Jonas 1

1 Et la parole de l’Éternel [vint] à Jonas, fils d’Amitthaï, disant:

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

2 Lève-toi, va à Ninive, la grande ville, et crie contre elle, car leur méchanceté est montée devant moi.

Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.

3 Et Jonas se leva pour s’enfuir à Tarsis, de devant la face de l’Éternel; et il descendit à Joppé et trouva un navire allant à Tarsis; et ayant donné le prix de sa place, il y descendit pour aller avec eux à Tarsis, de devant la face de l’Éternel.

And Jonah rose in order to flee from the face of the Lord to Tarshish. And he went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. And he paid its fare, and he went down into it, in order to go with them to Tarshish from the face of the Lord.

4 Et l’Éternel envoya un grand vent sur la mer; et il y eut une grande tempête sur la mer, de sorte que le navire semblait vouloir se briser.

But the Lord sent a great wind into the sea. And a great tempest took place in the sea, and the ship was in danger of being crushed.

5 Et les marins eurent peur et crièrent chacun à son dieu; et ils jetèrent dans la mer les objets qui étaient dans le navire, pour l’en alléger. Et Jonas était descendu au fond du vaisseau et s’était couché, et dormait profondément.

And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried out to their god. And they threw the containers that were in the ship into the sea in order to lighten it of them. And Jonah went down into the interior of the ship, and he fell into a painful deep sleep.

6 Et le maître des rameurs s’approcha de lui, et lui dit: Que fais-tu, dormeur? Lève-toi, crie à ton Dieu! Peut-être Dieu pensera-t-il à nous, et nous ne périrons pas.

And the helmsman approached him, and he said to him, “Why are you weighed down with sleep? Rise, call upon your God, so perhaps God will be mindful of us and we might not perish.”

7 Et ils se dirent l’un à l’autre: Venez, jetons le sort, afin que nous sachions à cause de qui ce malheur nous arrive. Et ils jetèrent le sort, et le sort tomba sur Jonas.

And a man said to his shipmate, “Come, and let us cast lots, so that we may know why this disaster is upon us.” And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

8 Et ils lui dirent: Déclare-nous à cause de qui ce mal nous est arrivé? Quelle est ton occupation? et d’où viens-tu? Quel est ton pays, et de quel peuple es-tu?

And they said to him: “Explain to us what is the reason that this disaster is upon us. What is your work? Which is your country? And where are you going? Or which people are you from?”

9 Et il leur dit: Je suis Hébreu, et je crains l’Éternel, le Dieu des cieux, qui a fait la mer et la terre.

And he said to them, “I am Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

10 Et les hommes eurent une grande frayeur, et ils lui dirent: Qu’est-ce que tu as fait? Car les hommes savaient qu’il s’enfuyait de devant la face de l’Éternel, car il le leur avait déclaré.

And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him, “Why have you done this?” (For the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.)

11 Et ils lui dirent: Que te ferons-nous, afin que la mer s’apaise pour nous? car la mer allait grossissant toujours.

And they said to him, “What are we to do with you, so that the sea will cease for us?” For the sea flowed and swelled.

12 Et il leur dit: Prenez-moi et jetez-moi à la mer, et la mer s’apaisera pour vous; car je sais que c’est à cause de moi que cette grosse tempête est [venue] sur vous.

And he said to them, “Take me, and cast me into the sea, and the sea will cease for you. For I know that it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”

13 Mais les hommes ramèrent pour regagner la terre; et ils ne purent pas, car la mer allait toujours grossissant contre eux.

And the men were rowing, so as to return to dry land, but they did not succeed. For the sea flowed and swelled against them.

14 Et ils crièrent à l’Éternel, et dirent: Ah, Éternel! que nous ne périssions pas, nous t’en prions, à cause de la vie de cet homme; et ne mets pas sur nous du sang innocent; car toi, Éternel, tu as fait comme il t’a plu.

And they cried out to the Lord, and they said, “We beseech you, Lord, do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not attribute to us innocent blood. For you, Lord, have done just as it pleased you.”

15 Et ils prirent Jonas et le jetèrent à la mer; et la fureur de la mer s’arrêta.

And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.

16 Et les hommes craignirent beaucoup l’Éternel, et offrirent un sacrifice à l’Éternel, et firent des vœux.

And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows.

17 Et l’Éternel prépara un grand poisson pour engloutir Jonas; et Jonas fut dans les entrailles du poisson trois jours et trois nuits.

And the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.