Yunus 1

1 Datanglah firman TUHAN kepada Yunus bin Amitai, demikian:

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

2 "Bangunlah, pergilah ke Niniwe, kota yang besar itu, berserulah terhadap mereka, karena kejahatannya telah sampai kepada-Ku."

Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.

3 Tetapi Yunus bersiap untuk melarikan diri ke Tarsis, jauh dari hadapan TUHAN; ia pergi ke Yafo dan mendapat di sana sebuah kapal, yang akan berangkat ke Tarsis. Ia membayar biaya perjalanannya, lalu naik kapal itu untuk berlayar bersama-sama dengan mereka ke Tarsis, jauh dari hadapan TUHAN.

And Jonah rose in order to flee from the face of the Lord to Tarshish. And he went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. And he paid its fare, and he went down into it, in order to go with them to Tarshish from the face of the Lord.

4 Tetapi TUHAN menurunkan angin ribut ke laut, lalu terjadilah badai besar, sehingga kapal itu hampir-hampir terpukul hancur.

But the Lord sent a great wind into the sea. And a great tempest took place in the sea, and the ship was in danger of being crushed.

5 Awak kapal menjadi takut, masing-masing berteriak-teriak kepada allahnya, dan mereka membuang ke dalam laut segala muatan kapal itu untuk meringankannya. Tetapi Yunus telah turun ke dalam ruang kapal yang paling bawah dan berbaring di situ, lalu tertidur dengan nyenyak.

And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried out to their god. And they threw the containers that were in the ship into the sea in order to lighten it of them. And Jonah went down into the interior of the ship, and he fell into a painful deep sleep.

6 Datanglah nakhoda mendapatkannya sambil berkata: "Bagaimana mungkin engkau tidur begitu nyenyak? Bangunlah, berserulah kepada Allahmu, barangkali Allah itu akan mengindahkan kita, sehingga kita tidak binasa."

And the helmsman approached him, and he said to him, “Why are you weighed down with sleep? Rise, call upon your God, so perhaps God will be mindful of us and we might not perish.”

7 Lalu berkatalah mereka satu sama lain: "Marilah kita buang undi, supaya kita mengetahui, karena siapa kita ditimpa oleh malapetaka ini." Mereka membuang undi dan Yunuslah yang kena undi.

And a man said to his shipmate, “Come, and let us cast lots, so that we may know why this disaster is upon us.” And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

8 Berkatalah mereka kepadanya: "Beritahukan kepada kami, karena siapa kita ditimpa oleh malapetaka ini. Apa pekerjaanmu dan dari mana engkau datang, apa negerimu dan dari bangsa manakah engkau?"

And they said to him: “Explain to us what is the reason that this disaster is upon us. What is your work? Which is your country? And where are you going? Or which people are you from?”

9 Sahutnya kepada mereka: "Aku seorang Ibrani; aku takut akan TUHAN, Allah yang empunya langit, yang telah menjadikan lautan dan daratan."

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

10 Orang-orang itu menjadi sangat takut, lalu berkata kepadanya: "Apa yang telah kauperbuat?" --sebab orang-orang itu mengetahui, bahwa ia melarikan diri, jauh dari hadapan TUHAN. Hal itu telah diberitahukannya kepada mereka.

And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him, “Why have you done this?” (For the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.)

11 Bertanyalah mereka: "Akan kami apakan engkau, supaya laut menjadi reda dan tidak menyerang kami lagi, sebab laut semakin bergelora."

And they said to him, “What are we to do with you, so that the sea will cease for us?” For the sea flowed and swelled.

12 Sahutnya kepada mereka: "Angkatlah aku, campakkanlah aku ke dalam laut, maka laut akan menjadi reda dan tidak menyerang kamu lagi. Sebab aku tahu, bahwa karena akulah badai besar ini menyerang kamu."

And he said to them, “Take me, and cast me into the sea, and the sea will cease for you. For I know that it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”

13 Lalu berdayunglah orang-orang itu dengan sekuat tenaga untuk membawa kapal itu kembali ke darat, tetapi mereka tidak sanggup, sebab laut semakin bergelora menyerang mereka.

And the men were rowing, so as to return to dry land, but they did not succeed. For the sea flowed and swelled against them.

14 Lalu berserulah mereka kepada TUHAN, katanya: "Ya TUHAN, janganlah kiranya Engkau biarkan kami binasa karena nyawa orang ini dan janganlah Engkau tanggungkan kepada kami darah orang yang tidak bersalah, sebab Engkau, TUHAN, telah berbuat seperti yang Kaukehendaki."

And they cried out to the Lord, and they said, “We beseech you, Lord, do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not attribute to us innocent blood. For you, Lord, have done just as it pleased you.”

15 Kemudian mereka mengangkat Yunus, lalu mencampakkannya ke dalam laut, dan laut berhenti mengamuk.

And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.

16 Orang-orang itu menjadi sangat takut kepada TUHAN, lalu mempersembahkan korban sembelihan bagi TUHAN serta mengikrarkan nazar.

And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows.

17 Maka atas penentuan TUHAN datanglah seekor ikan besar yang menelan Yunus; dan Yunus tinggal di dalam perut ikan itu tiga hari tiga malam lamanya.

And the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.