Jonas 1
1 Yon jou, Seyè a pale ak Jonas, pitit gason Amitayi a,
And it came [the] word of Yahweh to Jonah [the] son of Amittai saying.
2 li di l' konsa: -Leve non. Ale lavil Niniv, gwo kapital la. Al fè moun la konnen mechanste yo rive jouk nan zòrèy mwen.
Arise go to Nineveh the city great and call out on it for it has come up wickedness their before me.
3 Men lè sa a, Jonas leve, li pati nan direksyon Tasis, paske li t'ap kouri pou Seyè a. Li desann lavil Jope. Rive la, li jwenn yon batiman ki t'ap pare pou pati pou Tasis. Li peye pasaj li. Li moute abò batiman an avèk marin yo. Li pati pou Tasis, paske li t'ap kouri pou Seyè a.
And he arose Jonah to flee Tarshish towards from to before Yahweh and he went down Joppa and he found a ship - [which was] about to go Tarshish and he gave fare its and he went down in it to go with them Tarshish towards from to before Yahweh.
4 Men, Seyè a voye yon gwo van sou lanmè a. Yon sèl gwo van tanpèt leve, batiman an te prèt pou koule.
And Yahweh he threw a wind great to the sea and it was a storm great on the sea and the ship it thought to be broken.
5 Marin yo te pè anpil. Chak moun t'ap lapriyè bondye pa yo. Pou yo te ka soulaje batiman an, yo lage dènye chay nan lanmè. Jonas menm poutèt pa l' te desann nan lakal batiman an, li kouche kouche l'. Dòmi pote l' ale.
And they were afraid the sailors and they cried for help everyone to gods his and they threw the vessels which [were] in the ship into the sea to lighten from on them and Jonah he had gone down into [the] innermost parts of the ship and he had lain down and he had fallen fast asleep.
6 Kaptenn batiman an al jwenn li, li di l' konsa: -Ey! Apa se dòmi w'ap dòmi? Leve non, monchè. Lapriyè bondye ou la. Ou pa janm konnen, li ka gen pitye pou nou, li ka pa kite nou mouri.
And he drew near to him [the] chief of the sailor[s] and he said to him what? [is] to you sleeping arise call to god your perhaps he will give thought the god to us and not we will perish.
7 Apre sa, marin yo yon di lòt: -Ann tire osò pou n' konnen ki moun ki lakòz sa rive nou. Yo tire osò, epi se non Jonas ki soti.
And they said each to neighbor his come so let us cast lots so we may know by which of whom? the evil this [belongs] to us and they cast lots and it fell the lot on Jonah.
8 Epi yo di l': -Di nou sa ki lakòz malè sa a rive nou. Sa w'ap fè isit la? Kote ou soti? Moun ki peyi ou ye? Ki nanchon ou?
And they said to him tell! please to us because of whom? the evil this [belongs] to us what? [is] occupation your and from where? do you come what? [is] land your and where? from this people [are] you.
9 Jonas reponn yo: -Mwen se ebre. Mwen gen krentif pou Seyè a, Bondye ki fè syèl la, lanmè a ak tè a.
And he said to them [am] a Hebrew I and Yahweh [the] God of the heavens I [am] fearing who he made the sea and the dry land.
10 Jonas pale ak yo, li di yo ki jan li t'ap kouri pou Seyè a. Marin yo te sezi yon sèl sezi. Yo di l' konsa: -Sa ou fè konsa, monchè?
And they feared the men a fear great and they said to him what? this have you done for they knew the men that from to before Yahweh he [was] fleeing for he had told to them.
11 Lanmè a t'ap vin pi move chak lè. Yo di l': -Sa pou nou fè ak ou pou lanmè a vin kal?
And they said to him what? will we do to you so it may be calm the sea from on us for the sea [was] going and storming.
12 Jonas reponn yo: -Pran m', lage m' nan lanmè. Lanmè a va kal nèt. Mwen konnen se mwen menm menm ki lakòz nou pran nan van tanpèt sa a.
And he said to them pick up me and throw me into the sea so it may be calm the sea from on you for [am] knowing I that by which to me the storm great this [is] on you.
13 Marin yo menm t'ap naje zaviwon pou wè si yo ta mennen batiman an ale atè. Men, yo pa t' kapab, lanmè a t'ap vin pi move toujou.
And they rowed the men to return to the dry land and not they were able for the sea [was] going and storming on them.
14 Lè yo wè sa, yo rele nan pye Seyè a, yo lapriyè l' konsa: -O Seyè! Tanpri, pa kite nou mouri poutèt nonm sa a. Pa rann nou reskonsab lanmò yon moun ki inonsan. Paske, se ou menm, Seyè, ki vle l' konsa.
And they called out to Yahweh and they said we beg you O Yahweh do not please let us perish by [the] life of the man this and may not you put on us blood innocent for you O Yahweh just as you pleased you have done.
15 Epi yo pran Jonas, yo lage l' nan lanmè. Lamenm, kalmi fèt.
And they picked up Jonah and they threw him into the sea and it stopped the sea from storming its.
16 Lè marin yo wè sa, yo te vin pè Seyè a anpil. Yo ofri bèt pou touye ba li. Yo pwomèt pou yo sèvi l'.
And they feared the men a fear great Yahweh and they sacrificed a sacrifice to Yahweh and they vowed vows.
17 Seyè a fè yon gwo pwason vin vale Jonas. Jonas te pase twa jou twa nwit nan vant pwason an.
And he appointed Yahweh a fish great to swallow Jonah and he was Jonah in [the] inward parts of the fish three days and three nights.
