Jona mēģina aizbēgt no Dieva
1 Kungs runāja uz Jonu, Amitaja dēlu: 2 “Celies, ej uz lielo pilsētu Ninivi un apsauc turieniešus, jo viņu ļaunums ir nācis manā priekšā!” 3 Bet Jona cēlās un bēga no Kunga uz Taršīšu. Viņš gāja uz Jafu, atrada kuģi, kas devās uz Taršīšu, samaksāja ceļa naudu un kāpa kuģī, lai dotos uz Taršīšu – prom no Kunga.
4 Bet Kungs meta jūrā lielu vēju, jūrā sacēlās liela vētra, un kuģim draudēja salūšana gabalos. 5 Jūrnieki izbijās un sauca ikviens uz savu Dievu, un viņi iemeta jūrā kuģa kravu, lai tas kļūtu vieglāks. Bet Jona bija nokāpis laivas dibenā un apgūlies, un cieši aizmidzis. 6 Kuģinieku virsnieks piegāja pie viņa un teica: “Ko tu guli tik cieši?! Celies un sauc uz savu Dievu – varbūt Dievs mūs pamana un neejam bojā!” 7 Un tie sacīja viens otram: “Nāciet un lozēsim, lai zinām, kura dēļ mums šis ļaunums ir noticis?” Un tie meta lozes, un loze krita Jonam. 8 Tad tie sacīja viņam: “Jel pastāsti mums, kādēļ noticis šis ļaunums? Kāds ir tavs amats, un no kurienes tu nāc? Kur tava zeme, un no kādas tautas tu?” 9 Viņš sacīja tiem: “Esmu ebrejs un bīstos Kunga, debesu Dieva, kas radījis jūru un sauszemi.” 10 Tad šie ļaudis bijās milzu izbailēm un sacīja viņam: “Ko tādu tu esi nodarījis?!” – jo tie zināja, ka viņš bēg no Kunga, tādēļ ka viņš bija to pateicis. 11 Tie viņam sacīja: “Ko lai ar tevi darām, ka jūra aprimtu?” – jo jūra trakoja arvien vairāk. 12 Viņš tiem sacīja: “Celiet mani un metiet jūrā, lai jūra aprimst, jo es zinu, ka manis dēļ uznākusi šī lielā vētra.” 13 Tomēr šie ļaudis īrās, lai atgrieztos krastā, bet nejaudāja, jo jūra ap viņiem trakoja arvien vairāk un vairāk. 14 Tad tie piesauca Kungu, sacīdami: “Ak, Kungs! Kaut mēs neietu bojā šā vīra dzīvības dēļ! Nepielīdzini mums nevainīgas asinis, jo tu, Kungs, dari, kā tev tīk!” 15 Un tie cēla Jonu un iemeta viņu jūrā, tad jūra mitējās trakot. 16 Tad šie ļaudis bijās Kunga milzu izbailēs, upurēja Kungam un deva zvērestus.
Jonah Runs from the Lord
1 One day the Lord told Jonah, the son of Amittai, 2 to go to the great city of Nineveh and say to the people, “The Lord has seen your terrible sins. You are doomed!”
3 Instead, Jonah ran from the Lord. He went to the seaport of Joppa and found a ship that was going to Spain. So he paid his fare, then got on the ship and sailed away to escape.
4 But the Lord made a strong wind blow, and such a bad storm came up that the ship was about to be broken to pieces. 5 The sailors were frightened, and they all started praying to their gods. They even threw the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter.
All this time, Jonah was down below deck, sound asleep. 6 The ship's captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep at a time like this? Get up and pray to your God! Maybe he will have pity on us and keep us from drowning.”
7 Finally, the sailors got together and said, “Let's ask our gods to show us who caused all this trouble.” It turned out to be Jonah.
8 They started asking him, “Are you the one who brought all this trouble on us? What business are you in? Where do you come from? What is your country? Who are your people?”
9 Jonah answered, “I'm a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
10 When the sailors heard this, they were frightened, because Jonah had already told them he was running from the Lord. Then they said, “Do you know what you have done?”
11 The storm kept getting worse, until finally the sailors asked him, “What should we do with you to make the sea calm down?”
12 Jonah told them, “Throw me into the sea, and it will calm down. I'm the cause of this terrible storm.”
13 The sailors tried their best to row to the shore. But they could not do it, and the storm kept getting worse every minute. 14 So they prayed to the Lord, “Please don't let us drown for taking this man's life. Don't hold us guilty for killing an innocent man. All of this happened because you wanted it to.” 15 Then they threw Jonah overboard, and the sea calmed down. 16 The sailors were so terrified that they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made all kinds of promises.
17 The Lord sent a big fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
