Jonás 1
1 La Palabra de Yavé vino a Jonás, hijo de Amitay:
[One day] Yahweh said to [the prophet] Jonah, the son of Amittai,
2 Levántate y vé a Nínive, la gran ciudad, y proclama contra ella, porque su perversidad subió delante de 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 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.
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 Yavé levantó un viento impetuoso en el mar, y hubo una tempestad tan grande que el barco estaba a punto 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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 dijeron: ¡Decláranos por qué nos vino esta calamidad! ¿Qué oficio tienes y de dónde vienes? ¿Cuál es tu país? ¿De cuál 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 Él respondió: Soy hebreo y temo a Yavé, el ʼElohim del cielo, Quien hizo 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 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.
After the sailors heard that, they were terrified. So they asked him, “Do you realize what [trouble] you have caused?”
11 Y le preguntaron: ¿Qué te haremos para que se nos calme el mar? Porque el mar se embravecía más y más.
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 Y él respondió: Levántenme y láncenme al mar, y se les calmará, pues yo sé que por mi causa les vino esta gran tempestad.
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 duro para regresar a tierra, pero no pudieron porque el mar se volvía más tormentoso 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 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!
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 Levantaron a Jonás y lo lanzaron al mar. Y el mar detuvo su furia.
Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea. Then the sea became calm.
16 Aquellos hombres temieron a Yavé con gran temor, ofrecieron sacrificio a Yavé 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 Yavé preparó un gran pez que tragara a Jonás. Y Jonás estuvo en el estómago 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.
