Yunus 1

1 Datanglah firman TUHAN kepada Yunus bin Amitai, demikian:

[One day] Yahweh said to [the prophet] Jonah, the son of Amittai,

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

“I have [seen] how wicked [the people of] [MTY] the great city of Nineveh are. Therefore go there and warn the people that [I am planning to] destroy their city [because of their sins].”

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.

But [instead of going to Nineveh], Jonah [went in the direction] opposite to where Yahweh [told him to go]. He went down to Joppa [city]. There he bought a ticket to travel on a ship that was going to Tarshish [city], in order to avoid [doing what] Yahweh [told him to do]. [He got on the ship, ] and [then went down] to a lower deck, [lay down, and went to sleep].

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

Then Yahweh caused a very strong wind to blow, and there was such a violent storm that [the sailors thought] the ship would break apart.

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.

The sailors were very frightened. Because of that, they each [started to] pray to their own gods [to save them]. Then they threw the cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter [in order that it would not sink easily].

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."

Then the captain went [down] to where Jonah was sleeping soundly. [He awoke him] and said [to him], “(How can you sleep [during a storm like this]?/You should not be sleeping [during a storm like this]) [RHQ]! Get up and pray to your god! Perhaps he will pity us and save us, in order that we will not drown!” [But Jonah refused to do that].

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.

Then the sailors said to each other, “We need to (cast lots/shake from a container small objects that we have all marked), to determine who has caused [all] this trouble!” So they did that, and [the object with] Jonah’s mark fell out [of the container].

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?"

So [various ones of] them asked him, “Are you the one who has caused us all this trouble?” “What work do you do?” “Where are you [coming] from?” “What country and what people-group do you belong to?”

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

Jonah replied, “I am a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh God, who [lives in] heaven. He is the one who made the sea and the land. I am trying to escape from [doing what] Yahweh [told me to do].”

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.

After the sailors heard that, they were terrified. So they asked him, “Do you realize what [trouble] you have caused?”

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

The [storm kept getting worse and] the waves kept getting bigger. So [one of] the sailors asked Jonah, “What should we do in order to make the sea become calm?”

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."

He replied, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. [If you do that], it will become calm. I know that this terrible storm is the result of my [not doing what Yahweh told me to do].”

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.

But the sailors did [not want to do that]. [Instead], they tried hard to row the ship back to the land. But they could not [do that], because the storm continued to get worse.

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."

Therefore they prayed to Yahweh, and [one of them] prayed, “O Yahweh, please do not let us drown because of our causing this man to die. O Yahweh, you have done what you wanted to do. [We do not know if this man has sinned. If] he has not sinned, do not consider that we are guilty of sinning when we cause him to die!”

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

Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea. Then the sea became calm.

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

[When that happened], the sailors became greatly awed at Yahweh’s [power]. So they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and they strongly promised [him that they would do things that would please him].

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.

[While they were doing that, ] Yahweh sent a huge fish that swallowed Jonah. Then Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.