Jonas 1
1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas the son of Amathi, saying,
Torej Gospodova beseda je prišla k Jonu, Amitájevemu sinu, rekoč:
2 Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.
»Vstani, pojdi v Ninive, to veliko mesto in kliči zoper njega, kajti njihova zlobnost je prišla predme.«
3 But Jonas rose up to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord.
Toda Jona se je dvignil, da pred Gospodovo prisotnostjo zbeži v Taršíš in je odšel dol v Jopo in našel ladjo, ki je šla v Taršíš. Tako je plačal njeno voznino in odšel dol vanjo, da gre z njimi v Taršíš, proč od Gospodove prisotnosti.
4 And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken.
Toda Gospod je na morje odposlal velik veter in tam na morju je bil mogočen vihar, tako da je ladjo hotel zlomiti.
5 And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonas was gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.
Potem so bili mornarji prestrašeni in vsak je klical k svojemu bogu in odvrgli [so] blago, ki je bilo na ladji, v morje, da jo olajšajo. Jona pa je odšel dol med ladijske boke in legel ter trdno zaspal.
6 And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snore you? arise, and call upon your God, that God may save us, and we perish not.
Tako je kapitan prišel k njemu in mu rekel: »Kaj ti misliš, oh zaspanec? Vstani, kliči k svojemu Bogu, če je tako, da bo Bog mislil na nas, da se ne pogubimo.«
7 And each man said to his neighbour, Come, let us cast lots, and find out for whose sake this mischief is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonas.
In rekli so vsak svojemu tovarišu: »Pridimo in mečimo žrebe, da bomo lahko izvedeli zaradi čigavega vzroka je nad nami to zlo.« Tako so metali žrebe in žreb je padel na Jona.
8 And they said to him, Tell us what is your occupation, and whence come you, and of what country and what people are you?
Potem so mu rekli: »Povej nam, prosimo te, zaradi čigavega vzroka je nad nami to zlo. Kakšen je tvoj poklic? In od kod prihajaš? Katera je tvoja dežela? In iz katerega ljudstva si?«
9 And he said to them, I am a servant of the Lord; and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea, and the dry [land].
Rekel jim je: »Jaz sem Hebrejec in se bojim Gospoda, Boga nebes, ki je naredil morje in kopno zemljo.«
10 Then the men feared exceedingly, and said to him, What is this [that] you have done? for the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.
Potem so bili ljudje silno prestrašeni in mu rekli: »Zakaj si to storil?« Kajti ljudje so vedeli, da je pobegnil izpred Gospodovega obličja, ker jim je povedal.
11 And they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea rose, and lifted its wave exceedingly.
Potem so mu rekli: »Kaj naj ti storimo, da se nam morje lahko umiri?« Kajti morje se je maščevalo in bilo viharno.
12 And Jonas said to them, Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
Rekel jim je: »Vzemite me in me vrzite v morje. Tako se vam bo morje umirilo, kajti vem, da je zaradi mene ta veliki vihar nad vami.«
13 And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them.
Kljub temu so možje trdo veslali, da jo privedejo k obali, toda niso mogli, kajti morje se je maščevalo in bilo viharno proti njim.
14 And they cried to the Lord, and said, Forbid it, Lord: let us not perish for the sake of this man's life, and bring not righteous blood upon us: for you, Lord, have done as you would.
Zato so klicali h Gospodu in rekli: »Rotimo te, oh Gospod, rotimo te, naj se ne pogubimo zaradi življenja tega moža in ne položi na nas nedolžne krvi, kajti ti, oh Gospod, si storil, kakor ti je ugajalo.«
15 So they took Jonas, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
Tako so vzeli Jona in ga vrgli v morje in morje je odnehalo od svojega besnenja.
16 And the men feared the Lord very greatly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord, and vowed vows.
Potem so se možje silno zbali Gospoda in Gospodu darovali klavno daritev in naredili zaobljube.
17 Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.
Torej Gospod je pripravil veliko ribo, da je pogoltnila Jona. In Jona je bil v ribjem trebuhu tri dni in tri noči.
