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Jonah 1
Names of God Bible
Jonah 1
Names of God Bible
Jonah Tries to Run Away from the Lord
1 Yahweh spoke his word to Jonah, son of Amittai. He said, 2 “Leave at once for the important city, Nineveh. Announce to the people that I can no longer overlook the wicked things they have done.”
3 Jonah immediately tried to run away from Yahweh by going to Tarshish. He went to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid for the trip and went on board. He wanted to go to Tarshish to get away from Yahweh.
4 Yahweh sent a violent wind over the sea. The storm was so powerful that the ship was in danger of breaking up. 5 The sailors were afraid, and they cried to their gods for help. They began to throw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship’s load.
Now, Jonah had gone below deck and was lying there sound asleep. 6 The captain of the ship went to him and asked, “How can you sleep? Get up, and pray to your El. Maybe he will notice us, and we won’t die.”
7 Then the sailors said to each other, “Let’s throw dice to find out who is responsible for bringing this disaster on us.” So they threw dice, and the dice indicated that Jonah was responsible.
8 They asked him, “Tell us, why has this disaster happened to us? What do you do for a living? Where do you come from? What country are you from? What nationality are you?”
9 Jonah answered them, “I’m a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh, the God of heaven. He is the Elohim who made the sea and the land.”
10 Then the men were terrified. They knew that he was running away from Yahweh, because he had told them. They asked Jonah, “Why have you done this?”
11 The storm was getting worse. So they asked Jonah, “What should we do with you to calm the sea?”
12 He told them, “Throw me overboard. Then the sea will become calm. I know that I’m responsible for this violent storm.”
13 Instead, the men tried to row harder to get the ship back to shore, but they couldn’t do it. The storm was getting worse.
14 So they cried to Yahweh for help: “Please, Yahweh, don’t let us die for taking this man’s life. Don’t hold us responsible for the death of an innocent man, because you, Yahweh, do whatever you want.” 15 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the sea became calm. 16 The men were terrified of Yahweh. They offered sacrifices and made vows to Yahweh.[a]
17 Yahweh sent a big fish to swallow Jonah. Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
Footnotes
- Jonah 1:16 Jonah 1:17 in English Bibles is Jonah 2:1 in the Hebrew Bible.
Jonah 1
New International Version
Jonah 1
New International Version
Jonah Flees From the Lord
1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah(A) son of Amittai:(B) 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh(C) and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”
3 But Jonah ran(D) away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish(E). He went down to Joppa,(F) where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.(G)
4 Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.(H) 5 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.(I)
But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 6 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call(J) on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”(K)
7 Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.”(L) They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.(M) 8 So they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”
9 He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord,(N) the God of heaven,(O) who made the sea(P) and the dry land.(Q)”
10 This terrified them and they asked, “What have you done?” (They knew he was running away from the Lord, because he had already told them so.)
11 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”
12 “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.”(R)
13 Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.(S) 14 Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man,(T) for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.”(U) 15 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.(V) 16 At this the men greatly feared(W) the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows(X) to him.
Jonah’s Prayer
17 Now the Lord provided(Y) a huge fish to swallow Jonah,(Z) and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
约拿书 1
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
约拿书 1
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
约拿违背耶和华
1 耶和华的话临到亚米太的儿子约拿，说： 2 “起来，到尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民宣告，因为他们的恶已达到我面前。” 3 约拿却起身，逃往他施去躲避耶和华。他下到约帕，遇见一条船要往他施去。约拿付了船费，就上船，与船上的人同往他施，为要躲避耶和华。
4 耶和华在海上刮起大风，海就狂风大作，船几乎破裂。 5 水手都惧怕，各人哀求自己的神明。他们把船上的货物抛进海里，为要减轻载重。约拿却下到舱底，躺卧沉睡。 6 船长到他那里，对他说：“你怎么还在沉睡呢？起来，求告你的神明，或者神明顾念我们，使我们不致灭亡。”
7 船上的人彼此说：“来吧，我们来抽签，看看这灾难临到我们是因谁的缘故。”于是他们就抽签，抽出约拿来。 8 他们对约拿说：“请你告诉我们，这灾难临到我们是因谁的缘故呢？你做什么行业？你从哪里来？你是哪一国的人？属哪一族？” 9 他说：“我是希伯来人，我敬畏耶和华，天上的 神，他创造了沧海和陆地。” 10 那些人就大大惧怕，对他说：“你做的是什么事呢？”原来他们已经知道他在躲避耶和华，因为他告诉了他们。
11 海浪越来越汹涌，他们就问他说：“我们当向你做什么，才能使海浪平静呢？” 12 他对他们说：“你们把我抬起来，抛进海里，海就会平静了；我知道你们遭遇这大风浪是因我的缘故。” 13 然而那些人竭力划桨，想要把船靠回陆地，却是不能；因风浪越来越大，扑向他们。 14 于是他们求告耶和华说：“耶和华啊，求求你不要因这人的性命使我们灭亡，不要使流无辜人血的罪归给我们；因为你—耶和华随自己的旨意行事。” 15 他们把约拿抬起来，抛进海里，海的狂浪就平息了。 16 那些人就大大惧怕耶和华，向耶和华献祭许愿。
17 耶和华安排一条大鱼吞下约拿，约拿在鱼腹中三日三夜。
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