Jonah 1
1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,
Herrens ord kom til Jona, son åt Amittai; han sagde:
2 Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.
«Statt upp og gakk til den store byen Nineve, og ropa ut yver honom at vondskapen hans er stigen upp for mi åsyn!»
3 And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.
Men Jona stod upp og vilde fly til Tarsis, burt frå Herrens åsyn; og han for ned til Joppe, og fann eit skip som skulde ganga til Tarsis, og han betala ferdapengarne og gjekk um bord og vilde fara med til Tarsis, burt frå Herrens åsyn.
4 And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.
Men Herren sende ein sterk vind ut yver havet, og reiste slik ein storm på havet at skipet so nær hadde gjenge under.
5 Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.
Då vart skipsfolki rædde og ropa kvar til sin gud; og til å letta skipet kasta dei på sjøen alt tarvende som fanst um bord. Men Jona hadde gjenge ned i skipsromet; der låg han og sov fast.
6 And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.
Då gjekk skiperen til honom og sagde: «Korleis kann du sova so fast? Statt upp og ropa til guden din! Kann henda vil den guden tenkja på oss, so me ikkje gjeng under.»
7 And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.
Og dei sagde til kvarandre: «Kom, lat oss kasta lut, so me fær vita kven som er skuld i at denne ulukka er komi yver oss!» So kasta dei lut, og luten fall på Jona.
8 Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?
Då sagde dei til honom: «Seg kven som er skuld i at denne naudi er komi yver oss! Kva er di ærend, kvar kjem du ifrå? Kva land er du frå, og kva folk er du av?»
9 And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.
Han svara deim: «Hebræar er eg, Herren, himmelens Gud, ottast eg, han som hev skapt havet og det turre land.»
10 And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.
Då vart mennerne ovleg rædde, og dei sagde til honom: «Kor kunde du gjera dette?» For dei skyna av det han fortalde deim at han flydde frå Herrens åsyn.
11 And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.
Og dei sagde til han: «Kva skal me gjera med deg, so havet kann leggja seg for oss?» For det vart meir og meir upprørt.
12 And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.
Han svara: «Tak meg og kasta meg i havet! so skal det stilna for dykk. For eg veit det er for mi skuld denne store stormen er komen yver dykk.»
13 And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.
Mennerne freista no å ro tilbake til lands, men dei magta det ikkje; for sjøen bar meir og meir imot.
14 So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.
Då ropa dei til Herren og sagde: «Å Herre, lat oss ikkje ganga under, for di denne mannen skal døy, og lat ikkje skuldlaust blod koma yver oss! for du, Herre, hev gjort som du vilde.»
15 So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.
Og dei tok Jona og kasta honom i havet, og straks heldt havet upp å rasa.
16 Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.
Då fekk mennerne fekk stor age for Herren, og dei ofra slagtoffer til honom og gjorde lovnader.
17 And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
Men Herren sende ein stor fisk, som gløypte Jona; og Jona var i buken åt fisken i tri dagar og tri næter.
