Jonas 1

1 HERRENS Ord kom til Jonas, Amittajs Søn, saaledes:

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

2 »Staa op og gaa til Nineve, den store Stad, udraab over den, at deres Ondskab er kommet op for mit Aasyn.«

“Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it, because their wickedness has risen up before me.”

3 Men Jonas stod op for at fly fra HERRENS Aasyn til Tarsis. Han drog ned til Jafo, og da han fandt et Skib, som skulde til Tarsis, betalte han, hvad Rejsen kostede, og gik om Bord for at sejle med til Tarsis bort fra HERRENS Aasyn.

But Jonah got up to run away from the presence of Yahweh and go to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and boarded the ship to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of Yahweh.

4 Men HERREN lod et stærkt Vejr fare hen over Havet, og en stærk Storm rejste sig paa Havet, saa Skibet var ved at gaa under.

But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea and it became a mighty storm on the sea. Soon it appeared that the ship was going to be broken up.

5 Sømændene blev rædde og raabte hver til sin Gud, og de kastede alle Sager i Skibet over Bord for at lette det. Men Jonas var gaaet ned i det underste Skibsrum og laa i dyb Søvn dernede.

Then the sailors became very afraid and each man cried out to his own god. They threw the ship's cargo into the sea to lighten it. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was lying there deeply asleep.

6 Skibsføreren gik da ned til ham og sagde: »Hvor kan du sove? Staa op og raab til din Gud! Maaske vil Gud komme os i Hu, saa vi ikke omkommer.«

So the captain came to him and said to him, “What are you doing sleeping? Get up! Call upon your god! Maybe your god will notice us and we will not perish.”

7 Saa sagde de til hverandre: »Kom, lad os kaste Lod for at faa at vide, hvem der er Skyld i, at denne Ulykke er tilstødt os!« Og de kastede Lod, og Loddet ramte Jonas.

They all said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots, so that we may know who is the cause of this evil that is happening to us.” So they threw lots, and the lot fell to Jonah.

8 Da sagde de til ham: »Sig os, hvem der er Skyld i, at denne Ulykke er tilstødt os! Hvad er du, og hvor kommer du fra? Hvilket Land er du fra, og hvilket Folk hører du til?«

Then they said to Jonah, “Please tell us who is the cause of this evil that is happening to us. What is your occupation, and where did you come from? What is your country, and from which people are you?”

9 Han svarede: »Jeg er Hebræer, og jeg frygter HERREN, Himmelens Gud, som har skabt Havet og det tørre Land.«

Jonah 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 Saa grebes Mændene af stor Rædsel og sagde til ham: »Hvad har du gjort!« Thi de fik at vide, at han flyede fra HERRENS Aasyn; det sagde han dem.

Then the men were even more afraid and said to Jonah, “What is this that you have done?” For the men knew that he was running away from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

11 Og de spurgte ham: »Hvad skal vi gøre med dig, saa vi faar Havet til at lægge sig? Thi det rejser sig mere og mere.«

Then they said to Jonah, “What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?” For the sea became more and more violent.

12 Han svarede: »Tag og kast mig i Havet! Saa faar I det til at lægge sig; thi jeg ved, at jeg er Skyld i, at dette stærke Vejr er over eder.«

Jonah said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you, for I know that it is because of me that this great storm is happening to you.”

13 Mændene søgte nu at ro tilbage til Land, men kunde ikke, da Havet rejste sig mere og mere imod dem.

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get them back to the land, but they could not do it because the sea was becoming more and more violent against them.

14 Saa raabte de til HERREN: »Ak, HERRE! Lad os ikke omkomme for denne Mands Sjæls Skyld og lad ikke uskyldigt Blod komme over os; thi det er jo dig, HERRE, der har gjort, som du vilde.«

Therefore they cried out to Yahweh and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, do not let us perish on account of this man's life, and do not lay upon us the guilt of his death, because you, Yahweh, have done just as it pleased you.”

15 Derpaa tog de Jonas og kastede ham i Havet, og straks lagde det sig.

So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

16 Og Mændene grebes af stor Rædsel for HERREN, bragte ham et Slagtoffer og aflagde Løfter.

Then the men feared Yahweh very much. They offered sacrifices to Yahweh and made vows.

17 Men HERREN bød en stor Fisk sluge Jonas; og Jonas var i Fiskens Bug tre Dage og tre Nætter.

Now Yahweh had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.