Jonah 3 – NIV & CCBT

New International Version

Jonah 3:1-10

Jonah Goes to Nineveh

1Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”

3Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. 4Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” 5The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

6When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. 7This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:

“By the decree of the king and his nobles:

Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. 8But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. 9Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”

10When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

約拿書 3:1-10

1耶和華第二次對約拿說: 2「你起身前往尼尼微大城,向那裡的居民宣告我先前吩咐你的話。」 3約拿便照耶和華的吩咐前往尼尼微城。尼尼微城很大,要三天才能走遍。 4約拿進城走了一天,宣告說:「再過四十天尼尼微就要毀滅了!」 5尼尼微城的人相信了上帝的話,便宣告禁食,所有的人,無論大小貴賤都換上麻衣。 6尼尼微王聽到這消息後,便走下寶座,脫下王袍,披上麻衣,坐在爐灰中。 7王又向全城頒佈命令,說:「王和大臣有令,所有的人都必須禁食,牛羊牲畜都不許吃草也不許喝水。 8人和牲畜都必須披上麻衣,眾人要向上帝懇切呼求,改邪歸正,停止作惡。 9上帝或許會施憐憫,收回烈怒,使我們不致滅亡,也未可知。」 10上帝看見他們改邪歸正,不再作惡,就憐憫他們,沒有像所說的那樣毀滅他們。