Jonas 1

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

Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,

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

“Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it, because their wickedness has risen up before me.”

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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?

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?”

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.”

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

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.

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.

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.”

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

So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

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

Then the men feared Yahweh very much. They offered sacrifices to Yahweh and 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.

Now Yahweh had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.