Jonah 3
3
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
1Once again the Lord told Jonah 2to go to that great city of Nineveh and preach his message of doom.
3Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it. 4#Mt 12.41; Lk 11.32. After walking for a day, Jonah warned the people, “Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed!”
5They believed God's message and set a time when they would go without eating to show their sorrow. Then everyone in the city, no matter who they were, dressed in sackcloth.
6When the king of Nineveh heard what was happening, he also dressed in sackcloth; he left the royal palace and sat in dust.#3.5,6 dressed in sackcloth … sat in dust: Sackcloth was a rough, dark-colored cloth made from goat or camel hair and used to make grain sacks. Sometimes people wore sackcloth and sat in dust to show how sorry they were for their sins. 7-9Then he and his officials sent out an order for everyone in the city to obey. It said:
None of you or your animals may eat or drink a thing. Each of you must wear sackcloth, and you must even put sackcloth on your animals.
You must also pray to the Lord God with all your heart and stop being sinful and cruel. Maybe God will change his mind and have mercy on us, so we won't be destroyed.
10When God saw that the people had stopped doing evil things, he had pity and did not destroy them as he had planned.
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Jonas 3
3
Si Jonas sa Nineve
1Muling sinabi ni Yahweh kay Jonas, 2“Pumunta ka sa Lunsod ng Nineve at ipahayag mo ang mga ipinapasabi ko sa iyo.” 3Nagpunta nga si Jonas sa Nineve. Malaki ang lunsod na ito; aabutin ng tatlong araw kung ito ay lalakarin. 4Siya'y#Mt. 12:41; Lu. 11:32. pumasok sa lunsod. Pagkaraan ng maghapong paglalakad, malakas niyang ipinahayag, “Gugunawin ang Nineve pagkaraan ng apatnapung araw!” 5Naniwala ang mga tagaroon sa pahayag na ito mula sa Diyos. Kaya, nag-ayuno silang lahat at nagdamit ng panluksa bilang tanda ng lubos na pagsisisi at pagtalikod sa kanilang mga kasalanan.
6Nang mabalitaan ito ng hari ng Nineve, bumabâ siya sa kanyang trono, naghubad ng balabal, nagdamit ng panluksa at naupo sa abo. 7At ipinasabi niya sa mga taga-Nineve, “Ito'y utos ng hari at ng kanyang mga pinuno. Walang dapat kumain ng anuman. Wala ring iinom, maging tao o hayop. 8Lahat ng tao at hayop ay magdamit ng panluksa. Taimtim na manalangin sa Diyos ang bawat isa. Pagsisihan ng lahat ang nagawa nilang kasalanan at iwan ang masamang pamumuhay. 9Baka sa paraang ito'y mapawi ang galit ng Diyos, magbago siya ng kanyang pasya at hindi na niya ituloy ang balak na pagpatay sa atin.”
10Nakita ng Diyos ang kanilang pagtalikod sa kasamaan kaya hindi na niya pinarusahan ang mga ito tulad ng kanyang naunang sinabi.
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