Jonas 1

A vocação de Jonas; a sua fuga e o seu castigo

1 *2Rs 14.25;Mt 12.39-41;16.4;Lc 11.29-30,32A palavra de Jeová veio a Jonas, filho de Amitai, dizendo: 2 Levanta-te, vai à *Jn 3.2-3;4.11grande cidade de *Gn 10.11;2Rs 19.36;Is 37.37;Na 1.1;Sf 2.13Nínive *Is 53.1e clama contra ela, porque *Gn 18.20;Os 7.2a sua malícia subiu à minha presença. 3 Jonas, porém, levantou-se para fugir *Sl 139.7,9,10da presença de Jeová, *Is 23.1,6,10;Jr 10.9para Társis. Desceu a *2Cr 2.16;Ed 3.7;At 9.36,43Jope e achou um navio que ia para Társis; pagou, pois, a sua passagem e embarcou nele para ir com eles a Társis da presença de Jeová.

4 Mas *Sl 107.25-28;135.7Jeová lançou no mar um grande vento, e fez-se no mar uma grande tempestade, de sorte que o navio estava em perigo de se fazer em pedaços. 5 Então, os marinheiros tiveram medo, e clamavam cada um *1Rs 18.26ao seu deus, *At 27.18-19,38e alijaram ao mar a carga que estava no navio, para o aliviarem. Jonas, porém, tinha descido ao interior do navio; e, tendo-se deitado, dormia um profundo sono. 6 Chegou-se a ele o piloto e disse-lhe: Que estás fazendo, ó tu que dormes? Levanta-te, *Sl 107.23clama ao teu Deus, a ver se, acaso, *Jn 3.9;2Sm 12.22;Am 5.15Deus se lembrará de nós, para que não pereçamos. 7 Disseram uns aos outros: Vinde, *Js 7.14-18;1Sm 10.20-21;14.41-42;At 1.23-26e deitemos sortes, para sabermos por causa de quem nos acontece este mal. Deitaram, pois, sortes, *Nm 32.23;Pv 16.33e a sorte caiu sobre Jonas. 8 Então, lhe disseram: *Js 7.19;1Sm 14.43Dize-nos: por causa de quem nos acontece este mal. Qual é a tua *Gn 47.3;1Sm 30.13ocupação? Donde vens? Qual é a tua terra? E de que povo és? 9 Respondeu-lhes ele: Eu sou *Gn 14.13;Êx 1.15;2.13hebreu *2Rs 17.25,28,32-33e temo a Jeová, *Ed 1.2;Ne 1.4;Sl 136.26;Dn 2.18Deus do céu, *Ne 9.6;Sl 95.5;146.6que fez o mar e a terra. 10 Então, os homens ficaram possuídos de grande medo e lhe disseram: Que é isso que fizeste? Pois os homens souberam que ele *Jn 1.3;Jó 27.22fugia da presença de Jeová, porque lho havia dito.

11 Disseram-lhe: Que te faremos nós, para que o mar cesse de se levantar contra nós? Pois o mar se ia tornando cada vez mais tempestuoso. 12 Respondeu-lhes: *2Sm 24.17Levantai-me e lançai-me no mar; assim, cessará o mar de se levantar contra vós, porque eu sei que é *1Cr 21.17por minha causa que vos sobreveio esta grande tempestade. 13 Todavia, os homens se esforçavam com os remos para tornar a ganhar a terra; porém *Pv 21.30não podiam, pois o mar se ia tornando cada vez mais tempestuoso contra eles. 14 Por isso, clamaram *Jn 1.16;Sl 107.28a Jeová e disseram: Rogamos-te, Jeová, que não pereçamos por causa da vida deste homem e que não faças cair sobre nós o sangue inocente; pois tu, *Sl 115.3;135.6;Dn 4.34-35Jeová, fizeste como foi do teu agrado. 15 Levantaram, pois, a Jonas e lançaram-no ao mar; e o mar *Sl 65.7;93.3-4;107.29cessou da sua fúria. 16 Então, os homens temeram em extremo a Jeová; ofereceram sacrifícios *1Sm 6.2-5;Dn 4.34-37a Jeová e fizeram *Sl 50.14;66.13-14votos.

Jonas no ventre do grande peixe; sua oração e seu salvamento

17 *Jn 4.6Jeová preparou um grande peixe que tragasse a Jonas, e Jonas esteve no *Mt 12.40ventre do peixe três dias e três noites.

1 Now Yahweh’s*1:1 "Yahweh" is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all caps) in other translations. word came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me."

3 But 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.

4 But 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. 5 Then 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. 6 So the ship master came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God!*1:6 or, gods Maybe your God*1:6 or, gods will notice us, so that we won’t perish."

7 They all said to each other, "Come! Let’s 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. 8 Then 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?"

9 He said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God*1:9 The Hebrew word rendered "God" is "אֱלֹהִ֑ים" (Elohim). of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land."

10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "What have you done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them. 11 Then 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.

12 He 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."

13 Nevertheless 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. 14 Therefore 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." 15 So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging. 16 Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows.

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