Jonah 1
1 [One day] Yahweh said to [the prophet] Jonah, the son of Amittai,
那時，上主的話傳給阿米泰的兒子約納說：
2 “I have [seen] how wicked [the people of] [MTY] the great city of Nineveh are. Therefore go there and warn the people that [I am planning to] destroy their city [because of their sins].”
「你起身往尼尼微大城去，向他們宣佈：他們的邪惡已達到我前」。
3 But [instead of going to Nineveh], Jonah [went in the direction] opposite to where Yahweh [told him to go]. He went down to Joppa [city]. There he bought a ticket to travel on a ship that was going to Tarshish [city], in order to avoid [doing what] Yahweh [told him to do]. [He got on the ship, ] and [then went down] to a lower deck, [lay down, and went to sleep].
約納卻起身，想躲開上主的面，逃到塔爾史士去：遂下到約培，找到一隻要開往塔爾史士的船，繳了船費，上了船，同他們往塔爾史士去，好躲開上主的面。
4 Then Yahweh caused a very strong wind to blow, and there was such a violent storm that [the sailors thought] the ship would break apart.
但是上主卻使海上起了大風，海中風浪大作，那隻船眼看就要被擊破。
5 The sailors were very frightened. Because of that, they each [started to] pray to their own gods [to save them]. Then they threw the cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter [in order that it would not sink easily].
水手們都驚慌起來，每人呼求自己的神，並將船上的貨物拋在海裏，為減輕載重。約納卻下到船艙，躺下沈睡了。
6 Then the captain went [down] to where Jonah was sleeping soundly. [He awoke him] and said [to him], “(How can you sleep [during a storm like this]?/You should not be sleeping [during a storm like this]) [RHQ]! Get up and pray to your god! Perhaps he will pity us and save us, in order that we will not drown!” [But Jonah refused to do that].
船長走到他跟前，向他說：「怎麼，你還在睡覺﹖起來! 呼求你的神吧! 你的神也許會眷念我們，使我們不致喪亡」。
7 Then the sailors said to each other, “We need to (cast lots/shake from a container small objects that we have all marked), to determine who has caused [all] this trouble!” So they did that, and [the object with] Jonah’s mark fell out [of the container].
他們彼此說：「來，我們抽籤，以便知道，我們遇到這場災禍，是因誰的緣故」。他們便抽籤，約納竟抽中了。
8 So [various ones of] them asked him, “Are you the one who has caused us all this trouble?” “What work do you do?” “Where are you [coming] from?” “What country and what people-group do you belong to?”
他們向他說：「請告訴我們：我們遇到這場災禍，是因什麼緣故﹖你是幹什麼的﹖從那裏來﹖你是什麼地方的人﹖屬於那一個民族﹖」
9 Jonah replied, “I am a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh God, who [lives in] heaven. He is the one who made the sea and the land. I am trying to escape from [doing what] Yahweh [told me to do].”
他回答他們說：「我是個希伯來人，我敬畏的，是那創造海洋和陸地的上天的上主天主。」
10 After the sailors heard that, they were terrified. So they asked him, “Do you realize what [trouble] you have caused?”
那些人都很害怕，就對他說：「怎麼你做了這事﹖」人們都知道，他是從天主面前逃跑的，因為他已告訴了他們。
11 The [storm kept getting worse and] the waves kept getting bigger. So [one of] the sailors asked Jonah, “What should we do in order to make the sea become calm?”
他們又向他說：「我們該怎樣處置你，才能使海為我們而平靜﹖」因為海越來越洶湧了。
12 He replied, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. [If you do that], it will become calm. I know that this terrible storm is the result of my [not doing what Yahweh told me to do].”
他對他們說：「你們舉起我，將我拋在海裏，海就會為你們平靜下來，因為我知道，這場大風暴，臨到你們身上，只是因了我的緣故。」
13 But the sailors did [not want to do that]. [Instead], they tried hard to row the ship back to the land. But they could not [do that], because the storm continued to get worse.
眾人雖然盡力搖櫓，想回到海岸，卻是不能，因為海上風暴，越來越洶湧。
14 Therefore they prayed to Yahweh, and [one of them] prayed, “O Yahweh, please do not let us drown because of our causing this man to die. O Yahweh, you have done what you wanted to do. [We do not know if this man has sinned. If] he has not sinned, do not consider that we are guilty of sinning when we cause him to die!”
所以他們便呼求上主說：「上主! 求你不要因這一個人的性命，使我們全部喪亡；不要將無辜者的血，歸在我們身上，因為你是上主，就按你的意願作吧! 」
15 Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea. Then the sea became calm.
他們於是舉起約納，將他拋在海裏，海遂平靜。
16 [When that happened], the sailors became greatly awed at Yahweh’s [power]. So they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and they strongly promised [him that they would do things that would please him].
眾人都極其敬畏上主，遂向上主祭獻，許下誓願。
17 [While they were doing that, ] Yahweh sent a huge fish that swallowed Jonah. Then Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
上主安排了一條大魚，吞了約納；約納在魚腹裏，三天三夜。
