Jonás 3
1 Luego el Señor le habló a Jonás por segunda vez:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
2 “Ve de inmediato a la gran ciudad de Nínive, y anúnciales el mensaje que te doy”.
Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of.
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.
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 Jonás entró a la ciudad caminando por un día, y gritaba: “¡En 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 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 men of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
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 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 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 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 Cada persona y animal deberá vestir de silicio. Todos deben orar con sinceridad a Dios, renunciar a su maldad, y abandonar la violencia.
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 ¿Quién sabrá si Dios cambia de parecer y se arrepiente? De pronto decida no destruirnos con su ira”.
Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and [so] we shall not perish?
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 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.
