Jona 3 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk English Standard Version

Jona 3 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Jonas adlyder Gud denne gang

1 Igen talte Herren til Jonas og sagde: 2 „Tag af sted til den store by Nineve og udråb over den det budskab, jeg giver dig.” 3 Denne gang adlød Jonas og tog til Nineve, som Herren havde befalet. Nineve var en umådelig stor by, og det ville tage tre dage at gå igennem* den. 4 Jonas gik nu igennem byen og råbte en hel dag: „Om 40 dage* vil Nineve blive lagt i ruiner!”

Nineves indbyggere angrer deres synd og oplever Guds nåde

5 Nineves indbyggere tog budskabet alvorligt, og der blev udråbt en faste. Byens ledere og hele befolkningen klædte sig i sæk og aske for at vise, at de angrede deres synder. 6 Så snart Nineves konge havde hørt Jonas’ budskab, havde han nemlig holdt rådslagning med sine ministre. De blev enige om, at følgende befaling skulle bekendtgøres over hele byen: „Kongen og hans ministre bekendtgør hermed, at ingen, hverken dyr eller mennesker, må spise eller drikke noget! Alle skal klæde sig i sæk og aske og råbe til Gud om nåde! Alle skal omvende sig fra deres ondskab og gøre ende på uretfærdighed og vold! Måske vil Gud vise barmhjertighed og ikke ramme os med sin frygtelige straf, men lade os leve.” Derefter tog kongen sin kappe af, klædte sig i sæk og aske og satte sig på jorden. 10 Da Gud så, at indbyggerne omvendte sig fra deres ondskab, forbarmede han sig og ødelagde ikke byen, som han havde sagt, han ville gøre.

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English Standard Version

Jonah Goes to Nineveh

1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,* three days’ journey in breadth.* 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

The People of Nineveh Repent

6 The word reached* the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.” 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.