1And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
1A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Jonášovi po druhé, povediac:
2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
2Vstaň, idi do Ninive, do toho veľkého mesta, a káž proti nemu kázeň, ktorú ti ja budem hovoriť.
3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.
3Vtedy vstal Jonáš a išiel do mesta Ninive podľa slova Hospodinovho. A Ninive bolo veľké mesto Bohu, na tri dni chôdze.
4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
4A Jonáš započal ísť do mesta, ušiel jeden deň cesty, volal a hovoril: Ešte štyridsať dní, a Ninive bude podvrátené.
5And 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.
5A mužovia mesta Ninive uverili Bohu, vyhlásili pôst a obliekli smútočné vrecia, všetci od najväčšieho z nich až do najmenšieho z nich.
6And 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.
6Keď potom došlo slovo ku kráľovi mesta Ninive, povstal so svojho trónu, složil so seba svoje kráľovské rúcho, prikryl sa smútočným vrecom a sadnul do popola.
7And 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;
7A dal vyhlásiť a povedať v Ninive, z usúdenia kráľovho a jeho veľmožov, povediac: Nech neokúsia ničoho ani človek ani hovädo; vôl ani dobytča nech sa nepasú ani nech nepijú vody.
8but 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.
8Ale nech sa prikryjú smútočným vrecom, človek i hovädo, a nech volajú k Bohu z celej svojej sily a nech sa odvrátia každý od svojej zlej cesty a od násilia, ktoré je v ich rukách.
9Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
9Kto vie, či sa neobráti Bôh a nebude ľutovať a či sa neodvráti od pále svojho hnevu, aby sme nezahynuli?!
10And 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.
10A Bôh videl ich skutky, že sa odvrátili od svojej zlej cesty, a tak sa Bôh zľutoval nad tým zlým, o ktorom hovoril, že im ho učiní, a neučinil.