¹A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Jonášovi, synovi Amittaiho, povediac:

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying:

²Vstaň, idi do Ninive, toho veľkého mesta, a volaj proti nemu, lebo ich zloba vystúpila hore pred moju tvár.

²`Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.`

³Ale Jonáš vstal, aby utiekol do Taršíša zpred tvári Hospodinovej a prijdúc dolu do Joppy našiel loď, ktorá išla do Taršíša, dal, čo bola jej mzda, a sišiel do nej, aby sa odplavil s nimi do Taršíša zpred tvári Hospodinovej.

³And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and goeth down [to] Joppa, and findeth a ship going [to] Tarshish, and he giveth its fare, and goeth down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.

⁴Ale Hospodin vrhol veľký vietor na more, a povstala veľká búrka na mori, takže sa domnievali, že sa loď rozbije.

⁴And Jehovah hath cast a great wind on the sea, and there is a great tempest in the sea, and the ship hath reckoned to be broken;

⁵Vtedy sa báli mornári, a kričali každý ku svojmu bohu, a vyhadzovali nádoby, ktoré boly v lodi, do mora, aby si poľahčili. Ale Jonáš bol sišiel dolu na odľahlé miesto lode, ľahol si a zaspal tvrdo.

⁵and the mariners are afraid, and cry each unto his god, and cast the goods that [are] in the ship into the sea, to make [it] light of them; and Jonah hath gone down unto the sides of the vessel, and he lieth down, and is fast asleep.

⁶A pristúpil k nemu veliteľ lode a povedal mu: Čo sa ti robí, ospalče? Vstaň, volaj ku svojmu Bohu! Snáď si ten Bôh pomyslí na nás a nezahynieme.

⁶And the chief of the company draweth near to him, and saith to him, `What — to thee, O sleeper? rise, call unto thy God, it may be God doth bethink himself of us, and we do not perish.`

⁷Potom povedali druh druhovi: Poďte, a hoďme losy, aby sme zvedeli, pre koho prišlo na nás toto zlé. A tak hádzali losy, a los padol na Jonáša.

⁷And they say each unto his neighbour, `Come, and we cast lots, and we know on whose account this evil [is] on us.` And they cast lots, and the lot falleth on Jonah.

⁸Vtedy mu povedali: Nože nám oznám, prosíme, pre koho prišlo na nás toto zlé? Čo je tvoje zamestnanie a odkiaľ ideš? Čo je tvoja zem, a z ktorého národa si ty?

⁸And they say unto him, `Declare to us, we pray thee, on what account this evil [is] on us? what [is] thine occupation, and whence comest thou? what [is] thy country, seeing thou art not of this people?`

⁹A riekol im: Ja som Hebrej a bojím sa Hospodina, Boha nebies, ktorý učinil more i suchú zem.

⁹And he saith unto them, `A Hebrew I [am], and Jehovah, God of the heavens, I am reverencing, who made the sea and the dry land.`

¹⁰Vtedy sa náramne báli mužovia a povedali mu: Čo si to urobil?! Pretože sa boli mužovia dozvedeli, že uteká zpred tvári Hospodinovej, lebo im to oznámil.

¹⁰And the men fear a great fear, and say unto him, `What [is] this thou hast done!` for the men have known that from the face of Jehovah he is fleeing, for he hath told them.

¹¹A povedali mu: Čo ti máme urobiť, aby sa nám upokojilo more? Lebo more sa búrilo viac a viac.

¹¹And they say unto him, `What do we do to thee that the sea may cease from us, for the sea is more and more tempestuous?`

¹²A on im riekol: Vezmite ma a hoďte ma do mora, a more sa upokojí pred vami; lebo ja viem; že pre mňa je táto veľká búrka proti vám.

¹²And he saith unto them, `Lift me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea doth cease from you; for I know that on my account this great tempest [is] upon you.`

¹³A mužovia veslovali všetkými silami, aby sa dostali zpät na sušinu, ale nemohli, lebo more sa vše viac a viac búrilo proti nim.

¹³And the men row to turn back unto the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more tempestuous against them.

¹⁴Preto volali k Hospodinovi a vraveli: Prosíme, Hospodine, prosíme, nedaj, aby sme zahynuli za dušu tohoto človeka, a nedávaj na nás nevinnej krvi, lebo ty, Hospodine, činíš tak, ako sa ti ľúbi.

¹⁴And they cry unto Jehovah, and say, `We pray Thee, O Jehovah, let us not, we pray Thee, perish for this man`s life, and do not lay on us innocent blood, for Thou, Jehovah, as Thou hast pleased, Thou hast done.`

¹⁵Potom vzali Jonáša a hodili ho do mora, a more prestalo zúriť.

¹⁵And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging;

¹⁶A mužovia sa báli Hospodina veľkou bázňou a obetovali Hospodinovi bitnú obeť a sľubovali sľuby.

¹⁶and the men fear Jehovah — a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vow vows.

¹⁷And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.