en_tn_lite_do_not_use/jon/03/10.md

# God saw what they did

"God understood that they stopped doing evil actions"

# they turned from their evil ways

The author speaks of the people stop sinning as if they turned their back to an object. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# God changed his mind about the punishment that he had said he would do to them

Here God deciding not to do the punishment he had planned is spoken of is if he changed his mind. AT: "God changed his thinking about the punishment that he had said he would do to them" or "God decided not to punish them as he had said he would" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# he did not do it

What God was to do can be made explicit. AT: "he did not punish them" or "he did not destroy them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# God saw what they did`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"God understood that they stopped doing evil actions"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# they turned from their evil ways`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The author speaks of the people stop sinning as if they turned their back to an object. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# God changed his mind about the punishment that he had said he would do to them`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here God deciding not to do the punishment he had planned is spoken of is if he changed his mind. AT: "God changed his thinking about the punishment that he had said he would do to them" or "God decided not to punish them as he had said he would" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# he did not do it`

			`What God was to do can be made explicit. AT: "he did not punish them" or "he did not destroy them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`