1 و َتَكَلَّمَ اللهُ ثانِيَةً إلَى يُونانَ وَقالَ:

And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah a second time, saying,

2 « قُمْ وَاذْهَبْ فِي الحالِ إلَى المَدِينَةِ الكَبِيرَةِ نِينَوَى، وَبَلِّغْ أهلَها رِسالَتِي الَّتِي أُخبِرُكَ بِها.»

`Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation that I am speaking unto thee;'

3 ف َقامَ يُونانُ عَلَى الفَورِ وَذَهَبَ إلَى نِينَوَى، كَما قالَ اللهُ. وَكانَتْ نِينَوَى مَدِينَةً كَبِيرَةً وَتَحتاجُ مَسِيرَةَ ثَلاثَةَ أيّامٍ لِاجتِيازِها.

and Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days.

4 ف َدَخَلَ يُونانُ المَدِينَةَ، وَمَشَى مَسِيرَةَ يَومٍ واحِدٍ وَهُوَ يُعلِنُ وَيَقُولُ: «بَعدَ أربَعِينَ يَوماً، سَتُدَمَّرُ نِينَوَى.»

And Jonah beginneth to go in to the city a journey of one day, and proclaimeth, and saith, `Yet forty days -- and Nineveh is overturned.'

5 ف َآمَنَ شَعبُ نِينَوَى بِاللهِ وَأعلَنُوا أنَّهُمْ سَيَصُومُونَ وَيَلبِسُونَ الخَيشَ. وَقَدْ فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُمْ، مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إلَى صَغِيرِهِمْ.

And the men of Nineveh believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto their least,

6 و َعِندَما وَصَلَ الخَبَرُ إلَى مَلِكِ نِينَوَى، قامَ عَنْ عَرشِهِ، وَخَلَعَ ثَوبَهُ وَلَبِسَ خَيشاً، وَجَلَسَ بَينَ الرَّمادِ.

seeing the word doth come unto the king of Nineveh, and he riseth from his throne, and removeth his honourable robe from off him, and spreadeth out sackcloth, and sitteth on the ashes,

7 ث ُمَّ أصدَرَ الأمرَ المَلَكِيَّ التّالِي فِي كُلِّ نِينَوَى: بِأمرٍ مِنَ المَلِكِ وَكِبارِ وُزَرائِهِ، لا يَأكُلْ إنسانٌ وَلا حَيَوانٌ طَعاماً، وَلا يَشرَبْ ماءً.

and he crieth and saith in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, `Man and beast, herd and flock -- let them not taste anything, let them not feed, even water let them not drink;

8 و َلِيَلبِسِ النّاسُ وَالبَهائِمُ خَيشاً، وَلِيُصَلُّوا إلَى اللهِ بِكُلِّ قُوَّتِهُمْ، وَلِيَكُفَّ كُلُّ واحِدٍ عَنْ مَسلَكِهِ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَعَنْ ظُلْمِهِ.

and cover themselves sackcloth let man and beast, and let them call unto God mightily, and let them turn back each from his evil way, and from the violence that in their hands.

9 ف َلَعَلَّ اللهَ يَعْدِلُ عَنْ حُكمِهِ، وَيَرجِعَ عَنْ غَضَبِهِ، فَلا نَهلِكَ.

Who knoweth? He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish.'

10 ف َرَأى اللهُ ما فَعَلُوهُ، وَأنَّهُمْ كَفُّوا عَنْ مَسالِكِهِمِ الشِرِّيرَةِ، فَعَدَلَ اللهُ عَنْ حُكمِهِ بِخُصُوصِ العِقابِ الَّذِي قالَ إنَّهُ سَيُوقِعُهُ بِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يُنَفِّذْهُ.

And God seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done.