ИОНА 3
1 Кувынтул Домнулуй а ворбит а доуа оарэ луй Иона астфел:
Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,
2 „Скоалэ-те, ду-те ла Ниниве, четатя чя маре, ши вестеште аколо стригаря пе каре ць-о вой да!”
“Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you [previously].”
3 Ши Иона с-а скулат ши с-а дус ла Ниниве, дупэ Кувынтул Домнулуй. Ши Ниниве ера о четате фоарте маре, кыт о кэлэторие де трей зиле.
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 Иона а ынчепут сэ пэтрундэ ын ораш кале де о зи, стригынд ши зикынд: „Ынкэ патрузечь де зиле, ши Ниниве ва фи нимичитэ!”
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 Оамений дин Ниниве ау крезут ын Думнезеу, ау вестит ун пост ши с-ау ымбрэкат ку сачь, де ла чей май марь пынэ ла чей май мичь.
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 Лукрул а ажунс ла урекя ымпэратулуй дин Ниниве; ел с-а скулат де пе скаунул луй де домние, шь-а скос мантия де пе ел, с-а акоперит ку ун сак ши а шезут ын ченушэ.
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 Ши а тримис сэ се дя де штире ын Ниниве, дин порунка ымпэратулуй ши май-марилор луй, урмэтоареле: „Оамений ши вителе, боий ши оиле сэ ну густе нимик, сэ ну паскэ ши нич сэ ну бя апэ делок!
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 Чи оамений ши вителе сэ се акопере ку сачь, сэ стриӂе ку путере кэтре Думнезеу ши сэ се ынтоаркэ де ла каля лор чя ря ши де ла фаптеле де асуприре де каре ле сунт плине мыниле!
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 Чине штие дакэ ну Се ва ынтоарче Думнезеу ши Се ва кэй ши дакэ ну-Шь ва опри мыния Луй апринсэ, ка сэ ну перим!”
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 Думнезеу а вэзут че фэчяу ей ши кэ се ынторчяу де ла каля лор чя ря. Атунч, Думнезеу С-а кэит де рэул пе каре Се хотэрысе сэ ли-л факэ ши ну л-а фэкут.
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.
