聖經
約拿書

約拿書 第 3 章

1

耶和華的話二次臨到約拿說：

Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,

2

「你起來！往尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民宣告我所吩咐你的話。」

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.”

3

約拿便照耶和華的話起來，往尼尼微去。這尼尼微是極大的城，有三日的路程。

So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth.

4

約拿進城走了一日，宣告說：「再等四十日，尼尼微必傾覆了！」

Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

5

尼尼微人信服神，便宣告禁食，從最大的到至小的都穿麻衣〔或作「披上麻布」〕。

And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

6

這信息傳到尼尼微王的耳中，他就下了寶座，脫下朝服，披上麻布，坐在灰中。

The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7

他又使人遍告尼尼微通城，說：「王和大臣有令，人不可嘗甚麼，牲畜、牛羊不可吃草，也不可喝水。

And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water,

8

人與牲畜都當披上麻布；人要切切求告神。各人回頭離開所行的惡道，丟棄手中的強暴。

but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

9

或者神轉意後悔，不發烈怒，使我們不致滅亡，也未可知。」

Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”

10

於是神察看他們的行為，見他們離開惡道，他就後悔，不把所說的災禍降與他們了。

When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.