Jonás 3
1 La Palabra de Yavé vino por segunda vez a Jonás:
And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Levántate y vé a Nínive, la gran ciudad, y proclama en ella el mensaje que Yo te daré.
Arise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation which I shall speak unto thee.
3 Entonces Jonás se levantó y fue a Nínive, conforme a la Palabra de Yavé. Nínive era una ciudad muy grande de tres días de camino.
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 en la ciudad. Caminó un día y proclamaba: Quedan 40 días y 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 Los hombres de Nínive creyeron a ʼElohim, proclamaron ayuno y se cubrieron de tela áspera, desde el mayor hasta el menor.
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 la noticia llegó al rey de Nínive, éste se levantó de su trono, se despojó de su manto, se cubrió de tela áspera y se sentó sobre ceniza.
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 Proclamó y anunció en Nínive, por mandato del rey y de sus grandes: ¡Que hombres y animales, bueyes y ovejas, no coman alguna cosa! ¡Que no se les dé alimento, ni beban agua!
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 ¡Cúbranse de tela áspera tanto hombres como animales! ¡Clamen a ʼElohim fuertemente, y cambien de mente cada uno con respecto a su mal camino y al robo que hay en sus manos!
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 sabe si ʼElohim desistirá y cambiará de parecer, se apartará del furor de su ira y no perezcamos?
Who knoweth, but God may turn and bethink himself, and turn away from the fierceness of his anger, that we perish not?
10 ʼElohim vio lo que hicieron, cómo regresaron de su mal camino, y desistió del mal que dijo que les haría, y no lo hizo.
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.
