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| 1Now this message from the LORD came to Amittai's son Jonah: | 1The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: |
| 2"Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city! Then cry out in protest against it, because their evil has come to my attention." | 2"Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me." |
| 3But Jonah got up and fled from the LORD to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, secured passage on a ship bound for Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded, intending to go with the mariners to Tarshish to escape from the LORD. | 3Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the LORD's presence. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the LORD's presence. |
| 4Then the LORD sent a great wind over the sea, and a severe storm broke out. It seemed as if the ship were about to break up. | 4But the LORD threw a great wind onto the sea, and such a great storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart. |
| 5At this point the mariners became terrified, and each man cried out to his gods. They began to throw the cargo into the sea in order to lighten the vessel. But Jonah had gone down into the vessel's hold, had lain down, and was fast asleep. | 5The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his god. They threw the ship's cargo into the sea to lighten the load. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel and had stretched out and fallen into a deep sleep. |
| 6So the captain approached him, and told him, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Call on your gods! Maybe your god will think about us so we won't die!" | 6The captain approached him and said, "What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god. Maybe this god will consider us, and we won't perish." |
| 7Meanwhile, each crewman told another, "Come on! Let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that we're in this trouble." So they cast lots, and the lot indicated Jonah! | 7"Come on!" the sailors said to each other. "Let's cast lots. Then we'll know who is to blame for this trouble we're in." So they cast lots, and the lot singled out Jonah. |
| 8So they interrogated him: "Tell us, why has this trouble come upon us? What's your occupation? Where'd you come from? What's your home country? What's your nationality?" | 8Then they said to him, "Tell us who is to blame for this trouble we're in. What is your business, and where are you from? What is your country, and what people are you from?" |
| 9"I'm a Hebrew," he replied, "and I'm afraid of the LORD God of heaven, who made the sea—along with the dry land!" | 9He answered them, "I'm a Hebrew. I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land." |
| 10In mounting terror, the men asked him, "What have you done?" The men were aware that he was fleeing from the LORD, because he had admitted this to them. | 10Then the men were seized by a great fear and said to him, "What is this you've done?" The men knew he was fleeing from the LORD's presence because he had told them. |
| 11Because the sea was growing more and more stormy, they asked him, "What do we have to do to you so the sea will calm down for us?" | 11So they said to him, "What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?" For the sea was getting worse and worse. |
| 12Jonah told them, "Pick me up and toss me into the sea. Then the sea will calm down for you, because I know that it's my fault that this mighty storm has come upon you." | 12He answered them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that it will calm down for you, for I know that I'm to blame for this great storm that is against you." |
| 13Even so, the crewmen rowed hard to bring the ship toward dry land, but they were unsuccessful, because the sea was growing more and more stormy. | 13Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they couldn't because the sea was raging against them more and more. |
| 14At last they cried out to the LORD, "Please, LORD, do not let us perish because of this man's life, and do not hold us responsible for innocent blood, because you, LORD, have done what pleased you." | 14So they called out to the LORD: "Please, LORD, don't let us perish because of this man's life, and don't charge us with innocent blood! For you, LORD, have done just as you pleased." |
| 15So they picked up Jonah and tossed him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging. | 15Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. |
| 16Then the men feared the LORD greatly, offered a sacrifice to the LORD, and made vows. | 16The men were seized by great fear of the LORD, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows. |
| 17 Now the LORD had prepared a large sea creature to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the sea creature for three days and three nights. | 17The LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. |
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