Livre de Jonas 1

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 La parole de Yahvé fut adressée à Jonas, fils d'Amittaï:	1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying:
2 "Lève-toi, lui dit-il, va à Ninive, la grande ville, et annonce-leur que leur méchanceté est montéejusqu'à moi."	2 Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.
3 Jonas se mit en route pour fuir à Tarsis, loin de Yahvé. Il descendit à Joppé et trouva un vaisseau àdestination de Tarsis, il paya son passage et s'embarqua pour se rendre avec eux à Tarsis, loin de Yahvé.	3 And Jonah rose in order to flee from the face of the Lord to Tarshish. And he went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. And he paid its fare, and he went down into it, in order to go with them to Tarshish from the face of the Lord.
4 Mais Yahvé lança sur la mer un vent violent, et il y eut grande tempête sur la mer, au point que levaisseau menaçait de se briser.	4 But the Lord sent a great wind into the sea. And a great tempest took place in the sea, and the ship was in danger of being crushed.
5 Les matelots prirent peur; ils crièrent chacun vers son dieu, et pour s'alléger, jetèrent à la mer lacargaison. Jonas cependant était descendu au fond du bateau; il s'était couché et dormait profondément.	5 And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried out to their god. And they threw the containers that were in the ship into the sea in order to lighten it of them. And Jonah went down into the interior of the ship, and he fell into a painful deep sleep.
6 Le chef de l'équipage s'approcha de lui et lui dit: "Qu'as-tu à dormir? Lève-toi, crie vers ton Dieu!Peut-être Dieu songera-t-il à nous et nous ne périrons pas."	6 And the helmsman approached him, and he said to him, “Why are you weighed down with sleep? Rise, call upon your God, so perhaps God will be mindful of us and we might not perish.”
7 Puis ils se dirent les uns aux autres: "Tirons donc au sort, pour savoir de qui nous vient ce mal." Ilsjetèrent les sorts et le sort tomba sur Jonas.	7 And a man said to his shipmate, “Come, and let us cast lots, so that we may know why this disaster is upon us.” And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
8 Ils lui dirent alors: "Dis-nous donc quelle est ton affaire, d'où tu viens, quel est ton pays et à quelpeuple tu appartiens."	8 And they said to him: “Explain to us what is the reason that this disaster is upon us. What is your work? Which is your country? And where are you going? Or which people are you from?”
9 Il leur répondit: "Je suis Hébreu, et c'est Yahvé que j'adore, le Dieu du ciel qui a fait la mer et la terre."	9 And he said to them, “I am Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
10 Les hommes furent saisis d'une grande crainte et ils lui dirent: "Qu'as-tu fait là!" Ils savaient en effetqu'il fuyait loin de Yahvé, car il le leur avait raconté.	10 And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him, “Why have you done this?” (For the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.)
11 Ils lui dirent: "Que te ferons-nous pour que la mer s'apaise pour nous?" Car la mer se soulevait deplus en plus.	11 And they said to him, “What are we to do with you, so that the sea will cease for us?” For the sea flowed and swelled.
12 Il leur répondit: "Prenez-moi et jetez-moi à la mer, et la mer s'apaisera pour vous. Car, je le sais, c'està cause de moi que cette violente tempête vous assaille."	12 And he said to them, “Take me, and cast me into the sea, and the sea will cease for you. For I know that it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”
13 Les hommes ramèrent pour gagner le rivage, mais en vain, car la mer se soulevait de plus en pluscontre eux.	13 And the men were rowing, so as to return to dry land, but they did not succeed. For the sea flowed and swelled against them.
14 Alors ils implorèrent Yahvé et dirent: "Ah! Yahvé, puissions-nous ne pas périr à cause de la vie decet homme, et puisses-tu ne pas nous charger d'un sang innocent, car c'est toi, Yahvé, qui as agi selon ton bonplaisir."	14 And they cried out to the Lord, and they said, “We beseech you, Lord, do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not attribute to us innocent blood. For you, Lord, have done just as it pleased you.”
15 Et, s'emparant de Jonas, ils le jetèrent à la mer, et la mer apaisa sa fureur.	15 And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.
16 Les hommes furent saisis d'une grande crainte de Yahvé; ils offrirent un sacrifice à Yahvé et firentdes voeux.	16 And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows.