1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,

2 Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.

3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.

4 And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.

5 And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.

6 And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.

7 And he had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or water:

8 And let man and beast be covered with haircloth, and let them make strong prayers to God: and let everyone be turned from his evil way and the violent acts of their hands.

9 Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?

10 And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.

1 Puis la Parole de l’Éternel fut adressée à Jonas une seconde fois, en ces mots:

2 Lève-toi, va à Ninive, la grande ville, et publies-y le message que je t'ordonne.

3 Jonas se leva donc et alla à Ninive, suivant l'ordre de l'Éternel. Or Ninive était une grande ville devant Dieu, de trois journées de marche.

4 Et Jonas commença de pénétrer dans la ville le chemin d'une journée; il criait et disait: Encore quarante jours, et Ninive sera détruite!

5 Et les gens de Ninive crurent à Dieu; ils publièrent un jeûne et se revêtirent de sacs, depuis les plus grands d'entre eux jusqu'aux plus petits.

6 La chose parvint au roi de Ninive; il se leva de son trône, ôta de dessus lui son manteau, se couvrit d'un sac, et s'assit sur la cendre.

8 Que les hommes et les bêtes soient couverts de sacs; et qu'ils crient à Dieu avec force, et que chacun se détourne de sa mauvaise voie et de l'iniquité qui est dans ses mains.

10 Or Dieu vit ce qu'ils faisaient, comment ils se détournaient de leur mauvaise voie; et Dieu se repentit du mal qu'il avait parlé de leur faire, et il ne le fit point.