Jonah 1
1 [One day] Yahweh said to [the prophet] Jonah, the son of Amittai,
Herrens ord kom til Jona, son åt Amittai; han sagde:
2 “I have [seen] how wicked [the people of] [MTY] the great city of Nineveh are. Therefore go there and warn the people that [I am planning to] destroy their city [because of their sins].”
«Statt upp og gakk til den store byen Nineve, og ropa ut yver honom at vondskapen hans er stigen upp for mi åsyn!»
3 But [instead of going to Nineveh], Jonah [went in the direction] opposite to where Yahweh [told him to go]. He went down to Joppa [city]. There he bought a ticket to travel on a ship that was going to Tarshish [city], in order to avoid [doing what] Yahweh [told him to do]. [He got on the ship, ] and [then went down] to a lower deck, [lay down, and went to sleep].
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 Then Yahweh caused a very strong wind to blow, and there was such a violent storm that [the sailors thought] the ship would break apart.
Men Herren sende ein sterk vind ut yver havet, og reiste slik ein storm på havet at skipet so nær hadde gjenge under.
5 The sailors were very frightened. Because of that, they each [started to] pray to their own gods [to save them]. Then they threw the cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter [in order that it would not sink easily].
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 Then the captain went [down] to where Jonah was sleeping soundly. [He awoke him] and said [to him], “(How can you sleep [during a storm like this]?/You should not be sleeping [during a storm like this]) [RHQ]! Get up and pray to your god! Perhaps he will pity us and save us, in order that we will not drown!” [But Jonah refused to do that].
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 Then the sailors said to each other, “We need to (cast lots/shake from a container small objects that we have all marked), to determine who has caused [all] this trouble!” So they did that, and [the object with] Jonah’s mark fell out [of the container].
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 So [various ones of] them asked him, “Are you the one who has caused us all this trouble?” “What work do you do?” “Where are you [coming] from?” “What country and what people-group do you belong to?”
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 Jonah replied, “I am a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh God, who [lives in] heaven. He is the one who made the sea and the land. I am trying to escape from [doing what] Yahweh [told me to do].”
Han svara deim: «Hebræar er eg, Herren, himmelens Gud, ottast eg, han som hev skapt havet og det turre land.»
10 After the sailors heard that, they were terrified. So they asked him, “Do you realize what [trouble] you have caused?”
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 The [storm kept getting worse and] the waves kept getting bigger. So [one of] the sailors asked Jonah, “What should we do in order to make the sea become calm?”
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 He replied, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. [If you do that], it will become calm. I know that this terrible storm is the result of my [not doing what Yahweh told me to do].”
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 But the sailors did [not want to do that]. [Instead], they tried hard to row the ship back to the land. But they could not [do that], because the storm continued to get worse.
Mennerne freista no å ro tilbake til lands, men dei magta det ikkje; for sjøen bar meir og meir imot.
14 Therefore they prayed to Yahweh, and [one of them] prayed, “O Yahweh, please do not let us drown because of our causing this man to die. O Yahweh, you have done what you wanted to do. [We do not know if this man has sinned. If] he has not sinned, do not consider that we are guilty of sinning when we cause him to die!”
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 Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea. Then the sea became calm.
Og dei tok Jona og kasta honom i havet, og straks heldt havet upp å rasa.
16 [When that happened], the sailors became greatly awed at Yahweh’s [power]. So they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and they strongly promised [him that they would do things that would please him].
Då fekk mennerne fekk stor age for Herren, og dei ofra slagtoffer til honom og gjorde lovnader.
17 [While they were doing that, ] Yahweh sent a huge fish that swallowed Jonah. Then 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.
