¹ Riječ Jahvina dođe Joni drugi put:

² "Ustani," reče mu, "idi u Ninivu, grad veliki, propovijedaj u njemu što ću ti reći."

³ Jona ustade i ode u Ninivu, kako mu Jahve zapovjedi. Niniva bijaše grad velik do Boga - tri dana hoda.

⁴ Jona prođe gradom dan hoda, propovijedajući: "Još četrdeset dana i Niniva će biti razorena."

⁵ Ninivljani povjerovaše Bogu; oglasiše post i obukoše se u kostrijet, svi od najvećega do najmanjega.

⁶ Glas doprije do kralja ninivskoga: on ustade s prijestolja, skide plašt sa sebe, odjenu se u kostrijet i sjede u pepeo.

⁷ Tada se po odredbi kralja i njegovih velikaša oglasi i objavi u Ninivi: "Ljudi i stoka, goveda i ovce da ne okuse ništa, ni da pasu, ni da vodu piju.

⁸ Nego i ljudi i stoka da se pokriju kostrijeću, da glasno Boga zazivlju i da se obrati svatko sa svojega zlog puta i nepravde koju je činio.

⁹ Tko zna, možda će se povratiti Bog, smilovati se i odustati od ljutoga svog gnjeva da ne izginemo?"

¹⁰ Bog vidje što su činili: da se obratiše od svojega zlog puta. I sažali se Bog zbog nesreće kojom im bijaše zaprijetio i ne učini.

¹ The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

² He said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I have seen, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are on the top of it;

³ and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it."

⁴ I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"

⁵ Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."

⁶ Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, "This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says Yahweh of Armies.

⁷ Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of 'Grace, grace, to it!'"

⁸ Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

⁹ "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

¹⁰ Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of Yahweh, which run back and forth through the whole earth."

¹¹ Then I asked him, "What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on the left side of it?"

¹² I asked him the second time, "What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that pour the golden oil out of themselves?"

¹³ He answered me, "Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."

¹⁴ Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth."