Jonah 1

1 BOEIPA ol tah Amittai capa Jonah taengah om tih,

Now Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

2 “Thoo, khopuei len Nineveh la cet lamtah a taengah hoe pah. Amih kah boethae he ka mikhmuh ah pai coeng,” a ti nah.

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”

3 Tedae Jonah tah BOEIPA mikhmuh lamloh Tarshish la yong hamla thoo tih Joppa la suntla. Te vaengah Tarshish aka pha sangpho te a hmuh. Te dongah a thapang te a paek tih BOEIPA mikhmuh lamloh amih neh Tarshish la caeh ham a khuila kun.

But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.

4 Te dongah BOEIPA loh khohli len te tuitunli ah a hut sak. Te vaengah hlipuei khaw tuitunli soah hli khungdaeng tih sangpho khaw ka rhek eh a ti coeng.

But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

5 Sangphobibi rhoek loh a rhih dongah hlang loh amah kah pathen te ni a khue uh coeng. A soah yanghoep hamla sangpho dongkah hnopai te tuitunli khuila a dong uh. Tedae Jonah tah sangpho hlaep la suntla tih a yalh neh muelh ip.

Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

6 Te dongah sangphoboei kung loh anih te a paan. Te vaengah anih te, “Nang te balae tih na ih?, Thoo, na Pathen te khue laeh, Pathen loh mamih ham a poek atah m'milh uh pawt khaming,” a ti nah.

So the ship master came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”

7 Te dongah hlang loh a hui taengah, “Halo lamtah hmulung naan sih. Te vaengah mamih taengkah yoethaenah he u kong ah ti khaw ming uh sih,” a ti nah. Tedae hmulung a naan uh hatah tah hmulung loh Jonah a tlak thil.

They all said to each other, “Come! Let’s cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

8 Te phoeiah anih te, “Kaimih taengah thui laeh, mamih taengkah yoethaenah he u kongah nim? Na bitat tah balae? Me lamlong nim na pawk? Melae na khohmuen? Te lamkah te menim na pilnam?” a ti nauh.

Then they asked him, “Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?”

9 Te dongah amih te, “Kai tah Hebrew ni. Vaan kah Pathen Yahweh te ka rhih. Amah loh tuitunli neh laiphuei te khaw a saii,” a ti nah.

He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.”

10 Te dongah hlang rhoek tah rhihnah puei neh a rhih uh anih te, “Balae tih he tla na saii,” a ti nauh. Amah te amih taengah a puen coeng dongah BOEIPA mikhmuh lamloh a yong te khaw hlang rhoek loh a ming uh coeng.

Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “What have you done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

11 Te phoeiah anih te, “Nang te metlam kan saii uh eh? Te daengah ni tuitunli khaw mamih taeng lamloh a paa eh. Tuitunli he cet tih thikthuek coeng dongah,” a ti nauh.

Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy.

12 Te dongah amih te, “Kamah he m'pom uh lamtah kai he tuitunli khuila n'dong uh laeh. Te vaengah tuitunli khaw nangmih taeng lamloh paa bitni. Kai kong ah hlipuei len he nangmih soah a tloh tila ka ming,” a ti nah.

He said to them, “Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.”

13 Te vaengah laiphuei dongla mael ham hlang rhoek loh a kaih uh. Tedae tuitunli khaw cet tih amih taengah a thikthuek pah dongah noeng uh pawh.

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.

14 Te daengah BOEIPA te a khue uh tih, “Aw, Yahweh, he hlang kah hinglu dongah m'milh sak uh mai boeh. Ommongsitoe kah thii he kaimih soah khueh boeh. BOEIPA namah ham tah na ngaih bangla saii nawn,” a ti uh.

Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.”

15 Jonah te a pom uh tih amah ah tuitunli la a dong uh daengah ni tuitunli kah a hmai a tal khaw a duem pueng.

So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.

16 Te dongah hlang loh BOEIPA a rhih uh he a rhihnah khaw len. BOEIPA taengah hmueih a nawn uh tih olcaeng khaw a caeng uh.

Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows.

17 Tedae Jonah aka dolh hamla nga len te BOEIPA loh a khueh coeng. Te dongah Jonah tah nga bung khuiah khothaih hnin thum neh khoyin hnin thum om.

Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.