Jona 1
1 Het woord van Jahweh werd tot Jonas gericht, den zoon van Amittai:
[One day] Yahweh said to [the prophet] Jonah, the son of Amittai,
2 Sta op, ga naar Ninive, de grote stad, en kondig haar aan, dat haar boosheid tot Mij is doorgedrongen.
“I have [seen] how wicked [the people of] [MTY] the great city of Nineveh are. Therefore go there and warn the people that [I am planning to] destroy their city [because of their sins].”
3 Jonas stond op, maar wilde naar Tarsjisj vluchten, ver buiten het bereik van Jahweh. Hij daalde naar Joppe af, vond er een schip, dat op Tarsjisj voer, betaalde de overtocht, en ging aan boord, om met de anderen naar Tarsjisj te varen, ver buiten het bereik van Jahweh.
But [instead of going to Nineveh], Jonah [went in the direction] opposite to where Yahweh [told him to go]. He went down to Joppa [city]. There he bought a ticket to travel on a ship that was going to Tarshish [city], in order to avoid [doing what] Yahweh [told him to do]. [He got on the ship, ] and [then went down] to a lower deck, [lay down, and went to sleep].
4 Maar Jahweh slingerde een orkaan over het water, en er brak een zware storm los op zee, die het schip dreigde te kraken.
Then Yahweh caused a very strong wind to blow, and there was such a violent storm that [the sailors thought] the ship would break apart.
5 In hun angst riepen de schepelingen allen hun eigen goden aan, en wierpen de lading in zee, om het schip te ontlasten. Maar Jonas was in het scheepsruim gegaan, had zich daar ter ruste gelegd, en was in diepe slaap gevallen.
The sailors were very frightened. Because of that, they each [started to] pray to their own gods [to save them]. Then they threw the cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter [in order that it would not sink easily].
6 De kapitein ging naar hem toe, en zei hem: Hoe kunt ge nog slapen! Sta op, roep uw God aan; misschien ontfermt zich God over ons, en vergaan we niet.
Then the captain went [down] to where Jonah was sleeping soundly. [He awoke him] and said [to him], “(How can you sleep [during a storm like this]?/You should not be sleeping [during a storm like this]) [RHQ]! Get up and pray to your god! Perhaps he will pity us and save us, in order that we will not drown!” [But Jonah refused to do that].
7 Later zeiden ze tot elkander: Laat ons loten, om uit te maken, door wiens schuld dit onheil ons treft. Ze wierpen dus het lot; en het lot viel op Jonas.
Then the sailors said to each other, “We need to (cast lots/shake from a container small objects that we have all marked), to determine who has caused [all] this trouble!” So they did that, and [the object with] Jonah’s mark fell out [of the container].
8 Nu zeiden ze hem: Zeg ons, waarom dit onheil ons treft; wat is uw beroep, waar komt ge vandaan, wat is uw vaderland, van welk volk stamt ge af.
So [various ones of] them asked him, “Are you the one who has caused us all this trouble?” “What work do you do?” “Where are you [coming] from?” “What country and what people-group do you belong to?”
9 Hij gaf hun ten antwoord: Ik ben een Hebreër; ik vereer Jahweh, den God des hemels, die zee en land heeft gemaakt.
Jonah replied, “I am a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh God, who [lives in] heaven. He is the one who made the sea and the land. I am trying to escape from [doing what] Yahweh [told me to do].”
10 Nu werd de bemanning nog meer bevreesd, en ze zeiden tot hem: Hoe hebt ge zo iets durven doen? Want nu wisten ze, dat hij op de vlucht was voor Jahweh; hij had het hun zelf bekend.
After the sailors heard that, they were terrified. So they asked him, “Do you realize what [trouble] you have caused?”
11 Ze zeiden hem: Wat moeten we met u doen, om de zee te kalmeren; want de zee raast hoe langer hoe harder!
The [storm kept getting worse and] the waves kept getting bigger. So [one of] the sailors asked Jonah, “What should we do in order to make the sea become calm?”
12 Hij antwoordde: Neem mij op, en werp mij in zee; dan zal de zee bedaren. Want nu zie ik duidelijk in, dat door mijn schuld deze geweldige storm u teistert.
He replied, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. [If you do that], it will become calm. I know that this terrible storm is the result of my [not doing what Yahweh told me to do].”
13 Nog beproefde de bemanning, naar het land te roeien, maar het lukte haar niet; want steeds onstuimiger beukte de zee.
But the sailors did [not want to do that]. [Instead], they tried hard to row the ship back to the land. But they could not [do that], because the storm continued to get worse.
14 Toen riepen ze Jahweh aan, en zeiden: Ach Jahweh! Laat ons toch niet vergaan om het leven van dezen man; wreek op ons geen onschuldig bloed. Want Gij, Jahweh, hebt zelf gedaan, wat U behaagt!
Therefore they prayed to Yahweh, and [one of them] prayed, “O Yahweh, please do not let us drown because of our causing this man to die. O Yahweh, you have done what you wanted to do. [We do not know if this man has sinned. If] he has not sinned, do not consider that we are guilty of sinning when we cause him to die!”
15 Toen namen ze Jonas op, en wierpen hem in zee; en aanstonds kwam de zee tot bedaren.
Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea. Then the sea became calm.
16 De bemanning werd van grote vrees voor Jahweh vervuld; men bracht Jahweh een offer, en deed Hem geloften.
[When that happened], the sailors became greatly awed at Yahweh’s [power]. So they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and they strongly promised [him that they would do things that would please him].
17 Intussen had Jahweh een grote vis laten komen, om Jonas op te slokken: en Jonas bleef in de buik van de vis drie dagen en drie nachten lang.
[While they were doing that, ] Yahweh sent a huge fish that swallowed Jonah. Then Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
