Jonah 3
1 Καὶ ἔγεινε λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ἰωνᾶν ἐκ δευτέρου, λέγων,
2 Σηκώθητι, ὕπαγε εἰς Νινευή, τὴν πόλιν τὴν μεγάλην, καὶ κήρυξον πρὸς αὐτήν τὸ κήρυγμα, τὸ ὁποῖον ἐγὼ λαλῶ πρὸς σέ.
3 Καὶ ἐσηκώθη ὁ Ἰωνᾶς καὶ ὑπῆγεν εἰς Νινευή κατὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ Κυρίου. Ἡ δὲ Νινευή ἦτο πόλις μεγάλη σφόδρα, ὁδοῦ τριῶν ἡμερῶν·
4 Καὶ ἤρχισεν ὁ Ἰωνᾶς νὰ διέρχηται εἰς τὴν πόλιν ὁδὸν μιᾶς ἡμέρας καὶ ἐκήρυξε καὶ εἶπεν, Ἔτι τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέραι καὶ ἡ Νινευή θέλει καταστραφῆ.
5 Καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς Νινευή ἐπίστευσαν εἰς τὸν Θεὸν καὶ ἐκήρυξαν νηστείαν καὶ ἐνεδύθησαν σάκκους ἀπὸ μεγάλου αὐτῶν ἕως μικροῦ αὐτῶν·
6 διότι ὁ λόγος εἶχε φθάσει πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα τῆς Νινευή καὶ ἐσηκώθη ἀπὸ τοῦ θρόνου αὑτοῦ καὶ ἀφρεσε τὴν στολήν αὑτοῦ ἐπάνωθεν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἐσκεπάσθη μὲ σάκκον καὶ ἐκάθησεν ἐπὶ σποδοῦ.
7 Καὶ διεκηρύχθη καὶ ἐγνωστοποιήθη ἐν τῇ Νινευή διὰ ψηφίσματος τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλαλήθη, οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ τὰ κτήνη, οἱ βόες καὶ τὰ πρόβατα, νὰ μή γευθῶσι μηδέν, μηδὲ νὰ βοσκήσωσι, μηδὲ ὕδωρ νὰ πίωσιν·
8 ἀλλ᾿ ἄνθρωπος καὶ κτῆνος νὰ σκεπασθῶσι μὲ σάκκους καὶ νὰ φωνάξωσιν ἰσχυρῶς πρὸς τὸν Θεόν· καὶ ἄς ἐπιστρέψωσιν ἕκαστος ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὑτοῦ τῆς πονηρᾶς καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίας, ἥτις εἶναι ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὑτῶν.
9 Τίς ἐξεύρει ἄν ἐπιστρέψῃ καὶ μεταμεληθῇ ὁ Θεὸς καὶ ἐπιστρέψῃ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς τοῦ θυμοῦ αὑτοῦ καὶ δὲν ἀπολεσθῶμεν;
10 Καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεὸς τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐπέστρεψαν ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὑτῶν τῆς πονηρᾶς· καὶ μετεμελήθη ὁ Θεὸς περὶ τοῦ κακοῦ, τὸ ὁποῖον εἶπε νὰ κάμῃ εἰς αὐτούς· καὶ δὲν ἔκαμεν αὐτό.