Jonah 1
1 [One day] Yahweh said to [the prophet] Jonah, the son of Amittai,
Herrens ord kom til Jonas, Amittais sønn, og det lød så:
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].”
Stå op, gå til Ninive, den store stad, og tal for den! For deres ondskap er steget op og er kommet for mitt 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 Jonas stod op og vilde fly til Tarsis, bort fra Herrens åsyn; og han drog ned til Joppe og fant der et skib som skulde gå til Tarsis, og han betalte frakten og gikk ombord for å fare med dem til Tarsis, bort fra 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 sendte en sterk vind ut over havet, og det blev en stor storm på havet, og skibet var i ferd med å knuses.
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].
Da blev skibsfolkene redde og ropte hver til sin gud, og de kastet de ting som var i skibet, ut i havet for å lette skibet. Men Jonas var steget ned i skibets nederste rum og lå i fast søvn.
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].
Skibsføreren gikk da til ham og sa: Hvorledes kan du sove så fast? Stå op og rop til din gud! Kanskje den gud vil tenke på råd for oss, så vi ikke går 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 de sa til hverandre: Kom, la oss kaste lodd, så vi kan få vite hvem som er skyld i at denne ulykke har hendt oss! Så kastet de lodd, og loddet falt på Jonas.
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?”
Da sa de til ham: Si oss hvem som er skyld i at denne ulykke har hendt oss! Hvad er ditt ærend, og hvor kommer du fra? Hvad land er du fra, og hvad folk hører du til?
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 svarte: Jeg er en hebreer, og jeg frykter Herren, himmelens Gud, ham som har gjort havet og det tørre land.
10 After the sailors heard that, they were terrified. So they asked him, “Do you realize what [trouble] you have caused?”
Da blev mennene grepet av en stor frykt, og de sa til ham: Hvorfor har du gjort dette? For de visste at han flydde fra Herrens åsyn; det hadde han fortalt dem.
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 de sa til ham: Hvad skal vi gjøre med dig, forat havet kan legge sig for oss? For havet blev mere og mere oprørt.
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 svarte: Ta mig og kast mig i havet! Så vil havet legge sig for eder; for jeg vet at det er for min skyld denne store storm er kommet over eder.
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.
Mennene prøvde nu å ro tilbake til land, men de maktet det ikke; for sjøen slo sterkere og sterkere mot dem.
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!”
Da ropte de til Herren og sa: Å Herre, la oss ikke gå under fordi denne mann skal dø, og la ikke uskyldig blod komme over oss! For du, Herre, har gjort som du vilde.
15 Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea. Then the sea became calm.
Så tok de Jonas og kastet ham i havet; da holdt havet op å rase.
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].
Og mennene blev grepet av stor frykt for Herren, og de ofret takkoffer til Herren og gjorde løfter.
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 lot en stor fisk komme og sluke Jonas, og Jonas var i fiskens buk tre dager og tre netter.
