Jonah 1
1:1And the word of the lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
1:2Rise up, and go unto Nineveh the great city, and proclaim in it! for the cry of its evils ascended to me.
1:3And Jonah rose up to flee into Tarshish from the face of the lord. And he went down into Joppa. And he found a boat proceeding to Tarshish, and he gave his fare, and ascended into it to sail with them unto Tarshish from the face of the lord.
1:4And the lord raised up a wind upon the sea; and there became a great swell in the sea, and the boat was exposed to danger of breaking up.
1:5And the mariners feared, and yelled out each to his god. And they made an expulsion of the items, of the ones in the boat, into the sea, to lighten of them. But Jonah went down into the hold of the boat, and he went to sleep, and snored.
1:6And the captain drew near to him, and said to him, Why do you snore? Rise up, call upon your God! so that God should preserve us, and in no way we should be destroyed.
1:7And each said to his neighbor, Come we should cast lots, and we shall know for what reason this evil is to us. And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
1:8And they said to him, Report indeed! for what reason is this evil to us? What is your work, and from where have you come, and from out of what kind of place, and of what kind of people are you?
1:9And he said to them, I am a servant of the lord, and I worship the God of the heaven who made the sea and the dry land.
1:10And the men feared a great fear, and they said to him, What is this you did? (because the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the lord, for he reported it to them.)
1:11And they said to him, What should we do to you, and the sea abates from us? (for the sea went forth and rose up a rather great swell.)
1:12And Jonah said to them, Lift me, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall abate from you! Because I know, that on account of me this great swell is upon you.
1:13And the men pressed on to turn towards the land, and they were not able, for the sea went, and it rose up rather upon them.
1:14And they yelled out to the lord, and they said, By no means, O lord, should you destroy us because of the soul of this man, and should not be imputed against us the blood of the just; for you, O lord, in which manner you want, you do.
1:15And they took Jonah, and they cast him into the sea. And the sea stood from its tossing about.
1:16And the men feared a great fear of the lord, and they sacrificed a sacrifice to the lord, and vowed the vows.
1:17And the lord assigned a great whale to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.