Jonah 1
1 Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
Llegó a Jonás, hijo de Amitai, la palabra de Yahvé en estos términos:
2 “Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it, because their wickedness has risen up before me.”
“Levántate y ve a Nínive, la ciudad grande, y predica contra ella, porque su maldad ha subido hasta mi presencia.”
3 But Jonah got up to run away from the presence of Yahweh and go to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and boarded the ship to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of Yahweh.
Pero Jonás se levantó para huir de la presencia de Yahvé, tomando el camino de Tarsis. Descendió a Jope, donde encontró una nave que se dirigía a Tarsis; pagó el pasaje, y se embarcó en ella para ir con los demás a Tarsis, lejos de la presencia de Yahvé.
4 But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea and it became a mighty storm on the sea. Soon it appeared that the ship was going to be broken up.
Pero Yahvé hizo soplar sobre el mar un viento recio, y se desencadenó en el mar una gran tempestad, de suerte que la nave estaba en peligro de ser deshecha.
5 Then the sailors became very afraid and each man cried out to his own god. They threw the ship's cargo into the sea to lighten it. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was lying there deeply asleep.
Por lo cual los marineros, llenos de miedo, clamaron cada cual a su dios; y echaron al mar el cargamento de la nave, a fin de aligerarla. Jonás, entretanto, había descendido al fondo de la nave. Allí se había acostado y dormía profundamente.
6 So the captain came to him and said to him, “What are you doing sleeping? Get up! Call upon your god! Maybe your god will notice us and we will not perish.”
Se le acercó el capitán de la nave y le dijo: “¿Qué te pasa, dormilón? Levántate e invoca a tu Dios. Quizás Dios piense en nosotros para que no perezcamos.”
7 They all said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots, so that we may know who is the cause of this evil that is happening to us.” So they threw lots, and the lot fell to Jonah.
Entonces unos a otros se dijeron: “Vamos y echemos suertes, para que sepamos quién tiene la culpa de este mal que (ha venido) sobre nosotros.” Echaron suertes, y la suerte cayó sobre Jonás.
8 Then they said to Jonah, “Please tell us who is the cause of this evil that is happening to us. What is your occupation, and where did you come from? What is your country, and from which people are you?”
Le dijeron: “Dinos, ¿por quién (ha venido) sobre nosotros este desastre? ¿Cuál es tu profesión? ¿De dónde vienes? ¿Cuál es tu tierra? ¿De qué pueblo eres?”
9 Jonah said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.”
Les respondió: “Soy hebreo, y temo a Yahvé, el Dios del cielo, el cual hizo el mar y la tierra.”
10 Then the men were even more afraid and said to Jonah, “What is this that you have done?” For the men knew that he was running away from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.
Entonces aquellos hombres quedaron sumamente atemorizados; y le dijeron: “¿Qué es lo que has hecho?” Pues comprendían los hombres que huía de la presencia de Yahvé, ya que él mismo se lo había declarado.
11 Then they said to Jonah, “What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?” For the sea became more and more violent.
Y le dijeron: “¿Qué haremos contigo, para que se nos calme el mar?” Porque el mar iba embraveciéndose cada vez más.
12 Jonah said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you, for I know that it is because of me that this great storm is happening to you.”
Él les contestó: “Tomadme y echadme al mar, y el mar se os calmará, pues bien sé que por mi culpa ha venido sobre vosotros esta grande tempestad.”
13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get them back to the land, but they could not do it because the sea was becoming more and more violent against them.
Entretanto los hombres remaban, para ganar tierra, mas no podían; porque el mar se embravecía cada vez más contra ellos.
14 Therefore they cried out to Yahweh and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, do not let us perish on account of this man's life, and do not lay upon us the guilt of his death, because you, Yahweh, have done just as it pleased you.”
Entonces invocaron a Yahvé, diciendo: “¡Oh Yahvé, no nos hagas perecer por la vida de este hombre y no nos imputes sangre inocente! Pues Tú, oh Yahvé, has hecho como te plugo.”
15 So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
Y tomaron a Jonás y le echaron al mar; y el mar cesó de embravecerse.
16 Then the men feared Yahweh very much. They offered sacrifices to Yahweh and made vows.
Se apoderó de aquellos hombres un gran temor de Yahvé, y ofrecieron sacrificios a Yahvé e hicieron votos.
17 Now Yahweh had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
Entonces Yahvé hizo venir un pez grande para que se tragara a Jonás; y estuvo Jonás en las entrañas del pez tres días y tres noches.
