Jonah 1
1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas the son of Amathi, saying:
HERRENS Ord kom til Jonas, Amittajs Søn, saaledes:
2 Arise, and go to Ninive the great city, and preach in it: for the wickedness thereof is come up before me.
»Staa op og gaa til Nineve, den store Stad, udraab over den, at deres Ondskab er kommet op for mit Aasyn.«
3 And Jonas rose up to flee into Tharsis from the face of the Lord, and he went down to Joppe, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them to Tharsis from the face of the Lord.
Men Jonas stod op for at fly fra HERRENS Aasyn til Tarsis. Han drog ned til Jafo, og da han fandt et Skib, som skulde til Tarsis, betalte han, hvad Rejsen kostede, og gik om Bord for at sejle med til Tarsis bort fra HERRENS Aasyn.
4 But the Lord sent a great wind into the sea: and a great tempest was raised in the sea, and the ship was in danger to be broken.
Men HERREN lod et stærkt Vejr fare hen over Havet, og en stærk Storm rejste sig paa Havet, saa Skibet var ved at gaa under.
5 And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried to their god: and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship, into the sea, to lighten it of them: and Jonas went down into the inner part of the ship, and fell into a deep sleep.
Sømændene blev rædde og raabte hver til sin Gud, og de kastede alle Sager i Skibet over Bord for at lette det. Men Jonas var gaaet ned i det underste Skibsrum og laa i dyb Søvn dernede.
6 And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him: Why art thou fast asleep? rise up, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think of us, that we may not perish.
Skibsføreren gik da ned til ham og sagde: »Hvor kan du sove? Staa op og raab til din Gud! Maaske vil Gud komme os i Hu, saa vi ikke omkommer.«
7 And they said every one to his fellow: Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know why this evil is upon us. And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonas.
Saa sagde de til hverandre: »Kom, lad os kaste Lod for at faa at vide, hvem der er Skyld i, at denne Ulykke er tilstødt os!« Og de kastede Lod, og Loddet ramte Jonas.
8 And they said to him: Tell us for what cause this evil is upon us, what is thy business? of what country art thou? and whither goest thou? or of what people art thou?
Da sagde de til ham: »Sig os, hvem der er Skyld i, at denne Ulykke er tilstødt os! Hvad er du, og hvor kommer du fra? Hvilket Land er du fra, og hvilket Folk hører du til?«
9 And he said to them: I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord the God of heaven, who made both the sea and the dry land.
Han svarede: »Jeg er Hebræer, og jeg frygter HERREN, Himmelens Gud, som har skabt Havet og det tørre Land.«
10 And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him: Why hast thou done this? (for the men knew that he fled from the face of the Lord: because he had told them.)
Saa grebes Mændene af stor Rædsel og sagde til ham: »Hvad har du gjort!« Thi de fik at vide, at han flyede fra HERRENS Aasyn; det sagde han dem.
11 And they said to him: What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea flowed and swelled.
Og de spurgte ham: »Hvad skal vi gøre med dig, saa vi faar Havet til at lægge sig? Thi det rejser sig mere og mere.«
12 And he said to them: Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
Han svarede: »Tag og kast mig i Havet! Saa faar I det til at lægge sig; thi jeg ved, at jeg er Skyld i, at dette stærke Vejr er over eder.«
13 And the men rowed hard to return to land, but they were not able: because the sea tossed and swelled upon them.
Mændene søgte nu at ro tilbage til Land, men kunde ikke, da Havet rejste sig mere og mere imod dem.
14 And they cried to the Lord, and said: We beseech thee, O Lord, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.
Saa raabte de til HERREN: »Ak, HERRE! Lad os ikke omkomme for denne Mands Sjæls Skyld og lad ikke uskyldigt Blod komme over os; thi det er jo dig, HERRE, der har gjort, som du vilde.«
15 And they took Jonas, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from raging.
Derpaa tog de Jonas og kastede ham i Havet, og straks lagde det sig.
16 And the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and sacrificed victims to the Lord, and made vows.
Og Mændene grebes af stor Rædsel for HERREN, bragte ham et Slagtoffer og aflagde Løfter.
17 Now the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Men HERREN bød en stor Fisk sluge Jonas; og Jonas var i Fiskens Bug tre Dage og tre Nætter.
