Jonah 1 – NIRV & NAV

New International Reader’s Version

Jonah 1:1-17

Jonah Runs Away From the Lord

1A message from the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai. The Lord said, 2“Go to the great city of Nineveh. Preach against it. The sins of its people have come to my attention.”

3But Jonah ran away from the Lord. He headed for Tarshish. So he went down to the port of Joppa. There he found a ship that was going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went on board. Then he sailed for Tarshish. He was running away from the Lord.

4But the Lord sent a strong wind over the Mediterranean Sea. A wild storm came up. It was so wild that the ship was in danger of breaking apart. 5All the sailors were afraid. Each one cried out to his own god for help. They threw the ship’s contents into the sea. They were trying to make the ship lighter.

But Jonah had gone below deck. There he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 6The captain went down to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call out to your god for help! Maybe he’ll pay attention to what’s happening to us. Then we won’t die.”

7Here is what the sailors said to one another. “Someone is to blame for getting us into all this trouble. Come. Let’s cast lots to find out who it is.” So they did. And Jonah was picked. 8They asked him, “What terrible thing have you done to bring all this trouble on us? Tell us. What do you do for a living? Where do you come from? What is your country? What people do you belong to?”

9He answered, “I’m a Hebrew. I worship the Lord. He is the God of heaven. He made the sea and the dry land.”

10They found out he was running away from the Lord. That’s because he had told them. Then they became terrified. So they asked him, “How could you do a thing like that?”

11The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down?”

12“Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied. “Then it will become calm. I know it’s my fault that this terrible storm has come on you.”

13But the men didn’t do what he said. Instead, they did their best to row back to land. But they couldn’t. The sea got even rougher than before. 14Then they cried out to the Lord. They prayed, “Please, Lord, don’t let us die for taking this man’s life. After all, he might not be guilty of doing anything wrong. So don’t hold us responsible for killing him. Lord, you always do what you want to.” 15Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard. And the stormy sea became calm. 16The men saw what had happened. Then they began to have great respect for the Lord. They offered a sacrifice to him. And they made promises to him.

Jonah Prays to the Lord

17Now the Lord sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.

Ketab El Hayat

يونان 1:1-17

يونان يهرب من الرب

1وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ يُونَانَ بْنَ أَمِتَّايَ: 2«هَيَّا امْضِ إِلَى نِينَوَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ وَبَلِّغْ أَهْلَهَا قَضَائِي، لأَنَّ إِثْمَهُمْ قَدْ صَعِدَ إِلَيَّ».

3غَيْرَ أَنَّ يُونَانَ تَأَهَّبَ لِيَهْرُبَ مِنَ الرَّبِّ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ، فَانْحَدَرَ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ يَافَا حَيْثُ عَثَرَ عَلَى سَفِينَةٍ مُبْحِرَةٍ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ، فَدَفَعَ أُجْرَتَهَا وَصَعِدَ إِلَيْهَا لِيَتَوَجَّهَ مَعَ بَحَّارَتِهَا إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ هَرَباً مِنَ الرَّبِّ.

4فَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ رِيحاً عَاتِيَةً عَلَى الْبَحْرِ أَثَارَتْ إِعْصَاراً بَحْرِيًّا، حَتَّى أَشْرَفَتِ السَّفِينَةُ عَلَى الانْكِسَارِ. 5فَفَزِعَ الْمَلّاحُونَ وَاسْتَغَاثَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ بِإِلَهِهِ، وَطَرَحُوا مَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ مِنْ أَمْتِعَةٍ لِيُخَفِّفُوا مِنْ حُمُولَتِهَا. أَمَّا يُونَانُ فَلَجَأَ إِلَى جَوْفِ السَّفِينَةِ وَرَقَدَ مُسْتَغْرِقاً فِي نَوْمٍ عَمِيقٍ. 6فَاقْتَرَبَ مِنْهُ الرَّبَّانُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَا بَالُكَ مُسْتَغْرِقاً فِي النَّوْمِ؟ قُمْ وَتَضَرَّعْ إِلَى إِلَهِكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ يَذْكُرُنَا فَلا نَهْلِكُ».

7ثُمَّ قَالَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لِرَفِيقِهِ: «هَيَّا نُلْقِ قُرْعَةً لَعَلَّنَا نَعْرِفُ مَنْ جَرَّ عَلَيْنَا هَذَا الْبَلاءَ». فَأَلْقَوْا الْقُرْعَةَ، فَوَقَعَتْ عَلَى يُونَانَ.

8فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَخْبِرْنَا لِمَاذَا جَرَى عَلَيْنَا هَذَا الْبَلاءُ؟ وَمَا هِيَ حِرْفَتُكَ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَقْبَلْتَ؟ وَمَا هِيَ بِلادُكَ؟ وَمَنْ هُمْ قَوْمُكَ؟» 9فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «أَنَا عِبْرَانِيٌّ، وَأَنَا خَائِفٌ مِنَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ السَّمَاوَاتِ، صَانِعِ الْبَحْرِ وَالْبَرِّ». 10فَاعْتَرَى الْبَحَّارَةَ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ وَقَالُوا لَهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهُ هَارِبٌ مِنَ الرَّبِّ: «لِمَاذَا صَنَعْتَ هَذَا؟» 11ثُمَّ تَسَاءَلُوا: «مَاذَا نَفْعَلُ بِكَ حَتَّى يَسْكُنَ الْبَحْرُ عَنَّا؟» لأَنَّ الْبَحْرَ كَانَ يَزْدَادُ هِيَاجاً. 12فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «خُذُونِي وَاطْرَحُونِي إِلَى الْبَحْرِ فَيَسْكُنَ، لأَنِّي مُوْقِنٌ أَنَّ هَذَا الإِعْصَارَ الْمُرِيعَ قَدْ هَاجَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِسَبَبِي».

13وَلَكِنَّ الْبَحَّارَةَ شَرَعُوا يُجَذِّفُونَ لِيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى الشَّاطِئِ، فَأَخْفَقُوا لِتَفَاقُمِ هِيَاجِ الْبَحْرِ. 14فَصَرَخُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلِينَ: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ لَا تُهْلِكْنَا مِنْ أَجْلِ حَيَاةِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ، وَلا تُحَمِّلْنَا دَماً بَرِيئاً لأَنَّكَ يَا رَبُّ فَعَلْتَ كَمَا شِئْتَ». 15ثُمَّ أَخَذُوا يُونَانَ وَقَذَفُوا بِهِ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ، فَسَادَ عَلَيْهِ الْهُدُوءُ وَسَكَنَتْ أَمْوَاجُهُ. 16فَانْتَابَ الرِّجَالَ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنَ الرَّبِّ، وَقَرَّبُوا لَهُ ذَبِيحَةً وَنَذَرُوا نُذُوراً. 17وَأَمَّا الرَّبُّ فَأَعَدَّ حُوتاً عَظِيماً ابْتَلَعَ يُونَانَ. فَمَكَثَ يُونَانُ فِي جَوْفِ الْحُوتِ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَثَلاثَ لَيَالٍ.