1:1And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, son of Amittai, saying: "Rise, and go into Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it, because its malice has gone up before me." 1:3And Jonah rose, to flee into Tarshish from the face of the Lord, and he went down into Joppa: and he found a ship going into Tarshish, and paid its fare, and went down into it to go with them into Tarshish from the face of the Lord. 1:4But the Lord sent a great wind into the sea: and a great storm arose on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken. 1:5And the sailors were afraid, and the men cried out to their god, and they cast the vessels which were in the ship into the sea, so that it might be lightened of them; 1:5and Jonah went down to the inner parts of the ship, and was sleeping with a heavy sleep.
1:6And the helmsman came to him, and said to him: "Why are you weighed down with sleep? 1:6Rise, call upon your God, if perhaps God may think again about us, and we may not perish." 1:7And each man said to his fellow: "Come and let us cast lots, and let us know why this evil is upon us." 1:7And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 1:8And they said to him: "Tell us for whose cause this evil is upon us: what is your work? 1:8What is your land, and where are you going? 1:8Or of what people are you?" 1:9And he said to them: "I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."
1:10And the men feared with a great fear, and said to him: "Why have you done this?" 1:10For the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them. 1:11And they said to him: "What shall we do to you, and the sea will cease from us?" 1:11For the sea was going on, and swelling. 1:12And he said to them: "Take me, and cast me into the sea, and the sea will cease from you: for I know that because of me this great storm has come upon you." 1:13And the men were rowing to return to the dry land, and they were not able, because the sea was going on and swelling over them.
1:14And they cried out to the Lord, and said: "We beg, Lord, let us not perish for the life of this man, and do not lay innocent blood upon us: for you, Lord, have done as you wished." 1:15And they took Jonah, and cast him into the sea: and the sea stood still from its raging. 1:16And the men feared the Lord with a great fear: and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and vowed vows.