Jonah 1

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

Or la parole de l'Eternel fut [adressée] à Jonas fils d'Amittaï, en disant:

2 Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

Lève-toi, et t'en va à Ninive, la grande ville, et tonne contre elle; car leur malice est montée jusqu'à moi.

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.

Mais Jonas se leva pour s'enfuir en Tarsis, de devant la face de l'Eternel, et descendit à Japho, où il trouva un navire qui allait en Tarsis; et ayant payé le port, il y entra, pour aller avec eux en Tarsis, de devant la face de l'Eternel.

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.

Mais l'Eternel éleva un grand vent sur la mer, et il y eut une grande tourmente en la mer, de sorte que le navire se pensa rompre.

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.

Et les mariniers eurent peur, et ils crièrent chacun à son Dieu, et jetèrent dans la mer la charge du navire pour l'en décharger; mais Jonas était descendu au fond du navire, et y était couché, et il dormait profondément.

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.

Alors le maître pilote s'approcha de lui, et lui dit: Qu'as-tu, dormeur? Lève-toi, crie à ton Dieu; il pensera, peut-être, à nous, et nous ne périrons point.

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.

Puis ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: Venez, et jetons le sort afin que nous sachions à cause de qui ce mal nous est arrivé. Ils jetèrent donc le sort, et le sort tomba sur Jonas.

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?

Alors ils lui dirent: Déclare-nous maintenant, pourquoi ce mal-ici nous est arrivé, quel est ton métier, et d'où tu viens; quel est ton pays, et de quel peuple tu es.

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.

Et il leur dit: Je suis Hébreu, et je crains l'Eternel, le Dieu des cieux, qui a fait la mer et le sec.

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.

Alors ces hommes furent saisis d'une grande crainte, et lui dirent: Pourquoi as-tu fait cela? Car ces hommes avaient entendu qu'il s'enfuyait de devant la face de l'Eternel, parce qu'il le leur avait déclaré.

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.

Et ils lui dirent: Que te ferons-nous afin que la mer se calme, nous laissant en paix? Car la mer se tourmentait de plus en plus.

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.

Et il leur répondit: Prenez-moi, et me jetez dans la mer, et la mer s'apaisera, vous laissant en paix; car je connais que cette grande tourmente est venue sur vous à cause de moi.

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.

Et ces hommes voguaient pour relâcher à terre, mais ils ne pouvaient, parce que la mer s'agitait de plus en plus.

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.

Ils crièrent donc à l'Eternel, et dirent: Eternel, nous te prions que nous ne périssions point maintenant à cause de l'âme de cet homme-ci, et ne mets point sur nous le sang innocent; car tu es l'Eternel, tu en as fait comme il t'a plu.

15 So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.

Alors ils prirent Jonas, et le jetèrent dans la mer, et la tourmente de la mer s'arrêta.

16 Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.

Et ces gens-là craignirent l'Eternel d'une grande crainte, et ils offrirent des sacrifices à l'Eternel, et vouèrent des vœux.

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.

Or l'Eternel avait préparé un grand poisson pour engloutir Jonas; et Jonas demeura dans le ventre du poisson trois jours et trois nuits.