约拿书 3
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
約拿遵命
3 耶和華的話再次臨到約拿，說： 2 “起來！到尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民宣告我所吩咐你的話。” 3 約拿就動身，照耶和華的話往尼尼微去了，這尼尼微是一座極大的城（“是一座極大的城”或譯：“在 神面前是一座大城”），要三天才能走完。
尼尼微人悔改得救
4 約拿進城，走了一天，就宣告說：“再過四十天，尼尼微就要毀滅了。”
5 尼尼微人信了（“信了”或譯：“信服”） 神，就宣告禁食，從大到小，都穿上麻衣。 6 這事傳到尼尼微王那裡，他就起來，離開寶座，脫去王袍，披上麻衣，坐在爐灰中。 7 他又傳諭全尼尼微，說：“王和大臣有令：‘人、畜、牛、羊，都不准嘗甚麼，不准吃，也不准喝。 8 不論人畜，都要披上麻衣；各人要懇切呼求 神，悔改，離開惡行，摒棄手中的強暴。 9 或者 神回心轉意，不發烈怒，使我們不致滅亡。’”
10 神看見他們所作的，就是悔改離開惡行， 神就轉意，不把所說的災禍降在他們身上了。
约拿书 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
3 耶和华第二次对约拿说： 2 “你起身前往尼尼微大城，向那里的居民宣告我先前吩咐你的话。” 3 约拿便照耶和华的吩咐前往尼尼微城。尼尼微城很大，要三天才能走遍。 4 约拿进城走了一天，宣告说：“再过四十天尼尼微就要毁灭了！” 5 尼尼微城的人相信了上帝的话，便宣告禁食，所有的人，无论大小贵贱都换上麻衣。 6 尼尼微王听到这消息后，便走下宝座，脱下王袍，披上麻衣，坐在炉灰中。 7 王又向全城颁布命令，说：“王和大臣有令，所有的人都必须禁食，牛羊牲畜都不许吃草也不许喝水。 8 人和牲畜都必须披上麻衣，众人要向上帝恳切呼求，改邪归正，停止作恶。 9 上帝或许会施怜悯，收回烈怒，使我们不致灭亡，也未可知。” 10 上帝看见他们改邪归正，不再作恶，就怜悯他们，没有像所说的那样毁灭他们。
Jonah 3
Contemporary English Version
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
3 Once again the Lord told Jonah 2 to go to that great city of Nineveh and preach his message of doom.
3 Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it. 4 (A) After walking for a day, Jonah warned the people, “Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed!”
5 They believed God's message and set a time when they would go without eating to show their sorrow. Then everyone in the city, no matter who they were, dressed in sackcloth.
6 When the king of Nineveh heard what was happening, he also dressed in sackcloth; he left the royal palace and sat in dust.[a] 7-9 Then he and his officials sent out an order for everyone in the city to obey. It said:
None of you or your animals may eat or drink a thing. Each of you must wear sackcloth, and you must even put sackcloth on your animals.
You must also pray to the Lord God with all your heart and stop being sinful and cruel. Maybe God will change his mind and have mercy on us, so we won't be destroyed.
10 When God saw that the people had stopped doing evil things, he had pity and did not destroy them as he had planned.
Footnotes
- 3.5,6 dressed in sackcloth … sat in dust: Sackcloth was a rough, dark-colored cloth made from goat or camel hair and used to make grain sacks. Sometimes people wore sackcloth and sat in dust to show how sorry they were for their sins.
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