Jonás 3
1 Y vino palabra del SEÑOR segunda vez a Jonás, diciendo:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,
2 Levántate, y ve a Nínive, aquella gran ciudad, y predique en ella la predicación que yo te diré.
Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
3 Y se levantó Jonás, y fue a Nínive, conforme a la palabra del SEÑOR. Y era Nínive ciudad grande a Dios, de 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 Y comenzó Jonás a entrar por la ciudad, camino de un día, y predicaba diciendo: De aquí a 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 Y los varones de Nínive creyeron a Dios, y pregonaron ayuno, y se vistieron de cilicio desde el mayor de ellos hasta el menor de ellos.
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 Y llegó la palabra hasta el rey de Nínive, y se levantó de su silla, y echó de sí su vestido, y se cubrió de cilicio, y se sentó sobre ceniza.
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 E hizo pregonar y anunciar en Nínive, por mandato del rey y de sus grandes, diciendo: Hombres y animales, bueyes y ovejas, no gusten cosa alguna; no se les dé pasto, 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 y que se cubran de cilicio los hombres y los animales, y clamen a Dios fuertemente; y cada uno se convierta de su mal camino, y de la rapiña que está 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 se convertirá y se arrepentirá Dios, y se convertirá del furor de su ira, y no pereceremos?
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 Y vio Dios sus obras, porque se convirtieron de su mal camino; y se arrepintió del mal que había dicho que les había de hacer, 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.
