Књига пророка Јоне 1

1 Дође реч Господња Јони, сину Аматијевом говорећи:

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

2 Устани, иди у Ниневију град велики, и проповедај против њега, јер изађе злоћа њихова преда ме.

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

3 А Јона уста да бежи у Тарсис од Господа, и сишав у Јопу нађе лађу која иђаше у Тарсис и платив возарину уђе у њу да отиде с њима у Тарсис од Господа.

But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah. 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 Jehovah.

4 Али Господ подиже велик ветар на мору, и поста велика бура на мору да мишљаху да ће се разбити лађа.

But Jehovah 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 И лађари уплашивши се призиваху сваки свог бога, и бацаху шта беше у лађи у море да би била лакша; а Јона беше сишао на дно лађи, и легав спаваше тврдо.

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

6 А управитељ од лађе приступи к њему и рече му: Шта ти спаваш! Устани, призивај Бога свог, не би ли нас се опоменуо Бог да не погинемо.

So the shipmaster 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 Потом рекоше један другом: Ходите, да бацимо жреб да видимо са кога дође на нас ово зло. И бацише жреб, и паде жреб на Јону.

They all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is on us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

8 Тада му рекоше: Кажи нам зашто дође ово зло на нас; које си радње? И одакле идеш? Из које си земље? И од кога си народа?

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 А он им рече: Јеврејин сам, и бојим се Господа Бога небеског, који је створио море и суву земљу.

He said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land."

10 Тада се врло уплашише људи, и рекоше му: Шта си учинио? Јер дознаше људи да бежи од Господа, јер им он каза.

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

11 И рекоше му: Шта ћемо чинити с тобом, да би нам море утолило? Јер бура на мору биваше све већа.

Then said they 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 А он им рече: Узмите ме и баците ме у море, и море ће вам утолити, јер видим да је с мене дошла на вас ова велика бура.

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 А људи стадоше веслати да би дошли ка крају; али не могаху, јер им бура на мору биваше све већа.

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 Тада призваше Господа и рекоше: Молимо Ти се, Господе, да не погинемо ради душе овог човека, и немој метнути на нас крв праву, јер Ти, Господе, чиниш како хоћеш.

Therefore they cried to Jehovah, and said, "We beg you, Jehovah, we beg you, let us not perish for this man's life, and do not lay on us innocent blood; for you, Jehovah, have done as it pleased you."

15 Потом узеше Јону и бацише га у море, и преста бура на мору.

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

16 Тада се побојаше они људи Господа врло, и принесоше жртву Господу и учинише завете.

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

17 Али Господ заповеди, те велика риба прогута Јону; и Јона би у трбуху рибљем три дана и три ноћи.

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