¹And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

¹[Ny nitorian'i Jona teny tao Ninive] Ary tonga fanindroany tamin'i Jona ny tenin'i Jehovah nanao hoe:

²Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I shall bid thee.

²Mitsangàna, ka mankanesa any Ninive, ilay tanàna lehibe; ary torio aminy ny teny izay lazaiko aminao.

³And Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

³Dia nitsangana Jona ka nankany Ninive araka ny tenin'i Jehovah. Ary Ninive dia tanàna lehibe teo anatrehan'Andriamanitra, dia lalana hateloana.

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!

⁴Ary Jona niantomboka nandeha tao an-tanàna lalana indray andro ka nitory hoe: Rehefa afaka efa-polo andro, dia horavana Ninive.[Heb. niditra]

⁵And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

⁵Dia nino an'Andriamanitra ny mponina tao Ninive ka niantso fifadian-kanina sady nitafy lamba fisaonana hatramin'ny lehibe ka hatramin'ny kely.

⁶And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

⁶Ary nony efa ren'ny mpanjakan'i Ninive izany, dia nitsangana niala tamin'ny seza fiandrianany izy, ka nanaisotra ny akanjom-boninahiny, dia nisarona lamba fisaonana sady nipetraka tamin'ny lavenona.

⁷And he caused it to be proclaimed 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;

⁷Ary nasaina nantsoina sy nambara eran'i Ninive araka ny didin'ny mpanjaka sy ny mpanapaka hoe: Aza avela hisy hanendry hanina akory, na olona, na biby fiompy; dia ny ondry aman'osy sy ny omby; eny, aza avela hisy hihinana na hisotro rano akory ireo.

⁸and let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

⁸Fa aoka samy hisarona lamba fisaonana ny olona sy ny biby fiompy, ary aoka hitaraina mafy amin'Andriamanitra izy, ary aoka samy hahafoy ny lalany ratsy sy ny fandozana eny an-tanany avy izy rehetra.

⁹Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

⁹Fa angamba hiverina ihany Andriamanitra ka hanenina ary hiala amin'ny fahatezerany mirehitra, mba tsy ho lany ritra isika?Ary rehefa hitan'Andriamanitra ny nataon'ireo ny amin'ny nialany tamin'ny lalan-dratsiny, dia nanenina Izy ny amin'ny loza izay nolazainy hamelezany azy, ka tsy nataony izany.

¹⁰And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them, and he did [it] not.

¹⁰Ary rehefa hitan'Andriamanitra ny nataon'ireo ny amin'ny nialany tamin'ny lalan-dratsiny, dia nanenina Izy ny amin'ny loza izay nolazainy hamelezany azy, ka tsy nataony izany.