Ninives atgriešanās
1 Tad Kungs runāja uz Jonu otrreiz: 2 “Celies, ej uz lielo pilsētu Ninivi un sludini tai, ko es tev teikšu!” 3 Un Jona cēlās un gāja uz Ninivi, kā Kungs bija tam licis. Bet Ninive bija Dievam liela pilsēta – cauri tai jāiet trīs dienas. 4 Jona nostaigāja pa pilsētu vienas dienas gājumu un sauca: “Vēl četrdesmit dienas, tad Ninive tiks sagāzta!”
5 Ninives ļaudis noticēja Dievam, pasludināja gavēni un visi ieģērbās maisos – no lielākā līdz mazākajam. 6 Kad Ninives ķēniņam pienāca vēsts, tas cēlās no troņa, novilka savu tērpu, ietērpās maisā, apsēdās pelnos 7 un lika, lai Ninivē sludina: “Tāda ir ķēniņa un viņa vareno griba: lai ne cilvēks, ne lops, ne vērsis, ne avs neko nebauda, lai ne ganās, ne dzer ūdeni, 8 lai sedzas ar maisu gan cilvēks, gan lops un gauži sauc uz Dievu. Ikviens lai atstājas no saviem ļaunajiem darbiem un varmācības, ko tas paradis darīt, – 9 kas zina, ja nu Dievs vēl mitējas, varbūt viņš vēl apdomāsies un atstāsies no savas dusmu kvēles, ka neejam bojā!” 10 Kad Dievs redzēja viņus tā darām, ka tie atgriezušies no saviem ļaunajiem ceļiem, tad Dievs atstājās no visa ļauna, ko bija teicies tiem darīt, un to nedarīja.
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
1 Once again the Lord told Jonah 2 to go to that great city of Nineveh and preach his message of doom.
3 Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it. 4 After walking for a day, Jonah warned the people, “Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed!”
5 They believed God's message and set a time when they would go without eating to show their sorrow. Then everyone in the city, no matter who they were, dressed in sackcloth.
6 When the king of Nineveh heard what was happening, he also dressed in sackcloth; he left the royal palace and sat in dust. 7-9 Then he and his officials sent out an order for everyone in the city to obey. It said:
None of you or your animals may eat or drink a thing. Each of you must wear sackcloth, and you must even put sackcloth on your animals.
You must also pray to the Lord God with all your heart and stop being sinful and cruel. Maybe God will change his mind and have mercy on us, so we won't be destroyed.
10 When God saw that the people had stopped doing evil things, he had pity and did not destroy them as he had planned.
