Jonah · Chapter 3

[ edit] And þe word of þe Lord is maad þe ſecounde tyme to Jonas, ſayinge, Ryſe þou, and go in to Nynyue, þe grete cytee, and preche þou þere þe prechynge whiche Y ſpeke to þee. And Jonas ros, and wente in to Nynyue, vp þe word of þe Lord. And Nynyue was a grete cytee, in iourney of þree days. And Jonas bygan for to entre in to þe cytee, in iourney of oo day, and cryede, and ſaide, Ȝit fourty days, and Nynyue ſhal be vndirturned, or diſtruyed. And men of Nynyue byleeuyden to þe Lord, and prechiden faſtyng, and weren cloþid wiþ ſackis, fro þe more vnto þe laſſe.

And þe word cam to þe kyng of Nynyue; and he ros of his ſeete, and caſtide awey his cloþing fro hym, and is cloþid wiþ ſacke, and ſate in aſhe. And he criede, and ſaide in Nynyue of þe mouþ of þe kyng and of his princes, ſayinge, Men, and werk beeſtis, and oxen, and ſheep taaſte not ony þing, neþer be fed, neþer drynke watir. And be men hillid wiþ ſackis, and werk beeſtis crie to þe Lord in ſtrengþe; and be a man conuertid, or al turnyd, fro his yuel waye, and fro wickidneſſe þat is in þe hondis of hem. Who wote, ȝif God be conuertid, and forȝeue, and be turned aȝein fro woodneſſe of his wraþ, and we ſhuln not periſhe?

And God ſawȝ þe werkis of hem, for þei ben conuertid fro her yuel waye; and God hadde mercy on þe malice whiche he ſpac, þat he ſhulde do to hem, and dide not.