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 the Lord came to Jonah a 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 ^ Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.
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 got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.
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 first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.
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 had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.
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 word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.
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 had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or 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 ^ And let man and beast be covered with haircloth, and let them make strong prayers to God: and let everyone be turned from his evil way and the violent acts of their 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 may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?
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 what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.