Jonás 1

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

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

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

“Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it, because their wickedness has risen 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.

But Jonah got up to run away from the presence of Yahweh and go to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and boarded the ship to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of Yahweh.

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.

But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea and it became a mighty storm on the sea. Soon it appeared that the ship was going to be broken up.

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 became very afraid and each man cried out to his own god. They threw the ship's cargo into the sea to lighten it. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was lying there deeply asleep.

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”.

So the captain came to him and said to him, “What are you doing sleeping? Get up! Call upon your god! Maybe your god will notice us and we will not perish.”

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.

They all said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots, so that we may know who is the cause of this evil that is happening to us.” So they threw lots, and the lot fell to Jonah.

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 Jonah, “Please tell us who is the cause of this evil that is happening to us. What is your occupation, and where did you come from? What is your country, and from which people are you?”

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

Jonah 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 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.

Then the men were even more afraid and said to Jonah, “What is this that you have done?” For the men knew that he was running away from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told 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.

Then they said to Jonah, “What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?” For the sea became more and more violent.

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”.

Jonah said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you, for I know that it is because of me that this great storm is happening to 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.

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get them back to the land, but they could not do it because the sea was becoming more and more violent 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.”

Therefore they cried out to Yahweh and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, do not let us perish on account of this man's life, and do not lay upon us the guilt of his death, because you, Yahweh, have done just as it pleased you.”

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

So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

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

Then the men feared Yahweh very much. They offered sacrifices to Yahweh and made vows.

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.

Now Yahweh had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.