Jonas 1

1 Pawòl SENYÈ a te vini a Jonas, fis a Amitthaï a. Li te di:

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

2 “Leve, ale Ninive, gran vil la, e kriye kont li, paske mechanste yo monte devan Mwen.”

"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it, for 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.

But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

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.

But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

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.

Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten it. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was 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.”

So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God. Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't 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.

They all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is on us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell 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?”

Then they asked him, "Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?"

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.”

He said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who has 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.

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "What is this that you have done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had 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.

Then said they to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?" For the sea grew more and more stormy.

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.”

He said to them, "Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me 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.

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy 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.”

Therefore they cried to the LORD, and said, "We beg you, LORD, we beg you, let us not perish for this man's life, and do not lay on us innocent blood; for you, LORD, have done as it pleased you."

15 Konsa, yo te leve Jonas, yo te voye li nan lanmè a, e lanmè te vin sispann anraje.

So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased 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.

Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD, and made 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.

The LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.