Jonás 1
1 La palabra de Yahvé llegó a Jonás, hijo de Amittai, diciendo:
[One day] Yahweh said to [the prophet] Jonah, the son of Amittai,
2 “Levántate, ve a Nínive, esa gran ciudad, y predica contra ella, porque su maldad ha subido ante mí.”
“I have [seen] how wicked [the people of] [MTY] the great city of Nineveh are. Therefore go there and warn the people that [I am planning to] destroy their city [because of their sins].”
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.
But [instead of going to Nineveh], Jonah [went in the direction] opposite to where Yahweh [told him to go]. He went down to Joppa [city]. There he bought a ticket to travel on a ship that was going to Tarshish [city], in order to avoid [doing what] Yahweh [told him to do]. [He got on the ship, ] and [then went down] to a lower deck, [lay down, and went to sleep].
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.
Then Yahweh caused a very strong wind to blow, and there was such a violent storm that [the sailors thought] the ship would break apart.
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.
The sailors were very frightened. Because of that, they each [started to] pray to their own gods [to save them]. Then they threw the cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter [in order that it would not sink easily].
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”.
Then the captain went [down] to where Jonah was sleeping soundly. [He awoke him] and said [to him], “(How can you sleep [during a storm like this]?/You should not be sleeping [during a storm like this]) [RHQ]! Get up and pray to your god! Perhaps he will pity us and save us, in order that we will not drown!” [But Jonah refused to do that].
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.
Then the sailors said to each other, “We need to (cast lots/shake from a container small objects that we have all marked), to determine who has caused [all] this trouble!” So they did that, and [the object with] Jonah’s mark fell out [of the container].
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?”
So [various ones of] them asked him, “Are you the one who has caused us all this trouble?” “What work do you do?” “Where are you [coming] from?” “What country and what people-group do you belong to?”
9 Les dijo: “Soy hebreo y temo a Yahvé, el Dios del cielo, que ha hecho el mar y la tierra seca.”
Jonah replied, “I am a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh God, who [lives in] heaven. He is the one who made the sea and the land. I am trying to escape from [doing what] Yahweh [told me to do].”
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.
After the sailors heard that, they were terrified. So they asked him, “Do you realize what [trouble] you have caused?”
11 Entonces le dijeron: “¿Qué te haremos para que el mar se calme para nosotros?” Pues el mar se ponía cada vez más tempestuoso.
The [storm kept getting worse and] the waves kept getting bigger. So [one of] the sailors asked Jonah, “What should we do in order to make the sea become calm?”
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”.
He replied, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. [If you do that], it will become calm. I know that this terrible storm is the result of my [not doing what Yahweh told me to do].”
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.
But the sailors did [not want to do that]. [Instead], they tried hard to row the ship back to the land. But they could not [do that], because the storm continued to get worse.
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.”
Therefore they prayed to Yahweh, and [one of them] prayed, “O Yahweh, please do not let us drown because of our causing this man to die. O Yahweh, you have done what you wanted to do. [We do not know if this man has sinned. If] he has not sinned, do not consider that we are guilty of sinning when we cause him to die!”
15 Entonces tomaron a Jonás y lo arrojaron al mar; y el mar cesó su furia.
Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea. Then the sea became calm.
16 Entonces los hombres temieron mucho a Yahvé, ofrecieron un sacrificio a Yahvé e hicieron votos.
[When that happened], the sailors became greatly awed at Yahweh’s [power]. So they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and they strongly promised [him that they would do things that would please 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.
[While they were doing that, ] Yahweh sent a huge fish that swallowed Jonah. Then Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
