Jonas 3
1 Då kom Herrens ord til Jonas andre gongen; han sagde:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
2 «Statt upp og gakk til Nineve, den store byen, og ropa ut yver honom dei ordi eg vil tala til deg!»
Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to thee of.
3 Og Jona stod upp og gjekk til Nineve, som Herren hadde sagt. Nineve var ein stor by for Gud, tri dagsleider lang.
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 Og Jona gjekk ei dagslei inn i byen og ropa og sagde: «Um fyrti dagar skal Nineve verta lagd i grus.»
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 Då trudde ninevitarne på Gud, lyste ut ei fasta og klædde seg i sekk både store og små.
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 Då saki kom for kongen i Nineve, reiste han seg frå sin kongsstol, lagde kappa av seg og sveipte seg i sekk og sette seg i oska.
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 Han let ropa ut i Nineve og segja: «Etter bod frå kongen og hans stormenner må korkje menneskje eller dyr, storfe eller småfe, smaka noko, beita eller drikka vatn.
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 Men dei skal sveipa seg i sekk, menneski med dyri, og ropa til Gud av all kraft og umvenda seg, kvar frå sin vonde veg og frå den urett som er i deira hender.
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 Kven veit? Gud kunde då venda um og angra det, venda um frå den brennande vreide sin, so me ikkje gjeng under.»
Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and [so] we shall not perish?
10 Då no Gud såg det dei gjorde, at dei vende um frå sin vonde veg, angra han det vonde han hadde sagt han vilde gjera mot deim, og han gjorde det ikkje.
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.
