Jonah 1
1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,
Y fue palabra de Jehová a Jonás, hijo de Amati, diciendo:
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 vé a Nínive, ciudad grande, y pregona contra ella; porque su maldad ha subido delante de mí.
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.
Y Jonás se levantó para huir de la presencia de Jehová a Társis, y descendió a Joppe; y halló un navío que se partía para Társis, y pagándole su pasaje entró en él para irse con ellos a Társis, de delante de Jehová.
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.
Mas Jehová hizo levantar un gran viento en la mar, e hízose una gran tempestad en la mar, que la nao pensó ser quebrada.
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.
Y los marineros tuvieron temor, y cada uno llamaba a su dios; y echaron a la mar el cargamento que llevaban en la nao, para descargarla de ello. Jonás empero se había descendido a los costados de la nao, y se había echado a dormir.
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.
Y el maestre de la nao se llegó a él, y le dijo: ¿Qué tienes dormilón? Levántate, y clama a tu dios, quizá él habrá compasión de nosotros, y no pereceremos.
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.
Y dijeron cada uno a su compañero: Veníd, y echemos suertes, para saber por quien nos ha venido este mal. Y 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?
Y ellos le dijeron: Decláranos ahora, ¿por qué nos ha venido este mal? ¿Qué oficio tienes, y de donde vienes, cual es tu tierra, y 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.
Y él les respondió: Hebreo soy, y a Jehová Dios de los cielos temo, que hizo la 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.
Y aquellos hombres temieron de gran temor, y le dijeron: ¿Por qué hiciste esto? Porque ellos entendieron que huía de delante de Jehová; porque él 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 dijéronle: ¿Qué te haremos, para que la mar se nos quiete? porque la mar iba, y se embravecía.
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.
El les respondió: Tomádme, y echádme a la mar, y la mar se os quietará; porque yo sé que por mí 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.
Y aquellos hombres trabajaron por tornar la nao a tierra, mas no pudieron; porque la mar iba y se embravecía sobre 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.
Y clamaron a Jehová, y dijeron: Rogámoste ahora, Jehová, que no perezcamos nosotros por la vida de aqueste hombre, ni pongas sobre nosotros sangre inocente; porque tú, Jehová, has hecho como has querido.
15 So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.
Y tomaron a Jonás, y echáronle a la mar; y la mar se quietó de su ira.
16 Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.
Y temieron aquellos hombres a Jehová con gran temor; y ofrecieron sacrificio a Jehová, y prometieron 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.
Mas Jehová había aparejado un gran pez, que tragase a Jonás; y estuvo Jonás en el vientre del pez tres días y tres noches.
