Jonas 1
1 Pawòl SENYÈ a te vini a Jonas, fis a Amitthaï a. Li te di:
And there is a word of YHWH to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
2 “Leve, ale Ninive, gran vil la, e kriye kont li, paske mechanste yo monte devan Mwen.”
“Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness has come up before Me.”
3 Men Jonas te leve al kacheTarsis pou kite prezans SENYÈ a. Konsa, li te desann Joppa, e li te jwenn yon bato ki t ap prale Tarsis. Li te peye frè a, e te desann ladann pou ale avèk yo Tarsis pou l envite prezans SENYÈ a.
And Jonah rises to flee to Tarshish from the face of YHWH, and goes down [to] Joppa, and finds a ship going [to] Tarshish, and he gives its fare, and goes down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of YHWH.
4 Men SENYÈ a te lanse yon gwo van sou lanmè a. Te gen yon gwo tanpèt sou lanmè a jiskaske bato a te prèt pou kraze nèt.
And YHWH has cast a great wind on the sea, and there is a great storm in the sea, and the ship has reckoned to be broken;
5 Answit, ouvriye bato yo te vin pè e yo chak te kriye a pwòp dye pa yo. Yo te vide chaj ki te nan bato a nan lanmè a pou te fè l pi lejè. Men Jonas te ale anba nan fon bato a, epi kote li te kouche a, li te tonbe dòmi.
and the mariners are afraid, and they each cry to his god, and cast the goods that [are] in the ship into the sea, to make [it] light of them; and Jonah has gone down to the sides of the vessel, and he lies down, and is fast asleep.
6 Konsa, kapitèn bato a te pwoche li e te di: “Kòman fè w ap dòmi an? Leve rele dye pa ou a. Petèt dye ou a va fè pa nou pou nou pa peri.”
And the chief of the company draws near to him and says to him, “What are you [doing], O sleeper? Rise, call to your God, it may be God considers Himself of us, and we do not perish.”
7 Chak mesye yo te di a konparèy yo: “Vini, annou fè tiraj osò pou nou ka konprann sou kont kilès gwo malè sa a rive nou an.” Yo te fè tiraj osò a, e sò a te tonbe sou Jonas.
And they each say to his neighbor, “Come, and we cast lots, and we know on whose account this evil [is] on us.” And they cast lots, and the lot falls on Jonah.
8 Konsa yo te di li: “Pale nou koulye a! Sou kont a kilès malè sa a rive nou an? Ki metye ou? Epi ki kote ou sòti? Ki peyi ou? Nan ki pèp ou sòti?”
And they say to him, “Now declare to us, on whose account [is] this evil on us? What [is] your occupation, and where do you come from? What [is] your country, seeing you are not of this people?”
9 Li te di yo: “Mwen se yon Ebre, e mwen gen lakrent pou SENYÈ Bondye syèl la, ki te fè lanmè a ak tè sèch la.”
And he says to them, “I—a Hebrew, and I fear YHWH, God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
10 Pou sa a, mesye yo te vin pè anpil e yo te di li: “Kisa ou te fè la?” Paske mesye yo te deja konprann ke li t ap sove ale sòti kite prezans a SENYÈ a, akoz sa li te di yo.
And the men fear a great fear, and say to him, “What [is] this you have done!” For the men have known that he is fleeing from the face of YHWH, for he has told them.
11 Konsa, yo te di l: “Kisa pou nou ta fè ou pou lanmè a vin kalm pou nou?” Paske lanmè a t ap vin pi move plis toujou.
And they say to him, “What do we do to you that the sea may cease from us, for the sea is more and more turbulent?”
12 Li te di yo: “Leve mwen, jete m nan lanmè a. Konsa, lanmè va vin kalm pou nou; paske mwen konnen ke se akoz mwen menm ke gwo tanpèt sa a rive sou nou.”
And he says to them, “Lift me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea ceases from you; for I know that on my account this great storm [is] on you.”
13 Sepandan, mesye yo te bouje zaviwon yo fò pou yo ta ka rive atè, men yo pa t kapab, paske lanmè te vin pi move kont yo.
And the men row to turn back to the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more turbulent against them.
14 Pou sa a, yo te rele SENYÈ a e te di: “O SENYÈ, pa kite nou peri sou kont a nonm sila a, ni pa mete san inosan sou nou; paske Ou menm, O SENYÈ, Ou fè sa ki fè Ou plezi.”
And they cry to YHWH, and say, “Ah, now, O YHWH, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not lay innocent blood on us! For You, YHWH, as You have pleased, You have done.”
15 Konsa, yo te leve Jonas, yo te voye li nan lanmè a, e lanmè te vin sispann anraje.
And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceases from its raging;
16 Epi mesye yo te vin krent SENYÈ a anpil. Yo te ofri yon sakrifis a SENYÈ a e te fè ve yo a Li menm.
and the men fear YHWH [with] a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to YHWH, and vow vows.
17 Epi SENYÈ a te chwazi yon gwo pwason pou vale Jonas, e Jonas te nan vant pwason a pandan twa jou ak twa nwit.
And YHWH appoints a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.
