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Jonah Preaches at Nineveh
1Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.”
3So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent.
4And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then ⚓he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
The People of Nineveh Believe
5So the ⚓people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
6Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth ⚓and sat in ashes.
7⚓And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying,
Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.
8But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, ⚓let every one turn from his evil way and from ⚓the violence that is in his hands.
9⚓Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?
10⚓Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
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Yaunas Mloog Vajtswv Lus
1Tus TSWV rov hais rau Yaunas hais tias,
2“Koj cia li mus rau pem lub nroog Nineves uas yog lub nroog loj, thiab mus qhia rau lawv raws li tej lus uas kuv twb qhia rau koj lawm.”
3Yog li ntawd, Yaunas thiaj mloog tus TSWV lus thiab mus rau pem lub nroog Nineves uas yog lub nroog uas loj heev, mus kotaw peb hnub thiaj li dhau.
4Yaunas sawv kev mus rau pem lub nroog; thaum uas nws mus tau ib hnub lawm, nws tshaj tawm hais tias, “Tshuav plaub caug hnub saum no, lub nroog Nineves yuav raug puastsuaj!”
5Cov neeg uas nyob hauv lub nroog Nineves txawm ntseeg Vajtswv tej lus. Yog li ntawd, lawv thiaj txiav txim siab kom txhua tus ua kevcai yoo mov. Tsis hais tej nomtswv, tej tub qhe, thiab tus hlob tus yau muab ntaubtsaj los npua qhia hais tias lawv twb tso txojkev txhaum tseg lawm.
6Thaum tus vajntxwv uas kav lub nroog Nineves hnov dheev txog tej lus ntawd, nws txawm nqis saum nws lub zwmtxwv los, hle nws lub tsho ntev tseg, muab ntaubtsaj los npua, thiab mus zaum hauv qhov tshauv.
7Nws tshaj tawm rau tsoom pejxeem hauv lub nroog Nineves hais tias, “Ntawm no yog vajntxwv thiab nws cov nomtswv tej lus samhwm rau sawvdaws: Tsis pub leejtwg noj ib yam dabtsi; tsis hais txhua tus neeg, txhua tus nyuj thiab txhua tus yaj huv tibsi.
8Txhua tus neeg thiab txhua tus tsiaj yuav tsum npua ntaubtsaj. Txhua tus yuav tsum thov Vajtswv kom kawg siab kawg ntsws thiab tso tej kev phem kev qias huv tibsi tseg.
9Tej zaum Vajtswv yuav hloov siab; tej zaum nws yuav tsis chim rau peb thiab peb yuav tsis tuag!”
10Vajtswv pom tej uas lawv tau ua ntawd; nws pom lawv tso lawv tej kev txhaum tseg lawm tiag. Yog li ntawd, Vajtswv thiaj hloov siab thiab tsis rau txim rau lawv raws li uas nws tau hais tseg.