I am not sending you to people who speak another language that is hard to learn. Instead, I am sending you to the people of Israel.

你奉差遣不是往那说话深奥、言语难懂的民那里去，乃是往以色列家去；

你奉差遣不是往那说话艰涩、言语难懂的民那里，而是往以色列家去；

你奉差遣不是往那说话艰涩、言语难懂的民那里，而是往以色列家去；

你不是奉命去语言不通的民族那里，而是到以色列人当中。

你受差派不是到一个说话难明、言语难懂的民族那里去，而是到以色列家去；

你奉差遣不是往那說話深奧、言語難懂的民那裏去，乃是往以色列家去；

你奉差遣不是往那說話艱澀、言語難懂的民那裏，而是往以色列家去；

你奉差遣不是往那說話艱澀、言語難懂的民那裏，而是往以色列家去；

你不是奉命去語言不通的民族那裡，而是到以色列人當中。

你受差派不是到一個說話難明、言語難懂的民族那裡去，而是到以色列家去；

你奉差遣不是去找那說話深奧、語言難懂的人民，乃是去找以色列家：

爾之奉遣、非詣方言殊異、其語難明之民、惟詣以色列家、

我不遣爾至列邦、見言語不通之人、其方言爾所不識、如遣爾至彼、彼則願聽、我今遣爾、見以色列族、

爾被遣非就言語不通之民、乃就以色列族、

You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language, but to the people of Israel—

For you are not sent to a people of foreign speech and a hard language, but to the house of Israel—

I am not sending you to a foreign people whose language you cannot understand.

For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or a difficult language but to the house of Israel—

For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel,

For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel,

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language but to the house of Israel.

For thou[ art] not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language,[ but] to the house of Israel;

For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel–

For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

“ Go to the great city of Nineveh. Preach against it. The sins of its people have come to my attention.”

You won’t see those proud people anymore. They spoke a strange language. None of us could understand it.

He gave it as a covenant law for the people of Joseph. It was given when God went out to punish Egypt. There I heard a voice I didn’t recognize.

“ Go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce to its people the message I give you.”Jonah obeyed the Lord. He went to Nineveh. It was a very large city. In fact, it took about three days to go through it.Jonah began by going one whole day into the city. As he went, he announced,“ In 40 days Nineveh will be destroyed.”

You are not being sent to many nations whose people speak other languages that are hard to learn. You would not be able to understand them. Suppose I had sent you to them. Then they certainly would have listened to you.

I will save you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to themto open their eyes. I want you to turn them from darkness to light. I want you to turn them from Satan’s power to God. I want their sins to be forgiven. They will be forgiven when they believe in me. They will have their place among God’s people.’

All right then, these people won’t listen to me. So God will speak to them. He will speak by using people who speak unfamiliar languages. He will speak by using the mouths of strangers.