Jonah 1

1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,

Et: la parole de l'Éternel fut adressée à Jonas, fils d'Amitthaï, en ces mots:

2 Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

Lève-toi, va à Ninive la grande ville, et prêche-lui, car sa méchanceté est parvenue jusqu'à moi.

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.

Mais Jonas se leva pour s'enfuir à Tarsis de devant la face de l'Éternel. Et il descendit à Joppe, et il trouva un navire partant pour Tarsis, et il paya son naulage, et s'embarqua pour aller avec eux à Tarsis, loin de la face de l'Éternel.

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.

Mais l'Éternel envoya un grand vent sur la mer, et il s'éleva une grande tempête sur la mer, et le navire risquait de naufrager.

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.

Alors les mariniers eurent peur, et ils invoquèrent chacun leur dieu, et ils jetèrent l'attirail qui était sur le vaisseau à la mer, pour l'alléger. Mais Jonas était descendu dans l'intérieur du vaisseau, et s'étant couché il s'était endormi

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.

Alors le maître du vaisseau s'approcha, de lui et lui dit: Que fais-tu de dormir? lève-toi! invoque ton Dieu! peut-être Dieu se ressouviendra de nous, et nous ne périrons pas.

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.

Et ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: Venez et tirons au sort pour connaître lequel nous attire ce malheur! Et ils tirèrent au sort, et le sort désigna Jonas.

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?

Alors ils lui dirent: Dis-nous qui nous attire ce malheur? Quelles sont tes affaires et d'où viens-tu? quel est ton pays et de quelle nation es-tu?

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.

Et il leur dit: Je suis hébreu, et c'est l'Éternel, le Dieu des Cieux, que j'adore, Celui qui a fait la mer et la terre ferme.

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.

Et ces hommes furent saisis d'une grande crainte, et ils lui dirent: Pourquoi as-tu fait cela? Car ces hommes savaient qu'il fuyait de devant la face de l'Éternel, parce qu'il le leur avait avoué.

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.

Et ils lui dirent: Que te ferons-nous pour que la mer se calme envers nous? Car la mer devenait toujours plus orageuse.

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.

Et il leur dit: Prenez-moi, et jetez-moi à la mer, et la mer se calmera envers vous; car je sais que c'est moi qui vous attire cette grande tempête.

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.

Et ces hommes ramèrent pour revenir à terre; mais ils ne pouvaient, car la mer allait s'agitant toujours plus contre eux.

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.

Alors ils invoquèrent l'Éternel et dirent: Éternel, oh! ne nous fais pas: périr à cause de l'âme de cet homme, et ne nous charge pas du sang innocent; car tu es l'Éternel; ce que tu trouves bon, tu le fais.

15 So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.

Et ils prirent Jonas et le jetèrent à la mer, et la mer cessa d'être furieuse.

16 Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.

Et ces hommes furent saisis d'une grande crainte envers l'Éternel, et ils sacrifièrent à l'Éternel des victimes, et ils vouèrent des vœux.

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.

Et l'Éternel envoya un grand poisson pour engloutir Jonas, et Jonas fut dans le corps du poisson trois jours et trois nuits.