Jonah 3
1 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tọ Jona wá nígbà kejì wí pé:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
2 “Dìde lọ sí Ninefe, ìlú ńlá a nì, kí o sì kéde sí i, ìkéde tí mo sọ fún ọ.”
Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of.
3 Jona sì dìde ó lọ sí Ninefe gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa. Ninefe jẹ́ ìlú títóbi gidigidi, ó tó ìrìn ọjọ́ mẹ́ta.
And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey.
4 Jona sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí wọ ìlú náà lọ ní ìrìn ọjọ́ kan, ó sì ń kéde, ó sì wí pé, “Níwọ́n ogójì ọjọ́ sí i, a ó bi Ninefe wó.”
And Jonas began to enter into the city about a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineve shall be overthrown.
5 Àwọn ènìyàn Ninefe sì gba Ọlọ́run gbọ́. Wọ́n sì kéde àwẹ̀, gbogbo wọ́n sì wọ aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀, bẹ̀rẹ̀ láti orí ọmọdé títí dé orí àgbà wọn.
And the men of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
6 Ọ̀rọ̀ náà sì dé ọ̀dọ̀ ọba Ninefe, ó sì dìde kúrò lórí ìtẹ́ rẹ̀, ó sì bọ́ aṣọ ìgúnwà rẹ̀ kúrò lára rẹ̀, ó sì da aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀ bora, ó sì jókòó nínú eérú.
And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
7 Nígbà náà ní ó kéde rẹ̀ ni Ninefe pé, “Kí a la Ninefe já nípa àṣẹ ọba, àti àwọn àgbàgbà rẹ̀ pé: “Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ènìyàn, tàbí ẹranko, ọ̀wọ́ ẹran tàbí agbo ẹran, tọ́ ohunkóhun wò, má jẹ́ kí wọn jẹ tàbí mu omi.
And proclamation was made, and it was commanded in Nineve by the king an by his great men, saying, Let not men, or cattle, or oxen, or sheep, taste [any thing], nor feed, nor drink water.
8 Ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí ènìyàn àti ẹranko da aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀ bo ara, kí wọn sì kígbe kíkan sí Ọlọ́run, sì jẹ́ kí wọn yípadà, olúkúlùkù kúrò ní ọ̀nà ibi rẹ̀ àti kúrò ní ìwà ìpa tí ó wà lọ́wọ́ wọn.
So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloths, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying,
9 Ta ni ó lè mọ̀ bí Ọlọ́run yóò yípadà kí ó sì ronúpìwàdà, kí ó sì yípadà kúrò ní ìbínú gbígbóná rẹ̀, kí àwa má ṣègbé?”
Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and [so] we shall not perish?
10 Ọlọ́run sì rí ìṣe wọn pé wọ́n yípadà kúrò ní ọ̀nà ibi wọn, Ọlọ́run sì ronúpìwàdà ibi tí òun ti wí pé òun yóò ṣe sí wọn, òun kò sì ṣe e mọ́.
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did [it] not.
