Jonah 1

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1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying:	1 La palabra del Señor se dirigió a Jonás, hijo de Amitai, en estos términos:
2 Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.	2 «Parte ahora mismo para Nínive, la gran ciudad, y clama contra ella, porque su maldad ha llegado hasta mí».
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 Pero Jonás partió para huir a Tarsis, lejos de la presencia del Señor. Bajó a Jope y encontró allí un barco que zarpaba hacia Tarsis; pagó su pasaje y se embarcó para irse con ellos a Tarsis, lejos de la presencia del Señor.
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 Pero el Señor envió un fuerte viento sobre el mar, y se desencadenó una tempestad tan grande que el barco estaba a punto de partirse.
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 Los marineros, aterrados, invocaron cada uno a su dios, y arrojaron el cargamento al mar para aligerar la nave. Mientras tanto, Jonás había descendido al fondo del barco, se había acostado y dormía profundamente.
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 El jefe de la tripulación se acercó a él y le preguntó: «¿Qué haces aquí dormido? Levántate e invoca a tu dios. Tal vez ese dios se acuerde de nosotros, para que no perezcamos».
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 Luego se dijeron unos a otros: «Echemos suertes para saber por culpa de quién nos viene este desgracia». Así lo hicieron, y la suerte recayó sobre Jonás.
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 Entonces le dijeron: «Explícanos por qué nos sobrevino esta desgracia. ¿Cuál es tu oficio? ¿De dónde vienes? ¿Cuál es tu país? ¿A qué pueblo perteneces?».
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 El les respondió: «Yo soy hebreo y venero al Señor, el Dios del cielo, el que hizo el mar y la tierra».
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 Aquellos hombres sintieron un gran temor, y le dijeron: «¡Qué has hecho!», ya que comprendieron, por lo que él les había contado, que huía de la presencia del Señor.
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 Y como el mar se agitaba cada vez más, le preguntaron: «¿Qué haremos contigo para que el mar se nos calme?».
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 Jonás les respondió: «Levántenme y arrójenme al mar, y el mar se les calmará. Yo sé muy bien que por mi culpa les ha sobrevenido esta gran tempestad».
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 Los hombres se pusieron a remar con fuerza, para alcanzar tierra firme; pero no lo consiguieron, porque el mar se agitaba cada vez más contra ellos.
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 Entonces invocaron al Señor, diciendo: «¡Señor, que no perezcamos a causa de la vida de este hombre! No nos hagas responsables de una sangre inocente, ya que tú, Señor, has obrado conforme a tu voluntad».
15 And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.	15 Luego, levantaron a Jonás, lo arrojaron al mar, y en seguida se aplacó la furia del mar.
16 And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows.	16 Los hombres, llenos de un gran temor al Señor, le ofrecieron un sacrificio e hicieron votos.