Jonas 1

1 E veiu a palavra do Senhor a Jonas, filho de Amittai, dizendo:

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

2 Levanta-te, vae á grande cidade de Ninive, e apregoa contra ella, porque a sua malicia subiu até mim.

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”

3 E Jonas se levantou para fugir de diante da face do Senhor para Tarsis, e desceu a Joppe, e achou que um navio ia para Tarsis, e deu a sua passagem, e desceu para dentro d'elle, para ir com elles para Tarsis, de diante da face do Senhor.

But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.

4 Mas o Senhor lançou ao mar um grande vento, e fez-se no mar uma grande tempestade, e o navio estava para quebrar-se.

But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

5 Então temeram os marinheiros, e clamavam cada um ao seu deus, e lançavam no mar as fazendas, que estavam no navio, para o alliviarem do seu pezo; porém Jonas desceu aos lados do porão, e se deitou, e dormia um profundo somno.

Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

6 E o mestre do navio chegou-se a elle, e disse-lhe: Que tens, adormentado? levanta-te, clama ao teu Deus; porventura Deus se lembrará de nós para que não pereçamos.

So the ship master came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”

7 E diziam cada um ao seu companheiro: Vinde, e lancemos sortes, para que saibamos por que causa nos tem vindo este mal. E lançaram sortes, e a sorte caiu sobre Jonas.

They all said to each other, “Come! Let’s cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

8 Então lhe disseram: Declara-nos tu agora, por cuja causa nos tem vindo este mal. Que occupação é a tua? e d'onde vens? qual é a tua terra? e de que povo és tu?

Then they asked him, “Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?”

9 E elle lhes disse: Eu sou hebreo, e temo ao Senhor, o Deus do céu, que fez o mar e a terra secca.

He 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 Então estes homens tremeram com grande temor, e lhe disseram: Porque fizeste tu isto? Pois sabiam os homens que fugia de diante do Senhor, porque elle lh'o tinha declarado.

Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “What have you done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

11 E disseram-lhe: Que te faremos nós, para que o mar se nos aquiete? Porque o mar se elevava e engrossava cada vez mais.

Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy.

12 E elle lhes disse: Levantae-me, e lançae-me no mar, e o mar se vos aquietará; porque eu sei que por minha causa é que vos sobreveiu esta grande tempestade.

He said to them, “Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.”

13 Mas os homens remavam, para tornar a trazer o navio para terra, mas não podiam; porquanto o mar se ia embravecendo cada vez mais contra elles.

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.

14 Então clamaram ao Senhor, e disseram: Ah Senhor! não pereçamos por causa da alma d'este homem, e não ponhas sobre nós o sangue innocente; porque tu, Senhor, fizeste como quizeste.

Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.”

15 E levantaram a Jonas, e o lançaram no mar, e cessou o mar da sua furia.

So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.

16 Temeram pois estes homens ao Senhor com grande temor; e sacrificaram sacrificios ao Senhor, e votaram votos.

Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows.

17 Preparou pois o Senhor um grande peixe, que tragasse a Jonas; e esteve Jonas tres dias e tres noites nas entranhas do peixe.

Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.