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,

¹In prišla je beseda GOSPODOVA Jonu, sinu Amitajevemu, govoreč:

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

²Vstani, pojdi v Ninive, mesto veliko, in kliči zoper njega; kajti njih zloba je prišla gori predme.

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.

³Ali Jona vstane, da bi zbežal v Tarsis izpred obličja GOSPODOVEGA; in gre doli v Jafo in zaloti ladjo, ki se je peljala v Tarsis; in plača brodnino in stopi vanjo, da bi se peljal ž njimi v Tarsis izpred obličja GOSPODOVEGA.

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.

⁴A GOSPOD je zagnal močan veter na morje, in nastal je velik vihar na morju, da je hotelo ladjo razbiti.

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.

⁵In mornarji se zboje in vpijejo vsak k svojemu bogu; in mečejo v morje orodje, ki je bilo na ladji, da bi si olajšali. Jona pa je bil šel na dno ladje in je legel in trdno zaspal.

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.”

⁶Tedaj pristopi k njemu poveljnik ladje in mu reče: Kaj je s tabo, zaspanec? Vstani, kliči k svojemu Bogu! morebiti se nas spomni tvoj Bog, da ne poginemo.

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.

⁷In reko drug drugemu: Pridite, mečimo kocke, da zvemo, zavoljo koga nas je zadela ta nadloga. In mečejo kocke, in kocka pade na Jona.

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?”

⁸Tedaj mu reko: Povej nam, prosimo, zavoljo česa nas je zadela ta nadloga? Kakšno je tvoje opravilo in odkod si prišel? Katera je tvoja dežela in iz katerega si ljudstva?

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.”

⁹In jim reče: Hebrejec sem, in bojim se GOSPODA, Boga nebes, ki je naredil morje in suhoto.

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.

¹⁰Tedaj prevzame može velik strah, in mu reko: Čemu si to storil? Vedeli so namreč možje, da je zbežal izpred obličja GOSPODOVEGA, ker jim je bil povedal.

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.

¹¹In ga vprašajo: Kaj hočemo storiti s teboj, da se morje pomiri proti nam? Kajti morje je vedno bolj divjalo.

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.”

¹²In jim reče: Vzemite me in vrzite me v morje, in morje se pomiri proti vam. V svesti sem si namreč, da je zavoljo mene prišel ta veliki vihar nad vas.

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 možje so hrabro veslali, da bi pritegnili ladjo nazaj h kopnemu, a niso mogli, ker je morje bolj in bolj divjalo proti njim.

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.”

¹⁴Zato kličejo h GOSPODU in reko: Ah, GOSPOD, prosimo, naj ne poginemo zavoljo tega moža duše in ne prištevaj nam nedolžne krvi; zakaj ti, GOSPOD, si storil, kakor je bila volja tvoja.

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

¹⁵Nato vzamejo Jona in ga vržejo v morje. In morje je nehalo besneti.

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

¹⁶Možje pa so se bali z velikim strahom GOSPODA, in darovali so klalščino GOSPODU in storili obljube.In GOSPOD je pripravil veliko ribo, da bi požrla Jona. In Jona je bil v ribjem trebuhu tri dni in tri noči.

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

¹⁷In GOSPOD je pripravil veliko ribo, da bi požrla Jona. In Jona je bil v ribjem trebuhu tri dni in tri noči.