ΙΩΝΑΣ - Giona - Jonah 3

LXX	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 και εγενετο λογος κυριου προς ιωναν εκ δευτερου λεγων	1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying:
2 αναστηθι και πορευθητι εις νινευη την πολιν την μεγαλην και κηρυξον εν αυτη κατα το κηρυγμα το εμπροσθεν ο εγω ελαλησα προς σε	2 Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to you.
3 και ανεστη ιωνας και επορευθη εις νινευη καθως ελαλησεν κυριος η δε νινευη ην πολις μεγαλη τω θεω ωσει πορειας οδου ημερων τριων	3 And Jonah rose, and he went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was a great city of three days’ journey.
4 και ηρξατο ιωνας του εισελθειν εις την πολιν ωσει πορειαν ημερας μιας και εκηρυξεν και ειπεν ετι τρεις ημεραι και νινευη καταστραφησεται	4 And Jonah began to enter into the city one day’s journey. And he cried out and said, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed.”
5 και ενεπιστευσαν οι ανδρες νινευη τω θεω και εκηρυξαν νηστειαν και ενεδυσαντο σακκους απο μεγαλου αυτων εως μικρου αυτων	5 And the men of Nineveh believed in God. And they proclaimed a fast, and they put on sackcloth, from the greatest all the way to the least.
6 και ηγγισεν ο λογος προς τον βασιλεα της νινευη και εξανεστη απο του θρονου αυτου και περιειλατο την στολην αυτου αφ' εαυτου και περιεβαλετο σακκον και εκαθισεν επι σποδου	6 And word reached the king of Nineveh. And he rose from his throne, and he threw off his robe from himself and was clothed in sackcloth, and he sat in ashes.
7 και εκηρυχθη και ερρεθη εν τη νινευη παρα του βασιλεως και παρα των μεγιστανων αυτου λεγων οι ανθρωποι και τα κτηνη και οι βοες και τα προβατα μη γευσασθωσαν μηδεν μηδε νεμεσθωσαν μηδε υδωρ πιετωσαν	7 And he cried out and spoke: “In Nineveh, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, let it be said: Men and beasts and oxen and sheep may not taste anything. Neither shall they feed or drink water.
8 και περιεβαλοντο σακκους οι ανθρωποι και τα κτηνη και ανεβοησαν προς τον θεον εκτενως και απεστρεψαν εκαστος απο της οδου αυτου της πονηρας και απο της αδικιας της εν χερσιν αυτων λεγοντες	8 And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry out to the Lord with strength, and may man be converted from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.
9 τις οιδεν ει μετανοησει ο θεος και αποστρεψει εξ οργης θυμου αυτου και ου μη απολωμεθα	9 Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might not perish?”
10 και ειδεν ο θεος τα εργα αυτων οτι απεστρεψαν απο των οδων αυτων των πονηρων και μετενοησεν ο θεος επι τη κακια η ελαλησεν του ποιησαι αυτοις και ουκ εποιησεν	10 And God saw their works, that they had been converted from their evil way. And God took pity on them, concerning the harm that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.