Jonah 1

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

Or, la parole du Seigneur fut adressée à Jonas, fils d’Amathi, disant:

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, et va dans Ninive la grande cité, et prêches-y, parce que sa malice est montée devant 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.

Et Jonas se leva afin de fuir à Tharsis, de devant la face du Seigneur; et il descendit à Joppé, et il trouva un vaisseau qui allait à Tharsis, et il donna le prix de son passage, et il descendit dans le vaisseau, afin d’aller avec les autres à Tharsis, pour fuir de la face du Seigneur.

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 le Seigneur envoya un grand vent sur la mer, et il se fit une grande tempête sur la mer, et le vaisseau était en péril d’être brisé.

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.

Or les matelots craignirent, et les hommes crièrent vers leur Dieu, et ils jetèrent à la mer ce qui était dans le vaisseau, afin qu’il en fût allégé; or Jonas descendit au fond du vaisseau, et il dormait d’un sommeil profond.

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.

Et le pilote s’approcha de lui, et lui dit: Pourquoi es-tu accablé par le sommeil? Lève-toi, invoque ton Dieu, peut-être que Dieu songera à nous et que 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 chacun dit à son compagnon: Venez, et jetons les sorts pour savoir d’où ce malheur nous est venu. Et ils jetèrent les sorts, et le sort tomba sur 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?

Et ils lui dirent: Indique-nous à cause de qui ce malheur nous arrive; quelle est ton occupation? quel est ton pays et où vas-tu? ou bien à quel peuple appartiens-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 je crains le Seigneur, le Dieu du ciel, qui a fait la mer et la terre.

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 craignirent d’une grande crainte, et ils lui dirent: Pourquoi as-tu fait cela? (Car ces hommes surent qu’il fuyait la face du Seigneur, parce qu’il le leur avait appris.)

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, afin que la mer se calme pour nous? parce que la mer allait en grossissant

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 dans la mer, et la mer se calmera pour vous, car je sais, moi, que c’est à cause de moi que cette grande tempête est venue sur vous.

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 les hommes ramaient afin de revenir vers la terre, et ils ne le pouvaient; car la mer allait en grossissant au-dessus d’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.

Et ils crièrent au Seigneur, et ils dirent: Nous vous prions, Seigneur, de ne pas nous faire périra cause de l’âme de cet homme, et ne faites pas retomber sur nous un sang innocent, parce que vous, Seigneur, comme vous avez voulu, vous avez fait.

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

Et ils prirent Jonas, et ils le jetèrent dans la mer, et la mer apaisa sa furie.

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

Les hommes craignirent d’une grande crainte le Seigneur, et ils immolèrent des hosties au Seigneur, 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 le Seigneur prépara un grand poisson, afin qu’il engloutît Jonas; et Jonas fut dans le ventre du poisson pendant trois jours et trois nuits.