Jonah 1
1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,
Llegó a Jonás, hijo de Amitai, la palabra de Yahvé en estos términos:
2 Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.
“Levántate y ve a Nínive, la ciudad grande, y predica contra ella, porque su maldad ha subido hasta mi presencia.”
3 And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.
Pero Jonás se levantó para huir de la presencia de Yahvé, tomando el camino de Tarsis. Descendió a Jope, donde encontró una nave que se dirigía a Tarsis; pagó el pasaje, y se embarcó en ella para ir con los demás a Tarsis, lejos de la presencia de Yahvé.
4 And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.
Pero Yahvé hizo soplar sobre el mar un viento recio, y se desencadenó en el mar una gran tempestad, de suerte que la nave estaba en peligro de ser deshecha.
5 Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.
Por lo cual los marineros, llenos de miedo, clamaron cada cual a su dios; y echaron al mar el cargamento de la nave, a fin de aligerarla. Jonás, entretanto, había descendido al fondo de la nave. Allí se había acostado y dormía profundamente.
6 And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.
Se le acercó el capitán de la nave y le dijo: “¿Qué te pasa, dormilón? Levántate e invoca a tu Dios. Quizás Dios piense en nosotros para que no perezcamos.”
7 And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.
Entonces unos a otros se dijeron: “Vamos y echemos suertes, para que sepamos quién tiene la culpa de este mal que (ha venido) sobre nosotros.” Echaron suertes, y la suerte cayó sobre Jonás.
8 Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?
Le dijeron: “Dinos, ¿por quién (ha venido) sobre nosotros este desastre? ¿Cuál es tu profesión? ¿De dónde vienes? ¿Cuál es tu tierra? ¿De qué pueblo eres?”
9 And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.
Les respondió: “Soy hebreo, y temo a Yahvé, el Dios del cielo, el cual hizo el mar y la tierra.”
10 And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.
Entonces aquellos hombres quedaron sumamente atemorizados; y le dijeron: “¿Qué es lo que has hecho?” Pues comprendían los hombres que huía de la presencia de Yahvé, ya que él mismo se lo había declarado.
11 And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.
Y le dijeron: “¿Qué haremos contigo, para que se nos calme el mar?” Porque el mar iba embraveciéndose cada vez más.
12 And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.
Él les contestó: “Tomadme y echadme al mar, y el mar se os calmará, pues bien sé que por mi culpa ha venido sobre vosotros esta grande tempestad.”
13 And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.
Entretanto los hombres remaban, para ganar tierra, mas no podían; porque el mar se embravecía cada vez más contra ellos.
14 So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.
Entonces invocaron a Yahvé, diciendo: “¡Oh Yahvé, no nos hagas perecer por la vida de este hombre y no nos imputes sangre inocente! Pues Tú, oh Yahvé, has hecho como te plugo.”
15 So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.
Y tomaron a Jonás y le echaron al mar; y el mar cesó de embravecerse.
16 Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.
Se apoderó de aquellos hombres un gran temor de Yahvé, y ofrecieron sacrificios a Yahvé e hicieron votos.
17 And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
Entonces Yahvé hizo venir un pez grande para que se tragara a Jonás; y estuvo Jonás en las entrañas del pez tres días y tres noches.
