1 Now the word of came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their
wickedness is come up before me.
3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of , and went
down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare
thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence
of .
4 But sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest
in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his , and cast
forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it
of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was
fast asleep.
6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O
sleeper? arise, call upon thy ELOHIM, if so be that ELOHIM will think upon us,
that we perish not.
7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may
know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the
lot fell upon Jonah.
8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is
upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is
thy country? and of what people art thou?
9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear YAHUVEH, the ELOHIM
of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done
this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of YAHUVEH, because he had
told them.
11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm
unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall
the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is
upon you.
13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they
could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
14 Wherefore they cried unto YAHUVEH, and said, We beseech THEE, O LORD, we
beseech THEE, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us
innocent blood: for THOU, O LORD, hast done as it pleased THEE.
15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased
from her raging.
16 Then the men feared YAHUVEH exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto
YAHUVEH, and made vows.
17 Now YAHUVEH had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in
the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
~ Johan 2 ~
1 Then Jonah prayed unto YAHUVEH his ELOHIM out of the fish's belly,
2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto YAHUVEH, and HE heard me;
out of the belly of hell cried I, andTHOU heardest my voice.
3 For THOU hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods
compassed me about: all THY billows and THY waves passed over me.
4 Then I said, I am cast out of THY sight; yet I will look again toward THY holy
temple.
5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me
round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was
about me for ever: yet hast THOU brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my
ELOHIM.
7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered YAHUVEH: and my prayer came in
unto THEE, into THINE holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto THEE with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that
that I have vowed. Salvation is of YAHUVEH.
10 And YAHUVEH spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
~ Johan 3 ~
1 And the word of YAHUVEH came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that
I bid thee.
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of YAHUVEH. Now
Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and
said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5 So the people of Nineveh believed ELOHIM, and proclaimed a fast, and put on
sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he
laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in
ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by
the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd
nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto ELOHIM:
yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is
in their hands.
9 Who can tell ifELOHIM will turn and repent, and turn away from his
fierce anger, that we perish not?
10 And ELOHIM saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and ELOHIM
repented of the evil, that HE had said that HE would do unto them; and HE did it
not.
~ Johan 4 ~
1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
2 And he prayed unto YAHUVEH, and said, I pray THEE, O LORD, was not
this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto
Tarshish: for I knew that THOUart a gracious ELOHIM, and merciful,
slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest THEE of the evil.
3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech THEE, my life from me; for it is
better for me to die than to live.
4 Then said YAHUVEH, Doest thou well to be angry?
5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there
made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would
become of the city.
6 And YAHUVEH prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that
it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was
exceeding glad of the gourd.
7 But ELOHIM prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote
the gourd that it withered.
8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that ELOHIM prepared a vehement
east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished
in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
9 And ELOHIM said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he
said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
10 Then said YAHUVEH, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast
not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in
a night:
11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than
sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their
left hand; and also much cattle?