Vino palabra del SEÑOR por segunda vez a Jonás, diciendo: 2 Levántate, ve a Nínive, la gran ciudad^a, y proclama en¹ ella el mensaje que yo te diré^b. 3 Y Jonás se levantó y fue a Nínive conforme a la palabra del SEÑOR. Y Nínive era una ciudad sumamente grande^1a, de un recorrido de tres días. 4 Jonás comenzó a recorrer¹ la ciudad camino de un día, y proclamaba, diciendo^a: Dentro de cuarenta días Nínive será arrasada.

5 Y los habitantes¹ de Nínive creyeron en Dios, y proclamaron ayuno^a y se vistieron de cilicio desde el mayor hasta el menor de ellos. 6 Cuando llegó la noticia al rey de Nínive, se levantó de su trono, se despojó de su manto, se cubrió de cilicio y se sentó sobre ceniza^1a. 7 E hizo proclamar y anunciar en Nínive, por decreto del rey y de sus grandes, diciendo: Ni hombre ni bestia, ni buey ni oveja prueben cosa alguna; no pasten ni beban agua^a, 8 sino cúbranse de cilicio hombres y animales, y clamen a Dios^a con fuerza, y vuélvase cada uno de su mal camino^b y de la violencia que hay en sus manos¹. 9 ¡Quién sabe! Quizá Dios se vuelva, se arrepienta y aparte el ardor de su ira, y no perezcamos^a.

10 Y vio Dios sus acciones, que se habían apartado de su mal camino^a; entonces se arrepintió Dios del mal que había dicho que les haría^b, y no lo hizo.

Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to ^aNineveh, the great city, and ^bproclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.” 3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was ¹an ^aexceedingly large city, a three days’ walk. 4 Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he ^acried out and said, “Forty more days, and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

5 Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a ^afast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his robe from himself, ^acovered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ¹dust. 7 And he issued a ^aproclamation, and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: No person, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat, or drink water. 8 But every person and animal must be covered with sackcloth; and people are to ^acall on God vehemently, and they are to ^bturn, each one from his evil way, and from the violence which is in their hands. 9 ^aWho knows, God may turn and relent, and turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

10 When God saw their deeds, that they ^aturned from their evil way, then ^bGod relented of the disaster which He had declared He would ¹bring on them. So He did not do it.