1 This|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Jonah|strong="H3124", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amittai:
2 ‘Arise|strong="H6965", go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" that|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" city|strong="H5892", Nineveh|strong="H5210", and|strong="H6965" preach|strong="H7121" against|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7121"; for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H6440" wickedness|strong="H7451" is|strong="H5892" known to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H6440".’
3 But|strong="H3068" Jonah|strong="H3124" started|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3381" flee|strong="H1272" to|strong="H3381" Tarshish|strong="H8659" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*. He|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Joppa|strong="H3305" and|strong="H6965" found|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3068" ship going|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Tarshish|strong="H8659". So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3068" paid|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" fare|strong="H7939" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3381" aboard to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" Tarshish|strong="H8659" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*.
4 But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* made|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3068" furious wind|strong="H7307" blow over|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3068" sea|strong="H3220", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" such|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" storm|strong="H5591" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" ship was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" danger of|strong="H3068" breaking|strong="H7665" to|strong="H3068" pieces|strong="H7665".
5 The|strong="H5921" sailors|strong="H4419" were|strong="H3627" terrified and|strong="H3381" each cried|strong="H2199" for|strong="H5921" help to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H5921" own god. They|strong="H5921" threw|strong="H2904" the|strong="H5921" ship|strong="H5600"’s cargo|strong="H3627" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" to|strong="H3381" make|strong="H7043" the|strong="H5921" ship|strong="H5600" lighter|strong="H7043". Meanwhile Jonah|strong="H3124" had|strong="H3124" gone|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" bottom of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H5921" ship|strong="H5600" and|strong="H3381" lay|strong="H7901" fast asleep|strong="H7290".
6 The|strong="H7121" captain|strong="H7227" of|strong="H7227" the|strong="H7121" ship went|strong="H7126" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6965" him|strong="H7121", ‘How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3808" sleep|strong="H7290"? Call|strong="H7121" on|strong="H6965" your|strong="H3808" god|strong="H3808"; perhaps that|strong="H7121" god|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" think|strong="H6245" of|strong="H7227" us|strong="H7121", so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7121" we|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" lost.’
7 The|strong="H5921" sailors said to|strong="H3212" one|strong="H2063" another|strong="H7453", ‘Come|strong="H3212", let|strong="H3212" us|strong="H5921" cast|strong="H5307" lots|strong="H1486" to|strong="H3212" discover on|strong="H5921" whose|strong="H4310" account|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" evil|strong="H7451" has|strong="H4310" come|strong="H3212" upon|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921".’ So|strong="H2063" they|strong="H5921" cast|strong="H5307" lots|strong="H1486", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" lot|strong="H1486" indicated Jonah|strong="H3124".
8 So|strong="H2088" they|strong="H4100" said to|strong="H5971" him|strong="H5046", ‘Are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5971" blame for|strong="H7451" this|strong="H2088"? Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H4994", what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" your|strong="H4994" business|strong="H4399", and|strong="H5971" where|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5046" come|strong="H4994" from|strong="H7451"? What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" your|strong="H4994" country and|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" what|strong="H4100" people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5046" belong?’
9 He|strong="H6213" replied, ‘I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" Hebrew|strong="H5680", and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" worshipper of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*, the|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064", who|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" dry|strong="H3004" land|strong="H3004".’
10 Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1419" were|strong="H1992" greatly|strong="H1419" frightened|strong="H3372" and|strong="H3068" said to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440", ‘What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213"?’ For|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" fleeing|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992".
11 Then|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3588" said to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5921", ‘What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588", to|strong="H1980" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" calm|strong="H8367" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H5921"?’ For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" grew|strong="H1980" more|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1980" more|strong="H3588" stormy|strong="H5590".
12 He|strong="H3588" said to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", ‘Take|strong="H5375" me|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1419" throw|strong="H2904" me|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" will|strong="H7945" be|strong="H3220" calm|strong="H8367" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2088" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" fierce storm|strong="H5591" has|strong="H3588" overtaken you|strong="H3588".’
13 But|strong="H3588" instead|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1980" rowed|strong="H2864" hard|strong="H2864" to|strong="H1980" get|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H3004"; they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808", however|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" grew|strong="H1980" more|strong="H3808" and|strong="H1980" more|strong="H3808" stormy|strong="H5590" ahead.
14 So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121", ‘We|strong="H3588" beg|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3588", \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*, we|strong="H3068" beg|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3588", don’t let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H5414" die for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H5315"’s life|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" don’t let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3068" guilty of|strong="H3068" shedding innocent|strong="H5355" blood|strong="H1818", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*; you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" pleases|strong="H2654" you|strong="H3588".’
15 And|strong="H5975" they|strong="H5375" took|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" Jonah|strong="H3124", and|strong="H5975" threw|strong="H2904" him|strong="H5975" into|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5375" sea|strong="H3220"; and|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5375" sea|strong="H3220" became calm.
16 Then|strong="H3372" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1419" greatly|strong="H1419" feared|strong="H3372" the|strong="H3068" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*, and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H2076" a|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3068" made|strong="H5087" vows|strong="H5088" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3372".
17 But the Lord arranged for a|strong="H3068" great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.