Jonas 1

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.

Ka Oma atu a Hona i a Ihowā

1 Nā, i puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki a Hona, tama a Amitai, i mea: 2 "Whakatika, haere ki Ninewe, ki taua pā nui, karangatia he hē mōna; kua tae ake hoki tō rātou kino ki tōku aroaro."

3 Ko Hona ia i whakatika, he rere ki Tarahihi i te aroaro o Ihowā; haere ana ia ki raro, ki Hopa, ā, ka kitea e ia tētahi kaipuke e rere ana ki Tarahihi. Ka hoatu e ia te utu mō te ekenga ki runga, kia haere atu ai ia i roto i a rātou ki Tarahihi i te aroaro o Ihowā.

4 Nā, ka tukua e Ihowā he hau nui ki te moana, ā, he nui te āwhā i te moana, nō ka kīia ka pakaru te kaipuke. 5 Nā, ka wehi ngā kaiwhakatere, ka karanga ki tōna atua, ki tōna atua; ā, ākiritia ana e rātou ngā taonga o runga o te kaipuke ki te moana kia māmā ai ki a rātou.

Ko Hona ia kua riro ki roto rawa i te kaipuke, ā, ka takoto ia, ka moe, au rawa. 6 Nā, ko te haerenga atu o te rangatira o te kaipuke, ka mea ki a ia, "He aha tāu, e te tangata e moe nā? Maranga, karanga ki tōu Atua, me kāhore te Atua e whakaaro ki a tātou, kei ngaro tātou."

7 Nā, ka mea rātou ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa, "Haere mai, kia makamaka rota tātou, kia mōhio ai ko wai te take o tēnei hē ki a tātou." Nā, kei te makamaka rota rātou, ā, ka tau te rota ki a Hona.

8 Kātahi rātou ka mea ki a ia, "Tēnā rā, whakaaturia ki a mātou ko wai te take o tēnei hē ki a tātou? He mahi aha tāu? I haere mai koe i hea? Ko hea tōu whenua? Nō tēhea iwi koe?"

9 Anō rā ko ia ki a rātou, "He Hiperu ahau; e wehi ana hoki ahau i a Ihowā, i te Atua o ngā rangi, nāna nei i hanga te moana me te whenua maroke."

10 Nā, nui atu te wehi i wehi ai aua tāngata, ka mea rātou ki a ia, "He aha tēnei i meatia nei e koe?" I mōhio hoki aua tāngata e rere ana ia i te aroaro o Ihowā, nāna hoki i whakaatu ki a rātou.

11 Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Me aha mātou ki a koe, kia marino ai te moana ki a tātou?" E nui haere ana hoki te ngaru o te moana.

12 Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Hāpainga ake ahau, makā ki te moana; kātahi ka marino te moana ki a koutou; e mōhio ana hoki ahau he whakaaro ki ahau i puta mai ai tēnei paroro ki a koutou."

13 Heoi, hoe tonu aua tāngata kia ū ai rātou ki uta; otiia kīhai i taea. E nui haere ana hoki te ngaru o te moana hei ārai i a rātou. 14 Kātahi aua tāngata ka karanga ki a Ihowā, ka mea, "Auē, e Ihowā, kaua rā mātou e whakangaromia hei utu mō te matenga o tēnei tangata. Kaua anō e utaina he toto harakore ki runga ki a mātou. Kua mahia nā hoki e koe, e Ihowā, tāu i pai ai." 15 Nā, hāpainga ana a Hona e rātou, makā ana ki te moana; ā, mutu ake te riri o te moana. 16 Nā, he nui te wehi i wehi ai aua tāngata i a Ihowā; patua iho e rātou he patunga tapu ki a Ihowā, puaki ana ā rātou kupu taurangi.

17 Nā, kua rite mai i a Ihowā tētahi ika nui hei horo i a Hona; ā, e toru ngā rā, e toru ngā pō o Hona i roto i te kōpū o te ika.