Jonas 1

1 HERRENs Ord kom til Jonas, Amittajs Søn, således:

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

2 "Stå op og gå til Nineve, den store Stad, udråb over den, at deres Ondskab er kommet op for mit Åsyn."

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

3 Men Jonas stod op for at fly fra HERRENs Åsyn til Tarsis. Han drog ned til Jafo, og da han fandt et Skib, som skulde til Tarsis betalte han, hvad Rejsen kostede, og gik om Bord for at sejle med til Tarsis bort fra HERRENs Åsyn.

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 Men HERREN Iod et stærkt Vejr fare hen over Havet, og en stærk Storm rejste sig på Havet, så Skibet var ved at gå under.

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 Sømændene blev rædde og råbte hver til sin Gud, og de kastede alle Sager i Skibet over Bord for at lette det. Men Jonas var gået ned i det underste Skibsrum og lå i dyb Søvn dernede.

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 Skibsføreren gik da ned til ham og sagde: "Hvor kan du sove? Stå op og råb til din Gud! Måske vil Gud komme os i Hu, så vi ikke omkommer."

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 Så sagde de til hverandre: "Kom, lad os kaste Lod for at få at vide, hvem der er Skyld i, at denne Ulykke er tilstødt os!" Og de kastede Lod, og Loddet ramte Jonas.

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 Da sagde de til ham: "Sig os, hvem der er Skyld i, at denne Ulykke er tilstødt os! Hvad er du, og hvor kommer du fra? Hvilket Land er du fra, og hvilket Folk hører du til?"

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 Han svarede: "Jeg er Hebræer, og jeg frygter HERREN, Himmelens Gud, som har skabt Havet og det tørre Land."

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 Så grebes Mændene af stor Rædsel og sagde til ham: "Hvad har du gjort!" Thi de fik at vide, at han flyede fra HERRENs Åsyn; det sagde han dem.

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 Og de spurgte ham: "Hvad skal vi gøre med dig, så vi får Havet til at lægge sig? Thi det rejser sig mere og mere."

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 Han svarede: "Tag og kast mig i Havet! Så får I det til at lægge sig; thi jeg ved, at jeg er Skyld i, at dette stærke Vejr er over eder."

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 Mændene søgte nu at ro tilbage til Land, men kunde ikke, da Havet rejste sig mere og mere imod dem.

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 Så råbte de til HERREN; "Ak, HERRE! Lad os ikke omkomme for denne Mands Sjæls Skyld og lad ikke uskyldigt Blod komme over os; thi det erjo dig, HERRE, derhar gjort, som du vilde."

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 Derpå tog de Jonas og kastede ham i Havet, og straks lagde det sig.

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

16 Og Mændene grebes af stor Rædsel for HERREN, bragte ham et Slagtoffer og aflagde Løfter.

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

17 Men HERREN bød en stor Fisk sluge Jonas; og Jonas var i Fiskens Bug tre Dage og tre Nætter.

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.