Jonas 1
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Jonah 1
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Ora veio a palavra do Senhor a Jonas, filho de Amitai, dizendo: | And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying, |
Levanta-te, vai à grande cidade de Nínive, e clama contra ela, porque a sua malícia subiu até mim. | Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me. |
Jonas, porém, levantou-se para fugir da presença do Senhor para Társis. E, descendo a Jope, achou um navio que ia para Társis; pagou, pois, a sua passagem, e desceu para dentro dele, para ir com eles para Társis, da presença do Senhor. | And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord. |
Mas o Senhor lançou sobre o mar um grande vento, e fez-se no mar uma grande tempestade, de modo que o navio estava a ponto de se despedaçar. | And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken. |
Então os marinheiros tiveram medo, e clamavam cada um ao seu deus, e alijaram ao mar a carga que estava no navio, para o aliviarem; Jonas, porém, descera ao porão do navio; e, tendo-se deitado, dormia um profundo sono. | Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep. |
O mestre do navio, pois, chegou-se a ele, e disse-lhe: Que estás fazendo, ó tu que dormes? Levanta-te, clama ao teu deus; talvez assim ele se lembre de nós, para que não pereçamos. | And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction. |
E dizia cada um ao seu companheiro: Vinde, e lancemos sortes, para sabermos por causa de quem nos sobreveio este mal. E lançaram sortes, e a sorte caiu sobre Jonas. | And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man. |
Então lhe disseram: Declara-nos tu agora, por causa de quem nos sobreveio este mal. Que ocupação é a tua? Donde vens? Qual é a tua terra? E de que povo és tu? | Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people? |
Respondeu-lhes ele: Eu sou hebreu, e temo ao Senhor, o Deus do céu, que fez o mar e a terra seca. | And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land. |
Então estes homens se encheram de grande temor, e lhe disseram: Que é isso que fizeste? pois sabiam os homens que fugia da presença do Senhor, porque ele lho tinha declarado. | And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them. |
Ainda lhe perguntaram: Que te faremos nós, para que o mar se nos acalme? Pois o mar se ia tornando cada vez mais tempestuoso. | And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher. |
Respondeu-lhes ele: Levantai-me, e lançai-me ao mar, e o mar se vos aquietará; porque eu sei que por minha causa vos sobreveio esta grande tempestade. | And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you. |
Entretanto os homens se esforçavam com os remos para tornar a alcançar a terra; mas não podiam, porquanto o mar se ia embravecendo cada vez mais contra eles. | And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them. |
Por isso clamaram ao Senhor, e disseram: Nós te rogamos, ó Senhor, que não pereçamos por causa da vida deste homem, e que não ponhas sobre nós o sangue inocente; porque tu, Senhor, fizeste como te aprouve. | So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you. |
Então levantaram a Jonas, e o lançaram ao mar; e cessou o mar da sua fúria. | So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry. |
Temeram, pois, os homens ao Senhor com grande temor; e ofereceram sacrifícios ao Senhor, e fizeram votos. | Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him. |
Então o Senhor deparou um grande peixe, para que tragasse a Jonas; e esteve Jonas três dias e três noites nas entranhas do peixe. | And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights. |