1 Veio a palavra do Senhor, segunda vez, a Jonas, dizendo: 2 Dispõe-te, vai à grande cidade de Nínive e proclama contra ela a mensagem que eu te digo. 3 Levantou-se, pois, Jonas e foi a Nínive, segundo a palavra do Senhor. Ora, Nínive era cidade mui importante diante de Deus e de três dias para percorrê-la. 4 Começou Jonas a percorrer a cidade caminho de um dia, e pregava, e dizia: Ainda quarenta dias, e Nínive será subvertida.

5 Os ninivitas creram em Deus, e proclamaram um jejum, e vestiram-se de panos de saco, desde o maior até o menor. 6 Chegou esta notícia ao rei de Nínive; ele levantou-se do seu trono, tirou de si as vestes reais, cobriu-se de pano de saco e assentou-se sobre cinza. 7 E fez-se proclamar e divulgar em Nínive: Por mandado do rei e seus grandes, nem homens, nem animais, nem bois, nem ovelhas provem coisa alguma, nem os levem ao pasto, nem bebam água; 8 mas sejam cobertos de pano de saco, tanto os homens como os animais, e clamarão fortemente a Deus; e se converterão, cada um do seu mau caminho e da violência que há nas suas mãos. 9 Quem sabe se voltará Deus, e se arrependerá, e se apartará do furor da sua ira, de sorte que não pereçamos?

10 Viu Deus o que fizeram, como se converteram do seu mau caminho; e Deus se arrependeu do mal que tinha dito lhes faria e não o fez.

1 And the word of Jehovah 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 Jehovah. 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 And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; 8 but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who knoweth whether God will not 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 which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.

1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah 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 important city-a visit required three days.

4 On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned."

5 The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

6 When the news 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.

7 Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let any man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.

8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.

9 Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish."

10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.