約拿書 3	Jonah 3
約拿書 3:1 ^ 耶和華的話、二次臨到約拿說、	Jonah 3:1 ^ And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
約拿書 3:2 ^ 你起來、往尼尼微大城去、向其中的居民宣告我所吩咐你的話。	Jonah 3:2 ^ Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
約拿書 3:3 ^ 約拿便照耶和華的話起來、往尼尼微去。這尼尼微是極大的城、有三日的路程。	Jonah 3:3 ^ So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.
約拿書 3:4 ^ 約拿進城走了一日、宣告說、再等四十日、尼尼微必傾覆了。	Jonah 3:4 ^ And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
約拿書 3:5 ^ 尼尼微人信服　神、便宣告禁食、從最大的到至小的都穿麻衣。〔或作披上麻布〕	Jonah 3:5 ^ And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
約拿書 3:6 ^ 這信息傳到尼尼微王的耳中、他就下了寶座、脫下朝服、披上麻布、坐在灰中。	Jonah 3:6 ^ And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
約拿書 3:7 ^ 他又使人遍告尼尼微通城說、王和大臣有令、人不可嘗甚麼、牲畜、牛羊、不可喫草、也不可喝水。	Jonah 3:7 ^ And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
約拿書 3:8 ^ 人與牲畜都當披上麻布、人要切切求告　神．各人回頭離開所行的惡道、丟棄手中的強暴。	Jonah 3:8 ^ but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.
約拿書 3:9 ^ 或者　神轉意後悔、不發烈怒、使我們不至滅亡、也未可知。	Jonah 3:9 ^ Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
約拿書 3:10 ^ 於是　神察看他們的行為、見他們離開惡道、他就後悔、不把所說的災禍降與他們了。	Jonah 3:10 ^ And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.