يُونَان 1

١ 1 وَصَارَ قَوْلُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى يُونَانَ بْنِ أَمِتَّايَ قَائِلًا:

This message from the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai:

٢ 2 «قُمِ ٱذْهَبْ إِلَى نِينَوَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ وَنَادِ عَلَيْهَا، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ صَعِدَ شَرُّهُمْ أَمَامِي».

‘Arise, go to that great city, Nineveh, and preach against it; for their wickedness is known to me.’

٣ 3 فَقَامَ يُونَانُ لِيَهْرُبَ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ مِنْ وَجْهِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَنَزَلَ إِلَى يَافَا وَوَجَدَ سَفِينَةً ذَاهِبَةً إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ، فَدَفَعَ أُجْرَتَهَا وَنَزَلَ فِيهَا، لِيَذْهَبَ مَعَهُمْ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ مِنْ وَجْهِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

But Jonah started to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

٤ 4 فَأَرْسَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ رِيحًا شَدِيدَةً إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ، فَحَدَثَ نَوْءٌ عَظِيمٌ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ حَتَّى كَادَتِ ٱلسَّفِينَةُ تَنْكَسِرُ.

But the Lord made a furious wind blow over the sea, and there was such a great storm that the ship was in danger of breaking to pieces.

٥ 5 فَخَافَ ٱلْمَّلَاحُونَ وَصَرَخُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى إِلَهِهِ، وَطَرَحُوا ٱلْأَمْتِعَةَ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلسَّفِينَةِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ لِيُخَفِّفُوا عَنْهُمْ. وَأَمَّا يُونَانُ فَكَانَ قَدْ نَزَلَ إِلَى جَوْفِ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَٱضْطَجَعَ وَنَامَ نَوْمًا ثَقِيلًا.

The sailors were terrified and each cried for help to his own god. They threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter. Meanwhile Jonah had gone down into the bottom of the ship and lay fast asleep.

٦ 6 فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ رَئِيسُ ٱلنُّوتِيَّةِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَا لَكَ نَائِمًا؟ قُمِ ٱصْرُخْ إِلَى إِلَهِكَ عَسَى أَنْ يَفْتَكِرَ ٱلإِلَهُ فِينَا فَلَا نَهْلِكَ».

The captain of the ship went and said to him, ‘How can you sleep? Call on your god; perhaps that god will think of us, so that we may not be lost.’

٧ 7 وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «هَلُمَّ نُلْقِي قُرَعًا لِنَعْرِفَ بِسَبَبِ مَنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْبَلِيَّةُ». فَأَلْقَوْا قُرَعًا، فَوَقَعَتِ ٱلْقُرْعَةُ عَلَى يُونَانَ.

The sailors said to one another, ‘Come, let us cast lots to discover on whose account this evil has come upon us.’ So they cast lots, and the lot indicated Jonah.

٨ 8 فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَخْبِرْنَا بِسَبَبِ مَنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمُصِيبَةُ عَلَيْنَا؟ مَا هُوَ عَمَلُكَ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتَ؟ مَا هِيَ أَرْضُكَ؟ وَمِنْ أَيِّ شَعْبٍ أَنْتَ؟»

So they said to him, ‘Are you to blame for this? Tell us, what is your business, and where do you come from? What is your country and to what people do you belong?’

٩ 9 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا عِبْرَانِيٌّ، وَأَنَا خَائِفٌ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ ٱلَّذِي صَنَعَ ٱلْبَحْرَ وَٱلْبَرَّ».

He replied, ‘I am a Hebrew, and a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.’

١٠ 10 فَخَافَ ٱلرِّجَالُ خَوْفًا عَظِيمًا، وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «لِمَاذَا فَعَلْتَ هَذَا؟» فَإِنَّ ٱلرِّجَالَ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ هَارِبٌ مِنْ وَجْهِ ٱلرَّبِّ، لِأَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُمْ.

Then the men were greatly frightened and said to him, ‘What have you done?’ For they knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

١١ 11 فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «مَاذَا نَصْنَعُ بِكَ لِيَسْكُنَ ٱلْبَحْرُ عَنَّا؟» لِأَنَّ ٱلْبَحْرَ كَانَ يَزْدَادُ ٱضْطِرَابًا.

Then they said to him, ‘What should we do to you, to make the sea calm for us?’ For the sea grew more and more stormy.

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «خُذُونِي وَٱطْرَحُونِي فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ فَيَسْكُنَ ٱلْبَحْرُ عَنْكُمْ، لِأَنَّنِي عَالِمٌ أَنَّهُ بِسَبَبِي هَذَا ٱلنَّوْءُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ عَلَيْكُمْ».

He said to them, ‘Take me up and throw me into the sea, and the sea will be calm for you, for I know that it is because of me this fierce storm has overtaken you.’

١٣ 13 وَلَكِنَّ ٱلرِّجَالَ جَذَفُوا لِيُرَجِّعُوا ٱلسَّفِينَةَ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا، لِأَنَّ ٱلْبَحْرَ كَانَ يَزْدَادُ ٱضْطِرَابًا عَلَيْهِمْ.

But instead the men rowed hard to get back to the land; they could not, however, for the sea grew more and more stormy ahead.

١٤ 14 فَصَرَخُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَالُوا: «آهِ يَارَبُّ، لَا نَهْلِكْ مِنْ أَجْلِ نَفْسِ هَذَا ٱلرَّجُلِ، وَلَا تَجْعَلْ عَلَيْنَا دَمًا بَرِيئًا، لِأَنَّكَ يَارَبُّ فَعَلْتَ كَمَا شِئْتَ».

So they cried to the Lord and said, ‘We beg you, Lord, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t let us be guilty of shedding innocent blood, for you are the Lord; you have done as it pleases you.’

١٥ 15 ثُمَّ أَخَذُوا يُونَانَ وَطَرَحُوهُ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ، فَوَقَفَ ٱلْبَحْرُ عَنْ هَيَجَانِهِ.

And they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea became calm.

١٦ 16 فَخَافَ ٱلرِّجَالُ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ خَوْفًا عَظِيمًا، وَذَبَحُوا ذَبِيحَةً لِلرَّبِّ وَنَذَرُوا نُذُورًا.

Then the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice and made vows to him.

١٧ 17 وَأَمَّا ٱلرَّبُّ فَأَعَدَّ حُوتًا عَظِيمًا لِيَبْتَلِعَ يُونَانَ. فَكَانَ يُونَانُ فِي جَوْفِ ٱلْحُوتِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ.

But the Lord arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.