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3:1
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耶和华的话二次临到约拿说：
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And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
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3:2
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「你起来！往尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民宣告我所吩咐你的话。」
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Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
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3:3
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约拿便照耶和华的话起来，往尼尼微去。这尼尼微是极大的城，有三日的路程。
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So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days` journey.
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3:4
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约拿进城走了一日，宣告说：「再等四十日，尼尼微必倾覆了！」
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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.
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3:5
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尼尼微人信服神，便宣告禁食，从最大的到至小的都穿麻衣（或作：披上麻布）。
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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.
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3:6
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这信息传到尼尼微王的耳中，他就下了宝座，脱下朝服，披上麻布，坐在灰中。
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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.
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3:7
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他又使人遍告尼尼微通城，说：「王和大臣有令，人不可尝什么，牲畜、牛羊不可吃草，也不可喝水。
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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;
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3:8
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人与牲畜都当披上麻布；人要切切求告神。各人回头离开所行的恶道，丢弃手中的强暴。
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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.
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3:9
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或者神转意后悔，不发烈怒，使我们不至灭亡，也未可知。」
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Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
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3:10
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于是神察看他们的行为，见他们离开恶道，他就后悔，不把所说的灾祸降与他们了。
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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.
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