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Jonah 3
New International Version
Jonah 3
New International Version
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah(A) a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”
3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. 4 Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming,(B) “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” 5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.(C)
6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.(D) 7 This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:
“By the decree of the king and his nobles:
Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.(E) 8 But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call(F) urgently on God. Let them give up(G) their evil ways(H) and their violence.(I) 9 Who knows?(J) God may yet relent(K) and with compassion turn(L) from his fierce anger(M) so that we will not perish.”
10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented(N) and did not bring on them the destruction(O) he had threatened.(P)
約拿書 3
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
約拿書 3
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
約拿復奉遣往尼尼微
3 耶和華的話二次臨到約拿說： 2 「你起來，往尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民宣告我所吩咐你的話。」 3 約拿便照耶和華的話起來，往尼尼微去。
警告尼尼微人
這尼尼微是極大的城，有三日的路程。 4 約拿進城走了一日，宣告說：「再等四十日，尼尼微必傾覆了！」
尼尼微人信而悔改
5 尼尼微人信服神，便宣告禁食，從最大的到至小的都穿麻衣[a]。 6 這信息傳到尼尼微王的耳中，他就下了寶座，脫下朝服，披上麻布，坐在灰中。 7 他又使人遍告尼尼微通城，說：「王和大臣有令：人不可嘗什麼，牲畜、牛羊不可吃草，也不可喝水。 8 人與牲畜都當披上麻布，人要切切求告神。各人回頭離開所行的惡道，丟棄手中的強暴。 9 或者神轉意後悔，不發烈怒，使我們不致滅亡，也未可知。」
神鑒其所行不降其災
10 於是神察看他們的行為，見他們離開惡道，他就後悔，不把所說的災禍降於他們了。
Footnotes
- 約拿書 3:5 或作：披上麻布。
Jonah 3
English Standard Version
Jonah 3
English Standard Version
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to (A)Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now (B)Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,[a] three days' journey in breadth.[b] 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 (C)And the people of Nineveh believed God. (D)They called for a fast and (E)put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
The People of Nineveh Repent
6 The word reached[c] the king of Nineveh, and (F)he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, (G)and sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, (H)“By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor (I)beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and (J)beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. (K)Let everyone turn from his evil way and from (L)the violence that is in his hands. 9 (M)Who knows? God may turn and relent (N)and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”
10 When God saw what they did, (O)how they turned from their evil way, (P)God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
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