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Юнус в Ниневии

И было к Юнусу слово Вечного во второй раз:

– Собирайся, ступай в великий город Ниневию и возвести там то, что Я тебе сказал.

Юнус послушался слова Вечного и, собравшись, пошёл в Ниневию. А Ниневия была огромным городом – обойти её можно было только за три дня. И Юнус начал ходить по городу, проходя столько, сколько можно пройти за день, и стал возвещать: «Ещё сорок дней и Ниневия будет разрушена». Ниневитяне поверили Всевышнему, и объявили пост, и все – от большого до малого – оделись в знак покаяния в рубище.

Когда эта весть дошла до царя Ниневии, он встал со своего престола, снял свои царские одежды, надел рубище и сел на золу. Он велел объявить в Ниневии:

«Указ царя и его приближённых:

Пусть ни люди, ни скот – ни крупный, ни мелкий – не принимают пищи, не ходят на пастбища и не пьют воды. Пусть и людей, и скот оденут в рубища. Пусть каждый изо всех сил призывает Всевышнего. Пусть они оставят свой злой путь и жестокость. Кто знает: может быть, Всевышний ещё сжалится над нами и передумает, сменит Свой пылающий гнев на милость, и мы не погибнем».

10 Когда Всевышний увидел то, что они сделали, и как они оставили свой злой путь, Он смилостивился и не стал насылать на них беду, которой Он им грозил.

Jonah Preaches at Nineveh

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, [a]a three-day journey in extent. And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then (A)he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

The People of Nineveh Believe

So the (B)people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth (C)and sat in ashes. (D)And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his [b]nobles, saying,

Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water. But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, (E)let every one turn from his evil way and from (F)the violence that is in his hands. (G)Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?

10 (H)Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.

Footnotes

  1. Jonah 3:3 Exact meaning unknown
  2. Jonah 3:7 Lit. great ones

¶ And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

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.

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be destroyed.

¶ 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.

For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he threw his robe from him and covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.

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:

but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth and cry mightily unto God; and let each one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

Who can tell if God will turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger, that we not perish?

10 And God saw their works, because they turned from their evil way, and he repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them, and he did not do it.