Yunus 1
1 Pada suatu hari, TUHAN berbicara kepada Yunus, anak Amitai.
Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas the son of Amathi, saying,
2 Kata-Nya, "Pergilah ke Niniwe, kota besar itu, untuk mengancamnya, karena Aku tahu bahwa penduduknya jahat sekali."
Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.
3 Tetapi Yunus malah berangkat ke arah lain untuk menjauhi TUHAN. Ia pergi ke Yopa, dan kebetulan menemukan kapal yang hendak bertolak ke Spanyol. Setelah membayar ongkos perjalanannya, ia naik kapal, lalu berlayar bersama awak kapal ke Spanyol, untuk menjauhi TUHAN.
But Jonas rose up to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord.
4 Yunus turun ke tempat yang paling bawah dan berbaring di situ, lalu tertidur nyenyak. Kemudian TUHAN mendatangkan angin ribut ke atas laut, lalu terjadilah badai yang dahsyat, yang memukul kapal itu sehingga hampir hancur. Para awak kapal takut sekali dan berteriak-teriak minta tolong, masing-masing kepada dewanya sendiri. Untuk mengurangi bahaya karam, mereka membuang muatan kapal itu ke dalam laut.
And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken.
And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonas was gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.
6 Pada waktu nakhoda kapal itu turun ke bawah, ia menemukan Yunus di situ sedang tidur. Lalu ia berkata, "Masakah kau bisa tidur dalam keadaan begini! Ayo, bangun! Berdoalah kepada dewamu untuk minta tolong. Siapa tahu ia akan kasihan kepada kita sehingga kita tidak binasa."
And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snore you? arise, and call upon your God, that God may save us, and we perish not.
7 Sesudah Yunus dan nakhoda itu naik ke atas, para awak kapal itu berkata sesama mereka, "Mari, kita buang undi supaya kita tahu siapa yang bersalah sehingga kita ditimpa bencana ini!" Mereka membuang undi, dan nama Yunus yang kena.
And each man said to his neighbor, Come, let us cast lots, and find out for whose sake this mischief is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonas.
8 Lalu kata mereka kepada Yunus, "Betulkah engkau yang menyebabkan bencana ini? Engkau dari mana? Bangsa apa? Mengapa ada di sini?"
And they said to him, Tell us what is your occupation, and whence come you, and of what country and what people are you?
9 Jawab Yunus, "Aku orang Ibrani. Aku menyembah TUHAN, Allah di surga, yang menciptakan laut dan daratan."
And he said to them, I am a servant of the Lord; and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea, and the dry [land].
10 Kemudian diceritakannya bagaimana ia berusaha melarikan diri dari TUHAN. Mendengar itu para awak kapal menjadi lebih takut lagi, dan berkata kepadanya, "Lancang sekali perbuatanmu itu!"
Then the men feared exceedingly, and said to him, What is this [that] you have done? for the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.
11 Sementara itu badai makin menjadi-jadi, lalu para awak kapal bertanya kepadanya, "Apa yang harus kami lakukan kepadamu supaya badai ini berhenti?"
And they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea rose, and lifted its wave exceedingly.
12 Jawab Yunus, "Buanglah aku ke dalam laut, pasti badai akan berhenti. Sebab sekarang aku tahu, bahwa akulah yang menyebabkan badai yang dahsyat ini menimpa kalian."
And Jonas said to them, Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
13 Tetapi para awak kapal masih berusaha sekuat tenaga untuk mendayung kapal itu ke daratan. Namun badai makin mengamuk juga, sehingga usaha mereka sia-sia belaka.
And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them.
14 Sebab itu mereka berseru kepada TUHAN, "Ya TUHAN, kami mohon, janganlah kami binasa karena mengambil nyawa orang yang tidak melakukan kesalahan apa pun terhadap kami. Ya TUHAN, Engkau telah melakukan apa yang Engkau kehendaki."
And they cried to the Lord, and said, Forbid it, Lord: let us not perish for the sake of this man's life, and bring not righteous blood upon us: for you, Lord, have done as you would.
15 Lalu mereka melemparkan Yunus ke dalam laut. Maka badai itu berhenti mengamuk.
So they took Jonas, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
16 Para awak kapal itu menjadi sangat takut kepada TUHAN, dan setelah mendarat, mereka mempersembahkan kurban dan menjanjikan bermacam-macam hal kepada TUHAN.
And the men feared the Lord very greatly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord, and vowed vows.
17 Sementara itu TUHAN mendatangkan seekor ikan besar yang menelan Yunus. Maka tinggallah Yunus di dalam perut ikan itu selama tiga hari tiga malam.
Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.
