Jonah 1
1 Now the word
of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amathi, saying,
2 Rise, and go to Nineve, the great
city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.
3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tharsis
from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship
going to Tharsis: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them
to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord.
4 And the Lord raised up a wind on the
sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of
being broken. 5 And the sailors were
alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in
the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonah was gone
down into the
aLit. hollow.hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.
6 And the shipmaster came to him, and
said to him, Why snorest thou? arise, and call upon thy God, that God may save
us, and we perish not. 7 And each man
said to his neighbour, Come, let us cast lots, and find out for whose sake
this mischief is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
8 And they said to him, Tell us
bAlex. + 'for those whose cause this evil is upon us'.what is thine occupation, and whence comest thou, and of what country and
what people art thou? 9 And he said to
them, I am a servant of the Lord; and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who
made the sea, and the dry land.
10 Then the men feared exceedingly,
and said to him, What is this that thou hast done?
for the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had
told them. 11 And they said to him,
What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea
cGr. went.rose, and lifted its wave exceedingly.
12 And Jonah said to them, Take me
up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know
that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
13 And the men tried hard to return
to the land, and were not able: for the sea
dLit. went and rose up more.rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them.
14 And they cried to the Lord, and
said,
eGr. by no means. See Acts 10. 14.Forbid it, Lord: let us not perish for the sake of this man's life, and bring
not righteous blood upon us: for thou, Lord, hast done as thou wouldest.
15 So they took Jonah, and cast him
out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
16 And the men feared the Lord very
greatly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord, and vowed vows.