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 ।
Instead, every person must put on coarse cloth. [Put coarse cloth on] your animals, [too]. Then everyone must pray fervently to God. And everyone must stop doing evil actions/things, and stop acting violently [toward others].
9 कसलाई जान्दछ? परमेश्वर नरम बन्न र आफ्नो मनलाई बद्लन र आफ्नो भयङ्कर क्रोधबाट फर्कन सक्नुहुन्छ, जसले गर्दा हामी नष्ट हुनेछैनौं ।”
Perhaps, [if everyone does that], God may change his mind and be merciful [to us], and stop being very angry with us, with the result that we will not die.”
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 ।
When they [all did that], God saw what they were doing, and he saw that they had stopped doing evil things. So [he pitied them, and] he did not get rid of them as he had threatened to do.
