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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)
Jonas 3
Segond 21
Jonas 3
Segond 21
Prédication de Jonas à Ninive
3 La parole de l'Eternel fut adressée à Jonas une deuxième fois: 2 «Lève-toi, va à Ninive, la grande ville, et fais-y la proclamation que je t'ordonne.»
3 Jonas se leva et alla à Ninive, conformément à la parole de l'Eternel. Or Ninive était une immense ville: il fallait trois jours de marche pour en faire le tour. 4 Jonas fit d'abord dans la ville une journée de marche; il proclamait: «Dans 40 jours, Ninive sera détruite!»
5 Les habitants de Ninive crurent à Dieu. Ils proclamèrent un jeûne et s’habillèrent de sacs, depuis les plus grands jusqu'aux plus petits. 6 Le roi de Ninive apprit la nouvelle. Il se leva de son trône, retira son manteau, se couvrit d'un sac et s'assit sur la cendre. 7 Et il fit faire dans Ninive cette proclamation: «Par ordre du roi et de ses grands, que les hommes et les bêtes, les bœufs et les brebis ne goûtent de rien, ne mangent pas et ne boivent pas d'eau! 8 Que les hommes et les bêtes soient couverts de sacs[a], qu'ils crient à Dieu avec force, et qu'ils renoncent tous à leur mauvaise conduite et aux actes de violence dont leurs mains sont coupables! 9 Qui sait si Dieu ne se ravisera pas et ne reviendra pas sur sa décision, s'il ne renoncera pas à son ardente colère, de sorte que nous ne mourions pas?»
10 Dieu vit ce qu’ils faisaient, il vit qu'ils renonçaient à leur mauvaise conduite. Alors Dieu regretta le mal dont il les avait menacés et ne le fit pas.
Footnotes
- Jonas 3:8 Couverts de sacs: signe de deuil et d’humiliation.
Jonah 3
New King James Version
Jonah 3
New King James Version
Jonah Preaches at Nineveh
3 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.” 3 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. 4 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
5 So the (B)people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 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. 7 (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. 8 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. 9 (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.
Jonah 3
King James Version
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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