Jonah 1

1 This message from the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai:

耶和华的话临到亚米太的儿子约拿，说：

2 ‘Arise, go to that great city, Nineveh, and preach against it; for their wickedness is known to me.’

“你起来往尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民呼喊，因为他们的恶达到我面前。”

3 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.

约拿却起来，逃往他施去躲避耶和华；下到约帕，遇见一只船，要往他施去。他就给了船价，上了船，要与船上的人同往他施去躲避耶和华。

4 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.

然而耶和华使海中起大风，海就狂风大作，甚至船几乎破坏。

5 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.

水手便惧怕，各人哀求自己的神。他们将船上的货物抛在海中，为要使船轻些。约拿已下到底舱，躺卧沉睡。

6 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.’

船主到他那里对他说：“你这沉睡的人哪，为何这样呢？起来，求告你的神，或者神顾念我们，使我们不致灭亡。”

7 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.

船上的人彼此说：“来吧，我们掣签，看看这灾临到我们是因谁的缘故。”于是他们掣签，掣出约拿来。

8 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?’

众人对他说：“请你告诉我们，这灾临到我们是因谁的缘故？你以何事为业？你从哪里来？你是哪一国？属哪一族的人？”

9 He replied, ‘I am a Hebrew, and a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.’

他说：“我是希伯来人。我敬畏耶和华—那创造沧海旱地之天上的 神。”

10 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.

他们就大大惧怕，对他说：“你做的是什么事呢？”他们已经知道他躲避耶和华，因为他告诉了他们。

11 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.

他们问他说：“我们当向你怎样行，使海浪平静呢？”这话是因海浪越发翻腾。

12 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.’

他对他们说：“你们将我抬起来，抛在海中，海就平静了；我知道你们遭这大风是因我的缘故。”

13 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.

然而那些人竭力荡桨，要把船拢岸，却是不能，因为海浪越发向他们翻腾。

14 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.’

他们便求告耶和华说：“耶和华啊，我们恳求你，不要因这人的性命使我们死亡，不要使流无辜血的罪归与我们；因为你—耶和华是随自己的意旨行事。”

15 And they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea became calm.

他们遂将约拿抬起，抛在海中，海的狂浪就平息了。

16 Then the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice and made vows to him.

那些人便大大敬畏耶和华，向耶和华献祭，并且许愿。

17 But the Lord arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.

耶和华安排一条大鱼吞了约拿，他在鱼腹中三日三夜。