¹Now the word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

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

²“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”

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

³But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.

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.

⁴But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

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

⁵Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

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.

⁶So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God or, gods ! Maybe your God or, gods will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”

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.

⁷They all said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

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.

⁸Then they asked him, “Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?”

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?

⁹He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.”

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

¹⁰Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “What is this that you have done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.

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.

¹¹Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy.

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

¹²He said to them, “Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.”

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.

¹³Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.

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

¹⁴Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.”

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.

¹⁵So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.

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

¹⁶Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.

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

¹⁷Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.