約拿書 1
1 耶和華的話臨到亞米太的兒子約拿，說：
This message from the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai:
2 「你起來往尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民呼喊，因為他們的惡達到我面前。」
“Arise, go to that great city, Nineveh, and preach against it; for their wickedness is known to me.”
3 約拿卻起來，逃往他施去躲避耶和華；下到約帕，遇見一隻船，要往他施去。他就給了船價，上了船，要與船上的人同往他施去躲避耶和華。
But Jonah started to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
4 然而耶和華使海中起大風，海就狂風大作，甚至船幾乎破壞。
But the Lord made a furious wind blow over the sea, and there was such a great storm that the ship was in danger of breaking to pieces.
5 水手便懼怕，各人哀求自己的神。他們將船上的貨物拋在海中，為要使船輕些。約拿已下到底艙，躺臥沉睡。
The sailors were terrified and each cried for help to his own god. They threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter. Meanwhile Jonah had gone down into the bottom of the ship and lay fast asleep.
6 船主到他那裏對他說：「你這沉睡的人哪，為何這樣呢？起來，求告你的神，或者神顧念我們，使我們不致滅亡。」
The captain of the ship went and said to him, “How can you sleep? Call on your god; perhaps that god will think of us, so that we may not be lost.”
7 船上的人彼此說：「來吧，我們掣籤，看看這災臨到我們是因誰的緣故。」於是他們掣籤，掣出約拿來。
The sailors said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots to discover on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot indicated Jonah.
8 眾人對他說：「請你告訴我們，這災臨到我們是因誰的緣故？你以何事為業？你從哪裏來？你是哪一國？屬哪一族的人？」
So they said to him, “Are you to blame for this? Tell us, what is your business, and where do you come from? What is your country and to what people do you belong?”
9 他說：「我是希伯來人。我敬畏耶和華－那創造滄海旱地之天上的上帝。」
He replied, “I am a Hebrew, and a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
10 他們就大大懼怕，對他說：「你做的是甚麼事呢？」他們已經知道他躲避耶和華，因為他告訴了他們。
Then the men were greatly frightened and said to him, “What have you done?” For they knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.
11 他們問他說：「我們當向你怎樣行，使海浪平靜呢？」這話是因海浪越發翻騰。
Then they said to him, “What should we do to you, to make the sea calm for us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy.
12 他對他們說：「你們將我抬起來，拋在海中，海就平靜了；我知道你們遭這大風是因我的緣故。」
He said to them, “Take me up and throw me into the sea, and the sea will be calm for you, for I know that it is because of me this fierce storm has overtaken you.”
13 然而那些人竭力盪槳，要把船攏岸，卻是不能，因為海浪越發向他們翻騰。
But instead the men rowed hard to get back to the land; they could not, however, for the sea grew more and more stormy ahead.
14 他們便求告耶和華說：「耶和華啊，我們懇求你，不要因這人的性命使我們死亡，不要使流無辜血的罪歸與我們；因為你－耶和華是隨自己的意旨行事。」
So they cried to the Lord and said, “We beg you, Lord, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t let us be guilty of shedding innocent blood, for you are the Lord; you have done as it pleases you.”
15 他們遂將約拿抬起，拋在海中，海的狂浪就平息了。
And they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea became calm.
16 那些人便大大敬畏耶和華，向耶和華獻祭，並且許願。
Then the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice and made vows to him.
17 耶和華安排一條大魚吞了約拿，他在魚腹中三日三夜。
But the Lord arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.
