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Jonah 3

Jonah: Nineveh repents

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Ion 3:1Et factum est verbum Dominī ad Jōnam secundō, dīcēns: Surge, et vāde in Ninivēn, cīvitātem magnam, et praedicā in eā praedicātiōnem quam ego loquor ad tē.And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying: "Rise, and go into Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it the preaching which I speak to you." Ion 3:3Et surrēxit Jōnās, et abiit in Ninivēn jūxtā verbum Dominī: et Ninivē erat cīvitās magna, itinere trium diērum.And Jonah rose, and went away into Nineveh according to the word of the Lord: and Nineveh was a great city, of a journey of three days. Ion 3:4Et coepit Jōnās introīre in cīvitātem itinere diēī ūnīus: et clāmāvit, et dīxit: Adhūc quadrāgintā diēs, et Ninivē subvertētur.And Jonah began to enter into the city a journey of one day: and he cried out, and said: "Yet forty days, and Nineveh will be overturned." Ion 3:5Et crēdidērunt virī Ninivītae in Deum, et praedicāvērunt jējūnium, et vestītī sunt saccīs, ā mājōre ūsque ad minōrem.And the men of Nineveh believed in God, and proclaimed a fast, and were clothed in sackcloth, from the greater to the lesser. Ion 3:6Et pervēnit verbum ad rēgem Ninivē: et surrēxit dē soliō suō, et abjēcit vestīmentum suum ā sē, et indūtus est saccō, et sēdit in cinere.And the word reached the king of Nineveh: and he rose from his throne, and cast his garment from him, and was clothed in sackcloth, and sat in ash.

Ion 3:7Et clāmāvit, et dīxit in Ninivē ex ōre rēgis et prīncipum ejus, dīcēns: Hominēs, et jūmenta, et bovēs, et pecora nōn gustent quidquam: nec pāscantur, et aquam nōn bibant.And he cried out, and spoke in Nineveh from the mouth of the king and of his princes, saying: "Let men, and beasts of burden, and oxen, and flocks not taste anything: let them not graze, and let them not drink water. Ion 3:8Et operiantur saccīs hominēs et jūmenta, et clāment ad Dominum in fortitūdine: et convertātur vir ā viā suā malā, et ab inīquitāte quae est in manibus eōrum.And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry to the Lord with strength: and let each man turn from his evil way, and from the iniquity which is in their hands. Ion 3:9Quis scit sī convertātur et ignōscat Deus, et revertātur ā furōre īrae suae, et nōn perībimus?Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn back from the fury of his anger, and we shall not perish?" Ion 3:10Et vīdit Deus opera eōrum, quia conversī sunt dē viā suā malā: et misertus est Deus super malitiam quam locūtus fuerat ut faceret eīs, et nōn fēcit.And God saw their works, that they had turned from their evil way: and God had mercy concerning the evil which he had spoken that he would do to them, and he did not do it.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (88 words)

et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
verbum, -ī, n.	word
dominus, -ī m.	master, owner
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
secundō (adv.)	a second time; secondly
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
surgō, -ere, surrēxī, surrēctus	rise, get up, stand up
vādō, -ere	go
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
cīvitās, -tātis, f.	state
magnus, -a, -um	large, big, great, mighty; loud
praedicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	proclaim; boast of
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
praedicātiō, -ōnis f.	proclamation; praise
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
loquor, loquī, locūtus	speak
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
abeō, -īre, -iī, -itūrus	go away, depart
iūxtā (adv. and prep. + acc.)	nearby; next to
iter, itineris, n.	a going, journey, march; iter facere, to journey, march
trēs, tria, plur. adj.	three
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action)	have begun, began
introeō, -īre, -iī, -itum	go in, enter
ūnus, -a, -um	one; only, alone
clāmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	shout, cry out; proclaim
adhūc, adv.	to this point, up to this time, yet, still
quadrāgintā (indecl.)	forty
subvertō, -ere, -vertī, -versus	overturn, upset
crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus	believe
vir, virī, m.	man
deus, -ī, m.	god
iēiūnium, -ī n.	fasting, a fast
vestiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītum	clothe, dress
saccus, -ī, m.	bag, sack
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
ūsque, adv.	all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
parvus, -a, -um	little, small
perveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus	come through, come, arrive, reach
rēx, rēgis, m.	king
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
solium, -ī, n.	seat, throne
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
abiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus	throw away
vestīmentum, -ī n.	garment, clothing
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.	himself, herself, itself, themselves
induō, induere, induī, indūtus	put on; clothe
sedeō, sedēre, sēdī, sessus	sit
cinis, cineris m.	ashes
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)	out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
ōs, ōris, n.	mouth
prīnceps, -ipis	first, chief; as noun: leader
homō, hominis, m.	man
iūmentum, -ī n.	pack animal, beast of burden
bōs, bovis, gen. plur. boum, dat. and abl. plur. bōbus, m. and f.	ox, bull, cow
pecus, pecoris, n.	herd, flock, cattle
nōn, adv.	not
gustō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	taste
quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron.	any one, anything
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
pāscō, pāscere, pāvī, pāstus	feed
aqua, -ae, f.	water
bibō, bibere, bibī	drink
operiō, -īre, -uī, -ertus	cover
fortitūdō, -inis f.	bravery
convertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versus	turn round, turn, change; in fugam convertere, to put to flight
via, -ae, f.	road, way
malus, -a, -um	bad
inīquitās, -ātis f.	unevenness; unfairness, difficulty
manus, -ūs, f.	hand
quis, quid, interrog. pron.	who? which? what?
sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	know
sī, conj.	if
ignōscō, -ere, ignōvī, ignōtum (+ dat.)	pardon, forgive
revertor, -vertī, -versus, perf. act. -vertī	turn back, return
furor, -ōris, m.	rage, fury, frenzy, madness
īra, -ae, f.	anger, wrath
pereō, -īre, -ii, -itūrus	pass away, perish
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus	see; pass., seem
opus, operis, n.	work, task
quia (conj.)	because
misereor, -ērī, miseritus sum	pity, have mercy on (+ gen.)
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)	over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
malitia, -ae f.	wickedness, malice
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as

Vulgate, Jonah. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.