Jonah 3

English Standard Version

Jonah Goes to Nineveh

1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 

2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” (Jon 1:2) 

3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth. (Jon 3:2) 

4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 

5 And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. (2Sa 3:31; 2Ch 20:3; Mt 12:41; Lu 11:32) 

The People of Nineveh Repent

6 The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. (Job 1:20; Job 2:8; Eze 26:16) 

7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, (Ps 36:6; Da 6:26; Joe 1:18; Joe 1:20; Jon 4:11) 

8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. (Isa 59:6; Jer 18:11; Jer 36:3; Jon 3:7) 

9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.” (2Sa 12:22; Ps 85:3; Joe 2:14) 

10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. (Jer 18:8) 

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Jonah 3

الكتاب المقدس

يونان يتوجه إلى نينوى

1 وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ يُونَانَ ثَانِيَةً: 

2 «قُمِ امْضِ إِلَى نِينَوَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَأَعْلِنْ لَهُمُ الرِّسَالَةَ الَّتِي أُبَلِّغُكَ إِيَّاهَا». 

3 فَهَبَّ يُونَانُ وَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى نِينَوَى بِمُوجِبِ أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ. وَكَانَتْ نِينَوَى مَدِينَةً بَالِغَةَ الْعَظَمَةِ يَسْتَغْرِقُ اجْتِيَازُهَا ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. 

4 فَدَخَلَ يُونَانُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَاجْتَازَ فِيهَا مَسِيرَةَ يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَابْتَدَأَ يُنَادِي قَائِلاً: «بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً تَتَدَمَّرُ الْمَدِينَةُ». 

5 فَآمَنَ شَعْبُ نِينَوَى بِالرَّبِّ، وَأَعْلَنُوا الصِّيَامَ وَارْتَدُوا الْمُسُوحَ مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إِلَى صَغِيرِهِم. 

6 ثُمَّ بَلَغَ إِنْذَارُ النَّبِيِّ مَلِكَ نِينَوَى، فَقَامَ عَنْ عَرْشِهِ وَخَلَعَ عَنْهُ حُلَّتَهُ، وَارْتَدَى الْمِسْحَ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى الرَّمَادِ. 

7 وَأَذَاعَ فِي كُلِّ نِينَوَى مَرْسُوماً وَرَدَ فِيهِ: «بِأَمْرٍ مِنَ الْمَلِكِ وَنُبَلائِهِ، يَمْتَنِعُ النَّاسُ عَنِ الأَكْلِ وَالشُّرْبِ، وَكَذَلِكَ الْبَهَائِمُ وَالْغَنَمُ وَالْبَقَرُ، لَا تَرْعَ وَلا تَشْرَبْ مَاءً. 

8 وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ أَنْ يَرْتَدُوا الْمُسُوحَ، مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَى اللهِ تَائِبِينَ عَنْ طُرُقِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَعَمَّا ارْتَكَبُوهُ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ. 

9 لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَعْدِلُ عَنِ احْتِدَامِ سَخَطِهِ فَلا نَهْلِكَ». 

10 فَلَمَّا رَأَى اللهُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ وَتَوْبَتَهُمْ عَنْ طُرُقِهِمِ الآثِمَةِ عَدَلَ عَنِ الْعِقَابِ الَّذِي كَانَ مُزْمِعاً أَنْ يُوْقِعَهُ بِهِمْ وَعَفَا عَنْهُمْ. 

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