Jonas 3
1 Då kom Herrens ord til Jonas andre gongen; han sagde:
And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah 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!»
Arise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation which I shall speak unto thee.
3 Og Jona stod upp og gjekk til Nineve, som Herren hadde sagt. Nineve var ein stor by for Gud, tri dagsleider lang.
And Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a great city before God, a 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 Jonah began to go through the city one day's journey, and he called out, and said, Yet forty days more, and Nineveh 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 Nineveh believed in God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, 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.
For when the matter was come unto the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, and put off his mantle from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down 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 he caused to be proclaimed and he published through Nineveh, By the decree of the king and his chief men, it is said, Neither man nor beast, neither herds nor flocks, shall taste any thing; they shall not 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.
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let [men] call unto God with might; and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence which is in their hands.
9 Kven veit? Gud kunde då venda um og angra det, venda um frå den brennande vreide sin, so me ikkje gjeng under.»
Who knoweth, but God may turn and bethink himself, and turn away from the fierceness of his anger, that we perish not?
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 had turned from their evil way: and God bethought himself of the evil, which he had spoken that he would do unto them, and he did it not.
