Jonás 3
1 Luego el Señor le habló a Jonás por segunda vez:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
2 “Ve de inmediato a la gran ciudad de Nínive, y anúnciales el mensaje que te doy”.
Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
3 Y Jonás hizo lo que Dios le dijo. Y se dirigió a Nínive, una ciudad que era tan grande, que se necesitaban tres días para atravesarla de a pie.
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.
4 Jonás entró a la ciudad caminando por un día, y gritaba: “¡En cuarenta días Nínive será destruida!”
And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.
5 Y el pueblo de Nínive creyó en Dios. Anunciaron ayuno, y todos los habitantes, desde el más grande hasta el más pequeño, se vistieron de silicio.
And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.
6 Cuando las noticias llegaron al rey de Nínive, éste se levantó de su trono, se quitó la túnica, se vistió de silicio y se sentó en cenizas.
And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.
7 Entonces el rey y los nobles emitieron un mensaje a todo el pueblo de Nínive: “Ninguna persona, animal, rebaño de ovejas o bueyes comerá ni beberá nada.
And he had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or water:
8 Cada persona y animal deberá vestir de silicio. Todos deben orar con sinceridad a Dios, renunciar a su maldad, y abandonar la violencia.
And let man and beast be covered with haircloth, and let them make strong prayers to God: and let everyone be turned from his evil way and the violent acts of their hands.
9 ¿Quién sabrá si Dios cambia de parecer y se arrepiente? De pronto decida no destruirnos con su ira”.
Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?
10 Y Dios vio lo que habían hecho, y que abandonaron sus malos caminos, y cambió de parecer, y no llevó a cabo la destrucción que había anunciado.
And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.
