Jonás 3
1 Por segunda vez llegó a Jonás la palabra de Yahvé, diciendo:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
2 “Levántate y ve a Nínive, la ciudad grande, y predica en ella el mensaje que Yo te diré.”
Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of.
3 Jonás se levantó, y marchó a Nínive, según la orden de Yahvé. Era Nínive una ciudad grande delante de Dios, de (una dimensión de) tres días de camino.
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 Comenzó Jonás a penetrar en la ciudad, y caminando un día entero predicaba, diciendo: “De aquí a cuarenta días Nínive será destruida.”
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 Y los ninivitas creyeron en Dios; promulgaron un ayuno y se vistieron de cilicios, desde los grandes hasta los chicos.
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 Llegó la noticia también al rey de Nínive; el cual se levantó de su trono, se despojó de su vestidura, se cubrió de saco y se sentó sobre ceniza.
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 Y por decreto del rey y de sus grandes, se publicó en Nínive esta proclamación: “Ni hombres ni bestias, ni bueyes, ni ovejas gusten cosa alguna; no salgan a pacer ni beban agua.
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 Cúbranse de saco hombres y bestias, y clamen con ahínco a Dios; y conviértase cada uno de su mal camino y de las injusticias de sus manos.
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 Pues bien puede ser que Dios cambie su designio y se arrepienta, dejando el furor de su ira, de suerte que no perezcamos.”
Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and [so] we shall not perish?
10 Y vio Dios lo que hicieron, cómo se volvieron de su mal camino y arrepintiéndose Dios del mal con que los había conminado, no lo llevó a cabo.
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.
