Yunus 1

1 Datanglah firman TUHAN kepada Yunus bin Amitai, demikian:

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

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

“Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it, because their wickedness has risen up before me.”

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 Jonah got up to run away from the presence of Yahweh and go to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and boarded the ship to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of Yahweh.

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

But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea and it became a mighty storm on the sea. Soon it appeared that the ship was going to be broken up.

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.

Then the sailors became very afraid and each man cried out to his own god. They threw the ship's cargo into the sea to lighten it. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was lying there deeply asleep.

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."

So the captain came to him and said to him, “What are you doing sleeping? Get up! Call upon your god! Maybe your god will notice us and we will 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.

They all said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots, so that we may know who is the cause of this evil that is happening to us.” So they threw lots, and the lot fell to 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?"

Then they said to Jonah, “Please tell us who is the cause of this evil that is happening to us. What is your occupation, and where did you come from? What is your country, and from which people are you?”

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

Jonah said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has 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.

Then the men were even more afraid and said to Jonah, “What is this that you have done?” For the men knew that he was running away from the presence of Yahweh, 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."

Then they said to Jonah, “What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?” For the sea became more and more violent.

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."

Jonah said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you, for I know that it is because of me that this great storm is happening to 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.

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get them back to the land, but they could not do it because the sea was becoming more and more violent 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."

Therefore they cried out to Yahweh and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, do not let us perish on account of this man's life, and do not lay upon us the guilt of his death, because you, Yahweh, have done just as it pleased you.”

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

So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

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

Then the men feared Yahweh very much. They offered sacrifices to Yahweh and 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.

Now Yahweh had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.