Then the wordוַ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיtoאֶלJonahיוֹנָהa second time,שֵׁנִיתsaying,לֵאמֹר
“Arise,קוּםgoלֵךְtoאֶלNineveh,נִינְוֵהthe greatהַגְּדוֹלָהcity,הָעִירand proclaimוִּקְרָאto itאֵלֶיהָthe proclamationאֶת הַקְּרִיאָהthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam tellingדֹּבֵרyou.”אֵלֶיךָ
So Jonahוַ יוֹנָהaroseיָּקָםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְtoאֶלNineveh,נִינְוֶהaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWH.יְהוָהNow Ninevehוְנִינְוֵהwasהָיְתָהa greatגְּדוֹלָהcityעִירfor Elohim,לֵאלֹהִיםa journeyמַהֲלַךְof threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays.יָמִים
And Jonahוַ יוֹנָהbeganיָּחֶלto goלָבוֹאinto the city,בָעִירa journeyמַהֲלַךְof oneאֶחָדday,יוֹםand he proclaimedוַיִּקְרָאand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Forty moreעוֹד אַרְבָּעִיםdays,יוֹםand Ninevehוְנִינְוֵהwill be overturned.”נֶהְפָּכֶת
And the menוַ אַנְשֵׁיof NinevehנִינְוֵהbelievedיַּאֲמִינוּElohim,בֵּאלֹהִיםand they proclaimedוַיִּקְרְאוּa fastצוֹםand put onוַיִּלְבְּשׁוּsackcloth,שַׂקִּיםfrom the greatest of themמִגְּדוֹלָםtoוְעַדthe least of them.קְטַנָּם
And the wordוַ הַדָּבָרreachedיִּגַּעthe kingאֶל מֶלֶךof Nineveh,נִינְוֵהand he roseוַיָּקָםfrom his throne,מִכִּסְאוֹtook offוַיַּעֲבֵרhis robeאַדַּרְתּוֹfrom himself,מֵעָלָיוcovered himselfוַיְכַסwithsackcloth,שַׂקand satוַיֵּשֶׁבonעַלthe ashes.הָאֵפֶר
And he had it proclaimedוַיַּזְעֵקand saidוַיֹּאמֶרin Nineveh,בְּנִינְוֵהby decreeמִטַּעַםof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand his great men,וּגְדֹלָיוsaying,לֵאמֹר“Human beingהָאָדָםand livestock,וְהַבְּהֵמָהherdהַבָּקָרand flock,וְהַצֹּאןare not toאַלtasteיִטְעֲמוּanything;מְאוּמָהthey are not toאַלgraze,יִרְעוּand waterוּמַיִםthey are not toאַלdrink.יִשְׁתּוּ
And let them be coveredוְיִתְכַּסּוּwithsackcloth,שַׂקִּיםhuman beingהָאָדָםand livestock,וְהַבְּהֵמָהand let them cry outוְיִקְרְאוּtoאֶלElohimאֱלֹהִיםmightily;בְּחָזְקָהand let them turn,וְיָשֻׁבוּeachאִישׁfromמִhisוֹevilהָרָעָהwayדַּרְכּand fromוּמִןthe violenceהֶחָמָסthatאֲשֶׁרisin their hands.בְּכַפֵּיהֶם
Whoמִיknows?יוֹדֵעַElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםmay turnיָשׁוּבand relent,וְנִחַםand turn backוְשָׁבfrom the burningמֵחֲרוֹןof his anger,אַפּוֹand we will notוְלֹאperish.”נֹאבֵד
And Elohimוַ הָאֱלֹהִיםsawיַּרְאtheir works,אֶת מַעֲשֵׂיהֶםthatכִּיthey turnedשָׁבוּfrom theirמִ םevilהָרָעָהway;דַּרְכָּand Elohimוַ הָאֱלֹהִיםrelentedיִּנָּחֶםconcerningעַלthe evilהָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe had saidדִּבֶּרhe would doלַעֲשׂוֹתto them,לָהֶםand he did notוְלֹאdo it.עָשָׂה