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.”

Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.

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 rose in order to flee from the face of the Lord to Tarshish. And he went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. And he paid its fare, and he went down into it, in order to go with them to Tarshish from the face of 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.

But the Lord sent a great wind into the sea. And a great tempest took place in the sea, and the ship was in danger of being crushed.

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.

And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried out to their god. And they threw the containers that were in the ship into the sea in order to lighten it of them. And Jonah went down into the interior of the ship, and he fell into a painful 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 helmsman approached him, and he said to him, “Why are you weighed down with sleep? Rise, call upon your God, so perhaps God will be mindful of us and we might 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.

And a man said to his shipmate, “Come, and let us cast lots, so that we may know why this disaster is upon us.” And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon 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?”

And they said to him: “Explain to us what is the reason that this disaster is upon us. What is your work? Which is your country? And where are you going? Or which people are you from?”

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 Hebrew, and I fear the Lord 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 greatly afraid, and they said to him, “Why have you done this?” (For the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, 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.

And they said to him, “What are we to do with you, so that the sea will cease for us?” For the sea flowed and swelled.

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, and cast me into the sea, and the sea will cease for you. For I know that it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon 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 rowing, so as to return to dry land, but they did not succeed. For the sea flowed and swelled 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.”

And they cried out to the Lord, and they said, “We beseech you, Lord, do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not attribute to us innocent blood. For you, Lord, have done just as it pleased you.”

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

And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.

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

And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they 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.

And the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.