1A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Jonášovi po druhé, povediac:
1The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2Vstaň, idi do Ninive, do toho veľkého mesta, a káž proti nemu kázeň, ktorú ti ja budem hovoriť.
2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
3Vtedy vstal Jonáš a išiel do mesta Ninive podľa slova Hospodinovho. A Ninive bolo veľké mesto Bohu, na tri dni chôdze.
3So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
4A Jonáš započal ísť do mesta, ušiel jeden deň cesty, volal a hovoril: Ešte štyridsať dní, a Ninive bude podvrátené.
4Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
5A mužovia mesta Ninive uverili Bohu, vyhlásili pôst a obliekli smútočné vrecia, všetci od najväčšieho z nich až do najmenšieho z nich.
5The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
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.
6The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
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.
7He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
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.
8but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.
9Kto vie, či sa neobráti Bôh a nebude ľutovať a či sa neodvráti od pále svojho hnevu, aby sme nezahynuli?!
9Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”
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.
10God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.