Jonás 1

1 La Palabra de Yavé vino a Jonás, hijo de Amitay:

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

2 Levántate y vé a Nínive, la gran ciudad, y proclama contra ella, porque su perversidad subió delante de Mí.

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

3 Jonás se levantó para huir de la Presencia de Yavé a Tarsis. Después de bajar a Jope, halló una nave que partía a Tarsis. Pagó el precio y se embarcó para navegar con ellos a Tarsis, lejos de la Presencia de Yavé.

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 Yavé levantó un viento impetuoso en el mar, y hubo una tempestad tan grande que el barco estaba a punto 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 Los marineros tuvieron miedo y cada uno clamaba a su ʼelohim. Echaron la carga al mar para aligerar la nave. Pero Jonás bajó al fondo del barco, se acostó y dormía profundamente.

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 Y el capitán del barco se acercó a él y le dijo: ¿Por qué duermes? ¡Levántate y clama a tu ʼElohim! Tal vez ʼElohim tenga compasión de nosotros, y 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 Luego cada uno dijo a su compañero: ¡Vengan, echemos suertes para saber por culpa de quién nos vino este mal! 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 dijeron: ¡Decláranos por qué nos vino esta calamidad! ¿Qué oficio tienes y de dónde vienes? ¿Cuál es tu país? ¿De cuál 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 Él respondió: Soy hebreo y temo a Yavé, el ʼElohim del cielo, Quien hizo 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 aquellos hombres tuvieron gran temor y le preguntaron: ¿Por qué hiciste esto? Porque los hombres entendieron que huía de la Presencia de Yavé, pues él se lo declaró.

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 Y le preguntaron: ¿Qué te haremos para que se nos calme el mar? Porque el mar se embravecía más y más.

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 Y él respondió: Levántenme y láncenme al mar, y se les calmará, pues yo sé que por mi causa les vino esta gran tempestad.

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 duro para regresar a tierra, pero no pudieron porque el mar se volvía más tormentoso 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 Yavé: ¡Oh Yavé, te rogamos que nosotros no perezcamos por la vida de este hombre, ni nos culpes de sangre inocente! ¡Porque tú, oh Yavé, hiciste lo que te agradó!

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 Levantaron a Jonás y lo lanzaron al mar. Y el mar detuvo su furia.

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

16 Aquellos hombres temieron a Yavé con gran temor, ofrecieron sacrificio a Yavé e hicieron votos.

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

17 Yavé preparó un gran pez que tragara a Jonás. Y Jonás estuvo en el estómago 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.