Jonás 3
1 Luego el Señor le habló a Jonás por segunda vez:
And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 “Ve de inmediato a la gran ciudad de Nínive, y anúnciales el mensaje que te doy”.
Arise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation which I shall speak unto thee.
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 arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a great city before God, a 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 go through the city one day's journey, and he called out, and said, Yet forty days more, and Nineveh 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 Nineveh believed in God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, 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.
For when the matter was come unto the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, and put off his mantle from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down 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 he caused to be proclaimed and he published through Nineveh, By the decree of the king and his chief men, it is said, Neither man nor beast, neither herds nor flocks, shall taste any thing; they shall not 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.
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let [men] call unto God with might; and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence which is in their hands.
9 ¿Quién sabrá si Dios cambia de parecer y se arrepiente? De pronto decida no destruirnos con su ira”.
Who knoweth, but God may turn and bethink himself, and turn away from the fierceness of his anger, that we perish not?
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 turned from their evil way: and God bethought himself of the evil, which he had spoken that he would do unto them, and he did it not.
