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1 Niheo am’ Ionà ana’ i Amitày ty tsara’ Iehovà, nanao ty hoe:
And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying:
2 Miongaha, akia mb’e Ninevè, rova jabajaba mb’eo, le koiho; amy te mionjoñe añatrefako eo ty halò-tsere’ iareo.
Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.
3 Fe niavotse t’Ionà nipotatsake mb’e Tarsise añe hienga ty fiatrefañe Iehovà naho nizotso mb’e Iafò mb’eo naharendreke sambo hionjoñe mb’e Tarsise añe; aa le finondro’e ty faña­veloa’e naho nijoñ’ ama’e ao hindreza’e mb’e Tarsise mb’eo hisitake ami’ty fiatrefañe am’ Iehovà.
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 Fe nampivovo tio-bey amy ria­key t’Iehovà, le nivalitaboak’ amy zao i riakey, kanao ho niporitsake i samboy.
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 Nangebahebak’ amy zao o mpiandriakeo, naho songa nikanjy ty ‘ndrahare’e, vaho nahifi’ iareo an-driak’ ao ty haraotse am-po’ i samboy ao, hañamaivañe aze. Fe nijoñe añ’ate’ i samboy t’Ionà; nandre, niròtse.
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 Aa le niheo ama’e mb’eo ty talen-tsambo nanao ty hoe; Ino ty atao’o ry mpirotseo? Miongaha, kanjio o ‘ndrahare’oo, hera hiferenaiña’e tsy hihomake.
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 Le nifanao ty hoe ondatio, Antao hanao parè handren­dreke te ia ty tali’ o hekoheko zao aman-tika. Aa ie nanao kitsapake, le nitsatok’ am’ Ionà.
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 Le hoe ty asa’ iareo ama’e, Ehe, itaroño, Ino ty nifetsaha’ o hankàñe zao amantika; Ino o tolon-draha’oo? Le boak’ aia v’iheo? Aia ty tane’o? naho karaza’ ondaty inoñe?
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 Le hoe re am’ iereo, nte-Evrè iraho, mpañeveñe am’ Iehovà, Andrianañaharen-dikerañe, Andrianamboatse i riakey naho i tane maikey.
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 Nirevendreveñe amy zao ondatio, vaho hoe ty asa’ iareo tama’e, Ino o nanoa’o zao? Fa nifohi’ ondatio t’ie nibotriatse amy fiatrefañe Iehovà amy nisaontsia’ey.
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 Aa le hoe iereo tama’e, Hanoe’ay inon-drehe hampipendreñe i riakey? fe mbore nitabohazake ty fivalitaboaha’ i riakey.
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 Le hoe re am’ iereo, rambeso iraho, avokovokò an-driak’ ao; izay vaho ho pendreñe tsy ho ama’areo i riakey, fa apotako te izaho ty nahavia’ o tio-beio.
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 Te mone nivèy mafe o lahilahio hihereñe mb’an-tane, fe tsy nimete; nidabadoa avao i riakey, nitròñe am’ iereo.
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 Aa le nitoreove’ iereo am’ Iehovà ty hoe: Miambane ama’o zahay ry Iehovà, ehe, ko ampikoromahe’o ty ami’ty fiai’ t’indaty toy, vaho ko apo’o ama’ay ty lio-màliñe, amy te Ihe ry Iehovà ro manao ty satrin-arofo’o.
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 Rinambe’ iereo amy zao t’Ionà le nahifike an-driak’ ao; vaho nijihetse amy fitroña’ey i riakey.
And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.
16 Vata’e nañeveñe am’ Iehovà ondatio naho nañenga soroñe am’ Iehovà vaho nifanta.
And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows.
17 Ie amy zao fa nihentseñe’ Iehovà ty fiañe jabajaba nampigodrañe Ionà. Tam-pò’ i fiañey telo andro naho telo haleñe t’Ionà.
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.

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