Giona (يونان) 1

SMITH VAN DYKE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 وصار قول الرب الى يونان بن أمتّاي قائلا	1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying:
2 قم اذهب الى نينوى المدينة العظيمة وناد عليها لانه قد صعد شرّهم امامي	2 Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.
3 فقام يونان ليهرب الى ترشيش من وجه الرب فنزل الى يافا ووجد سفينة ذاهبة الى ترشيش فدفع اجرتها ونزل فيها ليذهب معهم الى ترشيش من وجه الرب	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 فارسل الرب ريحا شديدة الى البحر فحدث نوء عظيم في البحر حتى كادت السفينة تنكسر.	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 فخاف الملاحون وصرخوا كل واحد الى الهه وطرحوا الامتعة التي في السفينة الى البحر ليخفّفوا عنهم. واما يونان فكان قد نزل الى جوف السفينة واضطجع ونام نوما ثقيلا.	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 فجاء اليه رئيس النوتية وقال له ما لك نائما. قم اصرخ الى الهك عسى ان يفتكر الاله فينا فلا نهلك.	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 وقال بعضهم لبعض هلم نلقي قرعا لنعرف بسبب من هذه البلية. فالقوا قرعا فوقعت القرعة على يونان	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 فقالوا له اخبرنا بسبب من هذه المصيبة علينا. ما هو عملك ومن اين اتيت. ما هي ارضك ومن اي شعب انت.	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 فقال لهم انا عبراني وانا خائف من الرب اله السماء الذي صنع البحر والبر.	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 فخاف الرجال خوفا عظيما وقالوا له لماذا فعلت هذا. فان الرجال عرفوا انه هارب من وجه الرب لانه اخبرهم.	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 فقالوا له ماذا نصنع بك ليسكن البحر عنا. لان البحر كان يزداد اضطرابا.	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 فقال لهم خذوني واطرحوني في البحر فيسكن البحر عنكم لانني عالم انه بسببي هذا النوء العظيم عليكم	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 ولكن الرجال جذفوا ليرجّعوا السفينة الى البر فلم يستطيعوا لان البحر كان يزداد اضطرابا عليهم.	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 فصرخوا الى الرب وقالوا آه يا رب لا نهلك من اجل نفس هذا الرجل ولا تجعل علينا دما بريئا لانك يا رب فعلت كما شئت.	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 ثم اخذوا يونان وطرحوه في البحر فوقف البحر عن هيجانه.	15 And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.
16 فخاف الرجال من الرب خوفا عظيما وذبحوا ذبيحة للرب ونذروا نذورا.	16 And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows.
17 واما الرب فاعدّ حوتا عظيما ليبتلع يونان. فكان يونان في جوف الحوت ثلاثة ايام وثلاث ليال