Jonah 1

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1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying:	1 Une parole de Yahvé fut adressée à Jonas, fils d’Amittaï:
2 Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.	2 “Lève-toi, pars à Ninive, la Grande Ville, pour lui lancer des menaces, car leur méchanceté est montée jusqu’à moi.”
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.	3 Jonas partit, mais ce fut pour s’enfuir à Tarsis, loin de Yahvé. Il descendit à Jaffa où il trouva un bateau en partance pour Tarsis, il paya son billet et s’embarqua avec eux pour gagner Tarsis, loin de Yahvé.
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.	4 Mais Yahvé déchaîna sur la mer un grand vent et la tempête était si violente que le bateau menaçait de se briser.
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.	5 Les marins avaient peur et chacun invoquait son dieu; on jeta la cargaison à la mer afin d’alléger le bateau. Jonas cependant était descendu au fond du bateau pour s’y étendre et il dormait profondément.
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.”	6 Le commandant du bateau s’approcha de lui et lui dit: “Pourquoi dors-tu? Lève-toi et crie vers ton dieu! Peut-être Dieu se souviendra-t-il de nous et ne nous laissera pas périr.”
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.	7 Ils se dirent alors entre eux: “Jetons les sorts pour savoir qui nous a attiré ce malheur.” On tira donc au sort et le sort tomba sur Jonas.
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?”	8 Les autres lui demandèrent: “Ce malheur est bien dû à quelqu’un, dis-nous quel est ton métier et d’où tu viens. Quel est ton pays, à quel peuple appartiens-tu?”
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.”	9 Et Jonas commença à leur raconter: “Je suis un Hébreu et je vénère Yahvé, le Dieu du ciel, celui qui a fait la mer et les continents…”
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.)	10 Les autres furent remplis de crainte et lui dirent: “Qu’as-tu fait là?” Car maintenant ces hommes savaient qu’il fuyait loin de Yahvé: Jonas le leur avait dit.
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.	11 Ils lui dirent: “Que devons-nous te faire pour que la mer se calme?” Car la mer se soulevait de plus en plus.
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.”	12 Jonas leur dit: “Prenez-moi et jetez-moi à la mer, et la mer se calmera, car je sais que c’est à cause de moi que cette grande tempête s’est levée.”
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.	13 Les hommes avaient beau ramer de toutes leurs forces pour regagner la côte, ils étaient impuissants, car la mer se soulevait de plus en plus contre eux.
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.”	14 Ils lancèrent donc cet appel à Yahvé: “Ô Yahvé, ne nous fais pas périr à cause de cet homme et ne nous rends pas responsables de sa mort; c’est toi, Yahvé, qui as agi comme tu le voulais.”
15 And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.	15 Cela dit, ils prirent Jonas et le jetèrent à la mer et la mer se calma.
16 And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows.	16 Ces hommes furent remplis d’un profond respect pour Yahvé; ils lui offrirent un sacrifice et lui firent des promesses.