Jonás 3
1 La palabra de Yahvé vino a Jonás por segunda vez, diciendo:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
2 “Levántate, ve a Nínive, esa gran ciudad, y predícale el mensaje que te doy.”
Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
3 Jonás se levantó y se dirigió a Nínive, según la palabra de Yahvé. Nínive era una ciudad muy grande, que estaba a tres días de camino.
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 comenzó a entrar en la ciudad a un día de camino, y gritó diciendo: “¡Dentro de 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 El pueblo de Nínive creyó a Dios, y proclamó un ayuno y se vistió de cilicio, desde el más grande hasta el más pequeño.
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 La noticia llegó a oídos del rey de Nínive, quien se levantó de su trono, se quitó el manto real, se cubrió de cilicio 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 Hizo una proclama y la publicó por Nínive por decreto del rey y de sus nobles, diciendo: “Que ni el hombre ni el animal, ni la manada ni el rebaño, prueben nada; que no se alimenten ni beban agua;
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 sino que se cubran de cilicio, tanto el hombre como el animal, y que clamen poderosamente a Dios. Sí, que se conviertan todos de su mal camino y de la violencia que hay en sus manos.
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 sabe si Dios no se convertirá y se arrepentirá, y se apartará de su feroz ira, para que no perezcamos?”
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 Dios vio sus obras, que se convirtieron de su mal camino. Dios cedió del desastre que dijo que les haría, y no lo hizo.
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.
