Jonah 1
Jonah Flees from the LORD
3Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
3And Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish, away from the face of YHWH. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish, and he paid its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the face of YHWH.
The Great Storm
5The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
5And the sailors were afraid, and each man cried out to his god. And they threw the articles that were in the ship into the sea to lighten it from them. And Jonah had gone down into the recesses of the ship, and he had lain down and was deeply asleep.
6The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
6And the chief pilot came near to him and said to him: “How can you sleep? Stand up and call to your God! Perhaps your God will have consideration for us and we will not perish!”
7“Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.”
So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
7And they said, each man to his companion, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know by whom this evil is upon us!” And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
8“Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”
8And they said to him, “Declare now to us, with regard to whom is this evil upon us? What is your occupation, and from where do you come? What is your land, and from which people are you?”
10Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
10And the men feared with great fear, and they said to him: “What is this you have done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing away from the face of YHWH, because he had told them.
Jonah Cast into the Sea
12“Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”
12And he said to them, “Pick me up and cast me into the sea, and the sea will become quiet around you. For I know that because of me this great tempest is upon you.”
14So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
14And they cried out to YHWH and said: “Ah, O YHWH, please do not let us perish for the soul of this man, and do not put upon us innocent blood. For You, O YHWH, have done as You pleased.”