Jonah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Jonah 3 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Και έγεινε λόγος Κυρίου προς Ιωνάν εκ δευτέρου, λέγων,
1 Y FUÉ palabra de Jehová segunda vez á Jonás, diciendo:
1 Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Σηκώθητι, ύπαγε εις Νινευή, την πόλιν την μεγάλην, και κήρυξον προς αυτήν το κήρυγμα, το οποίον εγώ λαλώ προς σε.
2 Levántate, y ve á Nínive, aquella gran ciudad, y publica en ella el pregón que yo te diré.
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
3 Και εσηκώθη ο Ιωνάς και υπήγεν εις Νινευή κατά τον λόγον του Κυρίου. Η δε Νινευνή ήτο πόλις μεγάλη σφόδρα, οδού τριών ημερών·
3 Y levantóse Jonás, y fué á Nínive, conforme á la palabra de Jehová. Y era Nínive ciudad sobremanera grande, de tres días de camino.
3 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
4 Και ήρχισεν ο Ιωνάς να διέρχηται εις την πόλιν οδόν μιας ημέρας και εκήρυξε και είπεν, Έτι τεσσαράκοντα ημέραι και η Νινευή θέλει καταστραφή.
4 Y comenzó Jonás á entrar por la ciudad, camino de un día, y pregonaba diciendo: De aquí á cuarenta días Nínive será destruída.
4 Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
5 Και οι άνδρες της Νινευή επίστευσαν εις τον Θεόν και εκήρυξαν νηστείαν και ενεδύθησαν σάκκους από μεγάλου αυτών έως μικρού αυτών·
5 Y los hombres de Nínive creyeron á Dios, y pregonaron ayuno, y vistiéronse de sacos desde el mayor de ellos hasta el menor de ellos.
5 The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
6 διότι ο λόγος είχε φθάσει προς τον βασιλέα της Νινευή και εσηκώθη από του θρόνου αυτού και αφήρεσε την στολήν αυτού επάνωθεν εαυτού και εσκεπάσθη με σάκκον και εκάθησεν επί σποδού.
6 Y llegó el negocio hasta el rey de Nínive, y levantóse de su silla, y echó de sí su vestido, y cubrióse de saco, y se sentó sobre ceniza.
6 The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 Και διεκηρύχθη και εγνωστοποιήθη εν τη Νινευή διά ψηφίσματος του βασιλέως και των μεγιστάνων αυτού και ελαλήθη, οι άνθρωποι και τα κτήνη, οι βόες και τα πρόβατα, να μη γευθώσι μηδέν, μηδέ να βοσκήσωσι, μηδέ ύδωρ να πίωσιν·
7 E hizo pregonar y anunciar en Nínive, por mandado del rey y de sus grandes, diciendo: Hombres y animales, bueyes y ovejas, no gusten cosa alguna, no se les dé alimento, ni beban agua:
7 He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
8 αλλ' άνθρωπος και κτήνος να σκεπασθώσι με σάκκους και να φωνάξωσιν ισχυρώς προς τον Θεόν· και ας επιστρέψωσιν έκαστος από της οδού αυτού της πονηράς και από της αδικίας, ήτις είναι εν ταις χερσίν αυτών.
8 Y que se cubran de saco los hombres y los animales, y clamen á Dios fuertemente: y conviértase cada uno de su mal camino, de la rapiña que está en sus manos.
8 but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.
9 Τις εξεύρει αν επιστρέψη και μεταμεληθή ο Θεός και επιστρέψη από της οργής του θυμού αυτού και δεν απολεσθώμεν;
9 ¿Quién sabe si se volverá y arrepentirá Dios, y se apartará del furor de su ira, y no pereceremos?
9 Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”
10 Και είδεν ο Θεός τα έργα αυτών, ότι επέστρεψαν από της οδού αυτών της πονηράς· και μετεμελήθη ο Θεός περί του κακού, το οποίον είπε να κάμη εις αυτούς· και δεν έκαμεν αυτό.
10 Y vió Dios lo que hicieron, que se convirtieron de su mal camino: y arrepintióse del mal que había dicho les había de hacer, y no lo hizo.
10 God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.
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Nineveh
Capital of the brutal Assyrian Empire. Jonah's reluctant mission brought it to repentance; Nahum later prophesied its fall, which came in 612 BC.
Cited in the guide: Jonah 3:3; Nahum 1:1; 2 Kings 19:36
Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jonah 1:1
- 2 Jeremiah 1:17; Ezekiel 2:7; Jonah 3:3; Jonah 1:2; John 5:14
- 3 Matthew 21:28–29; Psalm 80:10; Genesis 22:3
- 4 Deuteronomy 18:22; Jeremiah 18:7–10; 2 Kings 20:1; Jonah 3:10; 2 Kings 20:6
- 5 Luke 11:32; Daniel 9:3; Matthew 12:41; Joel 2:12–17; 2 Chronicles 20:3
- 6 James 4:6–10; Esther 4:1–4; Job 2:8; Daniel 9:3; Luke 10:13
- 7 2 Chronicles 20:3; Joel 2:15–16; Joel 1:18; Jonah 3:5; Ezra 8:21
- 8 Isaiah 59:6; Isaiah 55:6–7; Jonah 1:6; Jonah 1:14; Ezekiel 18:21–24
- 9 2 Samuel 12:22; Joel 2:13–14; Psalm 106:45; Jonah 1:6; Luke 15:18–20
- 10 Jeremiah 18:8; 1 Kings 21:27–29; Exodus 32:14; Amos 7:6; Luke 15:20
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… wrought in Jonah's case, as the Scripture says of them, "And they returned each from his evil way, and the unrighteousness which was in their hands, saying, Who knoweth if God will repent, and turn away His anger from us, and we shall not perish?" --so also, from the beginning, did God permit man to be swallowed up by the …
But some one may say, "How shall I know whether the prophet Jonah said to the Ninevites, Yet three days and Nineveh shall be overthrown,' or forty days?" For who does not see that the prophet could not say both, when he was sent to terrify the city by the threat of imminent ruin?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)