Jonás 3
1 Y fue palabra de Jehová segunda vez a Jonás, diciendo:
Then Yahweh said to Jonah again,
2 Levántate, y vé a Nínive aquella gran ciudad, y pregona en ella el pregón que yo te diré.
“Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you [previously].”
3 Y levantóse Jonás, y fue a Nínive, conforme a la palabra de Jehová. Y Nínive era ciudad grande en gran manera, de tres días de camino.
So [this time] Jonah obeyed Yahweh, and he went to Nineveh. That city was so big that a person [had to walk] for three days to completely [go through] it.
4 Y comenzó Jonás a entrar por la ciudad camino de un día, y pregonaba, diciendo: De aquí a cuarenta días Nínive será destruida.
On the first day [after] Jonah [arrived], he [began walking] through the city. He was proclaiming (OR, At the end of that day he started proclaiming) to the people, “Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed {[God] will destroy Nineveh}!”
5 Y los varones de Nínive creyeron a Dios; y pregonaron ayuno, y vistiéronse de sacos, desde el mayor de ellos hasta el menor de ellos.
The people of Nineveh believed God’s [message]. They [all] decided that everyone should begin (fasting/abstaining from food). So [everyone], including important people and unimportant people, [did that]. They [also] put on coarse cloth, [to show that they were sorry for having sinned].
6 Y llegó el negocio hasta el rey de Nínive, y levantóse de su trono, y echó de sí su vestido, y cubrióse de saco, y asentóse sobre ceniza.
The King of Nineveh heard [what the people were doing]. [So] he took off his royal robes, and [he also] put on coarse cloth. He left his palace, and sat down where there were [cold] ashes, [to show that he also was sorry for having sinned].
7 E hizo pregonar, y decir: En Nínive, por mandado del rey, y de sus grandes, diciendo: Hombres y animales, bueyes y ovejas, no gusten cosa, ni se les dé pasto, ni beban agua.
Then he sent messengers to proclaim to [the people in] Nineveh: “My advisors and I have decreed that no one may eat or drink anything. Do not even allow your animals to eat or drink.
8 Y los hombres, y los animales se cubran de sacos, y clamen a Dios fuertemente; y cada uno se convierta de su mal camino, de la rapiña que está en sus manos.
Instead, every person must put on coarse cloth. [Put coarse cloth on] your animals, [too]. Then everyone must pray fervently to God. And everyone must stop doing evil actions/things, and stop acting violently [toward others].
9 ¿Quién sabe si se convertirá, y se arrepentirá Dios; y se convertirá del furor de su ira, y no pereceremos?
Perhaps, [if everyone does that], God may change his mind and be merciful [to us], and stop being very angry with us, with the result that we will not die.”
10 Y vio Dios lo que hicieron, porque se convirtieron de su mal camino; y arrepintióse del mal que había dicho que les había de hacer, y no lo hizo.
When they [all did that], God saw what they were doing, and he saw that they had stopped doing evil things. So [he pitied them, and] he did not get rid of them as he had threatened to do.
