Jonah 1

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

Y fue palabra de Jehová a Jonás, hijo de Amati, diciendo:

2 Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.

Levántate, y vé a Nínive, ciudad grande, y pregona contra ella; porque su maldad ha subido delante de mí.

3 And Jonah rose in order to flee from the face of the Lord to Tarshish. And he went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. And he paid its fare, and he went down into it, in order to go with them to Tarshish from the face of the Lord.

Y Jonás se levantó para huir de la presencia de Jehová a Társis, y descendió a Joppe; y halló un navío que se partía para Társis, y pagándole su pasaje entró en él para irse con ellos a Társis, de delante de Jehová.

4 But the Lord sent a great wind into the sea. And a great tempest took place in the sea, and the ship was in danger of being crushed.

Mas Jehová hizo levantar un gran viento en la mar, e hízose una gran tempestad en la mar, que la nao pensó ser quebrada.

5 And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried out to their god. And they threw the containers that were in the ship into the sea in order to lighten it of them. And Jonah went down into the interior of the ship, and he fell into a painful deep sleep.

Y los marineros tuvieron temor, y cada uno llamaba a su dios; y echaron a la mar el cargamento que llevaban en la nao, para descargarla de ello. Jonás empero se había descendido a los costados de la nao, y se había echado a dormir.

6 And the helmsman approached him, and he said to him, “Why are you weighed down with sleep? Rise, call upon your God, so perhaps God will be mindful of us and we might not perish.”

Y el maestre de la nao se llegó a él, y le dijo: ¿Qué tienes dormilón? Levántate, y clama a tu dios, quizá él habrá compasión de nosotros, y no pereceremos.

7 And a man said to his shipmate, “Come, and let us cast lots, so that we may know why this disaster is upon us.” And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

Y dijeron cada uno a su compañero: Veníd, y echemos suertes, para saber por quien nos ha venido este mal. Y echaron suertes, y la suerte cayó sobre Jonás.

8 And they said to him: “Explain to us what is the reason that this disaster is upon us. What is your work? Which is your country? And where are you going? Or which people are you from?”

Y ellos le dijeron: Decláranos ahora, ¿por qué nos ha venido este mal? ¿Qué oficio tienes, y de donde vienes, cual es tu tierra, y de qué pueblo eres?

9 And he said to them, “I am Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

Y él les respondió: Hebreo soy, y a Jehová Dios de los cielos temo, que hizo la mar y la tierra.

10 And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him, “Why have you done this?” (For the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.)

Y aquellos hombres temieron de gran temor, y le dijeron: ¿Por qué hiciste esto? Porque ellos entendieron que huía de delante de Jehová; porque él se lo había declarado.

11 And they said to him, “What are we to do with you, so that the sea will cease for us?” For the sea flowed and swelled.

Y dijéronle: ¿Qué te haremos, para que la mar se nos quiete? porque la mar iba, y se embravecía.

12 And he said to them, “Take me, and cast me into the sea, and the sea will cease for you. For I know that it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”

El les respondió: Tomádme, y echádme a la mar, y la mar se os quietará; porque yo sé que por mí ha venido sobre vosotros esta grande tempestad.

13 And the men were rowing, so as to return to dry land, but they did not succeed. For the sea flowed and swelled against them.

Y aquellos hombres trabajaron por tornar la nao a tierra, mas no pudieron; porque la mar iba y se embravecía sobre ellos.

14 And they cried out to the Lord, and they said, “We beseech you, Lord, do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not attribute to us innocent blood. For you, Lord, have done just as it pleased you.”

Y clamaron a Jehová, y dijeron: Rogámoste ahora, Jehová, que no perezcamos nosotros por la vida de aqueste hombre, ni pongas sobre nosotros sangre inocente; porque tú, Jehová, has hecho como has querido.

15 And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.

Y tomaron a Jonás, y echáronle a la mar; y la mar se quietó de su ira.

16 And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows.

Y temieron aquellos hombres a Jehová con gran temor; y ofrecieron sacrificio a Jehová, y prometieron votos.

17 And the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.

Mas Jehová había aparejado un gran pez, que tragase a Jonás; y estuvo Jonás en el vientre del pez tres días y tres noches.