Jonas 1

1 Et la parole du Seigneur vint à Jonas, fils d'Amathi, disant

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

2 Lève-toi, et pars pour Ninive, la grande ville, et proclame dans ses murs que le cri de sa méchanceté est monté jusqu'à Moi.

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

3 Et Jonas se leva pour s'enfuir à Tharsis, loin de la face du Seigneur; et il descendit à Joppé; il y trouva une barque allant à Tharsis, et il paya son passage, et il s'embarqua pour naviguer avec les matelots, jusqu'à Tharsis, loin de la face du Seigneur.

And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

4 Et le Seigneur excita un grand vent sur la mer, et les vagues s'élevèrent, et la barque fut en danger de se rompre.

And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.

5 Et les matelots eurent crainte, et ils crièrent chacun vers son dieu, et ils lancèrent à la mer le chargement de la barque, pour s'en alléger. Jonas descendit à fond de cale, et là il s'endormit, et il ronfla.

Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.

6 Et le pilote l'alla trouver, et il lui dit: Pourquoi ronfles-tu? Lève- toi, et invoque ton Dieu, afin que Dieu nous sauve, et que nous ne mourions pas.

And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.

7 Et chacun des matelots dit à son voisin: Allons, agitons les sorts, et sachons par qui ce malheur nous arrive. Et ils agitèrent des sorts, et le sort tomba sur Jonas.

And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.

8 Et ils lui dirent: Déclare-nous quel est ton métier; d'où viens-tu? de quelle contrée, de quel peuple es-tu?

Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?

9 Et il leur dit: Je suis un serviteur du Seigneur; j'adore le Seigneur Dieu du ciel, qui a créé la mer et la terre.

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

10 Et ces hommes eurent grande crainte, et ils lui dirent: Pourquoi as-tu fait cela? Car ces hommes connurent qu'il fuyait loin de la face du Seigneur; car il le leur avait déclaré.

And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.

11 Et ils lui dirent: Que te ferons-nous, afin que pour nous la mer se calme? Car la mer allait, et soulevait encore plus de vagues.

And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

12 Et Jonas leur dit: Prenez-moi et jetez-moi à la mer, et la mer se calmera pour vous; car je sais que c'est à cause de moi qu'il y a contre vous ces grandes vagues.

And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

13 Et ces hommes s'efforcèrent de retourner à la côte; mais ils ne le purent, parce que la mer allait et soulevait contre eux toujours plus de vagues.

And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

14 Et ils crièrent au Seigneur, et ils dirent: Non, Seigneur, que nous ne périssions pas pour la vie de cet homme; ne fais pas retomber sur nous un sang innocent; car, Seigneur, Tu as fait selon Ta volonté.

So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.

15 Et ils prirent Jonas, et ils le lancèrent à la mer; et la mer cessa de s'agiter.

So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.

16 Et ces hommes eurent grande crainte du Seigneur; et ils offrirent au Seigneur un sacrifice, et ils Lui firent des vœux.

Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.

17 Et le Seigneur prescrivit à une grande baleine d'avaler Jonas, et Jonas fut dans le ventre de la baleine trois jours et trois nuits.

And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.