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”.
Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to 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.
And Jonah rose, and he went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was a great city of three days’ journey.
4 Jonás entró a la ciudad caminando por un día, y gritaba: “¡En cuarenta días Nínive será destruida!”
And Jonah began to enter into the city one day’s journey. And he cried out and said, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed.”
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 Nineveh believed in God. And they proclaimed a fast, and they put on sackcloth, from the greatest all the way 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 word reached the king of Nineveh. And he rose from his throne, and he threw off his robe from himself and was clothed in sackcloth, and he sat in 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 he cried out and spoke: “In Nineveh, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, let it be said: Men and beasts and oxen and sheep may not taste anything. Neither shall they feed or 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.
And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry out to the Lord with strength, and may man be converted from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.
9 ¿Quién sabrá si Dios cambia de parecer y se arrepiente? De pronto decida no destruirnos con su ira”.
Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might 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 had been converted from their evil way. And God took pity on them, concerning the harm that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
