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OET (OET-RV) “Go now to the major city of Nineveh, and speak out against it because I’ve noticed how evil they are.”
OET-LV Arise go to Nineveh the_city the_great and_cry_out on/upon_it(f) if/because it_has_come_up wickedness_their before_face/front_me.
UHB ק֠וּם לֵ֧ךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֵ֛ה הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְרָ֣א עָלֶ֑יהָ כִּֽי־עָלְתָ֥ה רָעָתָ֖ם לְפָנָֽי׃ ‡
(qūm lēk ʼel-ninvēh hāˊir haggədōlāh ūqərāʼ ˊāleyhā kiy-ˊālətāh rāˊātām ləfānāy.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX ἀνάστηθι, καὶ πορεύθητι εἰς Νινευὴ τὴν πόλιν τὴν μεγάλην, καὶ κήρυξον ἐν αὐτῇ, ὅτι ἀνέβη ἡ κραυγὴ τῆς κακίας αὐτῆς πρὸς μέ.
(anastaʸthi, kai poreuthaʸti eis Nineuaʸ taʸn polin taʸn megalaʸn, kai kaʸruxon en autaʸ, hoti anebaʸ haʸ kraugaʸ taʸs kakias autaʸs pros me. )
BrTr Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.
ULT “Get up, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call out against it, because their evil has risen up before my face.”
UST “I have seen that the people of Nineveh are continually doing things that are very evil. Therefore, get moving. Go to Nineveh, that huge capital city of Assyria, and proclaim to the people there that I am planning to punish them for their evil actions.”
BSB “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
OEB ‘Arise, go to that great city, Nineveh, and preach against it; for their wickedness is known to me.’
WEBBE “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”
WMBB “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”
NET “Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”
LSV “Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness has come up before Me.”
FBV “Go immediately to the great city of Nineveh and condemn it because I have seen the wickedness of its people.”
T4T “I have seen how wicked the people of [MTY] the great city of Nineveh are. Therefore go there and warn the people that I am planning to destroy their city because of their sins.”
LEB “Get up! Go to the great city Nineveh and cry out against her, because their evil has come up before me.”[fn]
1:2 Literally “to my face”
BBE Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.
Moff No Moff YNA (JNA) book available
JPS 'Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it; for their wickedness is come up before Me.'
ASV Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
DRA Arise, and go to Ninive the great city, and preach in it: for the wickedness thereof is come up before me.
YLT 'Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.'
Drby Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
RV Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Wbstr Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
KJB-1769 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
KJB-1611 Arise, goe to Nineueh that [fn]great citie, and cry against it: for their wickednes is come vp before me.
(Arise, go to Nineueh that great city, and cry against it: for their wickedness is come up before me.)
1:2 Gene. 10. 11. 12. cha. 3.3.
Bshps Aryse, & go to Niniue that great citie, and crye against it: for their wickednesse is come vp before me.
(Aryse, and go to Niniue that great city, and cry against it: for their wickedness is come up before me.)
Gnva Arise, and goe to Nineueh, that great citie, and crye against it: for their wickednesse is come vp before mee.
(Arise, and go to Nineueh, that great city, and cry against it: for their wickedness is come up before me. )
Cvdl Aryse, and get the to Niniue that greate cite: and preach vnto them, how yt their wickednesse is come vp before me.
(Aryse, and get the to Niniue that great city: and preach unto them, how it their wickedness is come up before me.)
Wycl sone of Amathi, and seide, Rise thou, and go in to Nynyue, the greet citee, and preche thou ther ynne, for the malice therof stieth vp bifore me.
(sone of Amathi, and said, Rise thou/you, and go in to Nynyue, the great city, and preach thou/you there ynne, for the malice thereof stieth up before me.)
Luth Mache dich auf und gehe in die große Stadt Ninive und predige drinnen; denn ihre Bosheit ist heraufkommen vor mich.
(Mache you/yourself on and go in the large city Ninive and predige drinnen; because their/her Bosheit is heraufkommen before/in_front_of mich.)
ClVg Surge, et vade in Niniven, civitatem grandem, et prædica in ea, quia ascendit malitia ejus coram me.
(Surge, and vade in Niniven, civitatem grandem, and prædica in ea, because went_up malitia his coram me. )
1:2 By Jonah’s day, Nineveh already had quite a long history (see Gen 10:12). It was a key city in the Assyrian Empire until its destruction in 612 BC (see Nah 1–3). Nineveh’s ruins are located across the Tigris River from the modern city of Mosul, Iraq.
• great city: See study note on 3:3.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
ק֠וּם לֵ֧ךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֵ֛ה הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְרָ֣א עָלֶ֑יהָ כִּֽי־עָלְתָ֥ה רָעָתָ֖ם לְפָנָֽי
get_up go to/towards Nineveh the=city the,great and,cry_out on/upon=it(f) that/for/because/then/when come_up wickedness,their before,face/front,me
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses since the second half of the verse gives the reason for the result that the first half describes. Alternate translation: “The evil of Nineveh has risen before my face. Therefore, get up, go to that great city, and call out against it”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
נִֽינְוֵ֛ה הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה
Nineveh the=city the,great
Here, great means both large and important. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “the large and important city, Nineveh”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ק֠וּם
get_up
Get up is an idiom that means that Jonah should take action. It does not mean that he was sitting or lying down at the time that God spoke to him. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning, state the meaning plainly, or use only the verb “Go.” Alternate translation: “Look alive” or “Prepare yourself”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וּקְרָ֣א עָלֶ֑יהָ
and,cry_out on/upon=it(f)
The pronoun it here, meaning the city of Nineveh, refers to the people living in and around the city. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and call out against the people there”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
עָלְתָ֥ה רָעָתָ֖ם לְפָנָֽי
come_up wickedness,their before,face/front,me
Here, God speaks of evil as if it were something that has physically risen up in front of him as it has continually grown larger. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I know that they have been continually sinning” or “I have seen that their sin has been getting worse and worse”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
עָלְתָ֥ה רָעָתָ֖ם לְפָנָֽי
come_up wickedness,their before,face/front,me
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of evil, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “I have seen how wicked they have become”