Jonás 1

1 La palabra de Yahvé llegó a Jonás, hijo de Amittai, diciendo:

And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,

2 “Levántate, ve a Nínive, esa gran ciudad, y predica contra ella, porque su maldad ha subido ante mí.”

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

3 Pero Jonás se levantó para huir a Tarsis de la presencia de Yahvé. Bajó a Jope y encontró un barco que iba a Tarsis; pagó el pasaje y bajó en él para ir con ellos a Tarsis de la presencia de Yahvé.

And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

4 Pero Yahvé envió un gran viento sobre el mar, y se desató una poderosa tormenta sobre el mar, de modo que la nave corría el riesgo de romperse.

And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.

5 Entonces los marineros tuvieron miedo y cada uno clamó a su dios. Arrojaron al mar la carga que había en la nave para aligerarla. Pero Jonás había bajado al interior de la nave y se había acostado, y estaba profundamente dormido.

Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.

6 El patrón de la nave se acercó a él y le dijo: “¿Qué quieres decir, dormilón? ¡Levántate, invoca a tu Dios! Tal vez tu Dios se fije en nosotros, para que no perezcamos”.

And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.

7 Todos se dijeron: “¡Vengan! Echemos suertes, para saber quién es el responsable de este mal que nos aqueja”. Así que echaron suertes, y la suerte cayó sobre Jonás.

And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.

8 Entonces le preguntaron: “Dinos, por favor, por causa de quién es este mal que nos aqueja. ¿Cuál es tu ocupación? ¿De dónde vienes? ¿Cuál es tu país? ¿De qué pueblo eres?”

Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?

9 Les dijo: “Soy hebreo y temo a Yahvé, el Dios del cielo, que ha hecho el mar y la tierra seca.”

And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.

10 Entonces los hombres tuvieron mucho miedo y le dijeron: “¿Qué has hecho?”. Porque los hombres sabían que él huía de la presencia de Yahvé, porque se lo había dicho.

And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.

11 Entonces le dijeron: “¿Qué te haremos para que el mar se calme para nosotros?” Pues el mar se ponía cada vez más tempestuoso.

And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

12 Les dijo: “Levántenme y arrójenme al mar. Entonces el mar se calmará para vosotros; porque sé que por mi culpa os ha caído esta gran tormenta”.

And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

13 Sin embargo, los hombres remaron con ahínco para devolverlos a tierra, pero no pudieron, porque el mar se puso cada vez más tempestuoso contra ellos.

And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

14 Entonces clamaron a Yahvé y dijeron: “Te rogamos, Yahvé, te rogamos que no nos dejes morir por la vida de este hombre, y que no hagas recaer sobre nosotros la sangre inocente; porque tú, Yahvé, has hecho lo que te ha parecido.”

So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.

15 Entonces tomaron a Jonás y lo arrojaron al mar; y el mar cesó su furia.

So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.

16 Entonces los hombres temieron mucho a Yahvé, ofrecieron un sacrificio a Yahvé e hicieron votos.

Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.

17 Yahvé preparó un enorme pez para que se tragara a Jonás, y éste estuvo en el vientre del pez tres días y tres noches.

And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.