1The word of Yahweh came to 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:
2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
2Mitsangàna, ka mankanesa any Ninive, ilay tanàna lehibe; ary torio aminy ny teny izay lazaiko aminao.
3So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
3Dia nitsangana Jona ka nankany Ninive araka ny tenin'i Jehovah. Ary Ninive dia tanàna lehibe teo anatrehan'Andriamanitra, dia lalana hateloana.
4Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will 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]
5The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
5Dia nino an'Andriamanitra ny mponina tao Ninive ka niantso fifadian-kanina sady nitafy lamba fisaonana hatramin'ny lehibe ka hatramin'ny kely.
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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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 knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”
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.
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.
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.