Jonás 3
Dios Habla Hoy
Nínive se arrepiente
3 El Señor se dirigió por segunda vez a Jonás, y le dijo: 2 «Anda, vete a la gran ciudad de Nínive y anuncia lo que te voy a decir.»
3-4 Jonás se puso en marcha y fue a Nínive, como el Señor se lo había ordenado. Nínive era una ciudad tan grande que para recorrerla toda había que caminar tres días. Jonás entró en la ciudad y caminó todo un día, diciendo a grandes voces: «¡Dentro de cuarenta días Nínive será destruida!»
5 Los habitantes de la ciudad, grandes y pequeños, creyeron en Dios, proclamaron ayuno y se pusieron ropas ásperas en señal de dolor. 6 Cuando la noticia llegó al rey de Nínive, también él se levantó de su trono, se quitó sus vestiduras reales, se puso ropas ásperas y se sentó en el suelo. 7 Luego, el rey y sus ministros dieron a conocer por toda la ciudad el siguiente decreto: «Que nadie tome ningún alimento. Que tampoco se dé de comer ni de beber al ganado y a los rebaños. 8 Al contrario, vístanse todos con ropas ásperas en señal de dolor, y clamen a Dios con todas sus fuerzas. Deje cada uno su mala conducta y la violencia que ha estado cometiendo hasta ahora; 9 tal vez Dios cambie de parecer y se calme su ira, y así no moriremos.»
10 Dios vio lo que hacía la gente de Nínive y cómo dejaba su mala conducta, y decidió no hacerles el daño que les había anunciado.
Jonah 3
New American Standard Bible
Nineveh Repents
3 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to (A)Nineveh, the great city, and (B)proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.” 3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was [a]an (C)exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk. 4 Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he (D)cried out and said, “Forty more days, and Nineveh will be overthrown.”
5 Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a (E)fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his robe from himself, (F)covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the [b]dust. 7 And he issued a (G)proclamation, and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: No person, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat, or drink water. 8 But every person and animal must be covered with sackcloth; and people are to (H)call on God vehemently, and they are to (I)turn, each one from his evil way, and from the violence which is in their hands. 9 (J)Who knows, God may turn and relent, and turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.”
10 When God saw their deeds, that they (K)turned from their evil way, then (L)God relented of the disaster which He had declared He would [c]bring on them. So He did not do it.
Footnotes
- Jonah 3:3 Lit a great city to God
- Jonah 3:6 Or ashes
- Jonah 3:10 Lit do to
Jonah 3
King James Version
3 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
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