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1 La palabra del Señor llegó a Jonás, hijo de Amitai:
1 Now Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
2 «Levántate, ve a Nínive, esa gran ciudad, y proclama allí tu mensaje, porque su maldad ha llegado ante mí».
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”
3 Pero Jonás se levantó para huir a Tarsis, lejos del Señor. Bajó a Jope y encontró un barco que iba a Tarsis. Pagó el pasaje y bajó al interior del barco para ir con ellos a Tarsis, lejos del Señor.
3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.
4 El Señor envió un gran viento al mar. Se desató una tormenta tan violenta que el barco corría peligro de hacerse pedazos.
4 But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.
5 Los marineros tuvieron miedo y cada uno clamó a su dios. Arrojaron la carga al mar para aligerar el barco. Pero Jonás había bajado al fondo del barco y estaba tendido, profundamente dormido.
5 Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.
6 El capitán se acercó a él y le dijo: «¿Qué haces durmiendo? Levántate y ora a tu Dios. Quizá Dios se acuerde de nosotros y no muramos».
6 So the ship master came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”
7 Los marineros se dijeron: «Vamos, echemos suertes para saber por culpa de quién nos ha venido esta desgracia». Así lo hicieron, y la suerte señaló a Jonás.
7 They all said to each other, “Come! Let’s cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
8 Le preguntaron: «Dinos, ¿en qué trabajas? ¿De dónde vienes? ¿Cuál es tu país y a qué pueblo perteneces?».
8 Then they asked him, “Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?”
9 Él respondió: «Soy hebreo y adoro al Señor, el Dios del cielo, que hizo el mar y la tierra firme».
9 He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.”
10 Los hombres tuvieron mucho miedo y le dijeron: «¿Qué has hecho?». Sabían que huía del Señor, porque él no se lo había ocultado.
10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “What have you done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.
11 Le preguntaron: «¿Qué debemos hacer contigo para que el mar se calme?». El mar se agitaba cada vez más.
11 Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?” For the sea grew more and more stormy.
12 Él respondió: «Levántenme y arrójenme al mar, y el mar se calmará para ustedes. Sé que por mi culpa les ha venido esta gran tormenta».
12 He said to them, “Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.”
13 Los hombres se esforzaron por volver a tierra, pero no pudieron, porque el mar se agitaba cada vez más contra ellos.
13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.
14 Entonces clamaron al Señor: «Señor, escucha nuestra oración, escúchanos. No nos dejes morir por la vida de este hombre ni nos hagas culpables de quitar una vida sin causa, porque tú, Señor, has hecho lo que te pareció bien».
14 Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.”
15 Levantaron a Jonás y lo arrojaron al mar, y el mar se calmó.
15 So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.
16 Los hombres tuvieron gran temor del Señor, le presentaron una ofrenda y le hicieron juramentos.
16 Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows.
17 El Señor preparó un gran pez para que se tragara a Jonás. Jonás estuvo dentro del pez tres días y tres noches.
17 Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

People & places in this chapter

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People

  • Amittai

    Father of Jonah

    Named as the father of the prophet Jonah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1

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  • Jonah

    Prophet from Gath-hepher

    The prophet from Gath-hepher, son of Amittai, through whom the LORD spoke that Jeroboam son of Joash would restore Israel's boundary.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1; Jonah 1:3

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Places

  • Joppa

    Today: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

    Judah's main seaport. Cedar for the Temple arrived here, Jonah fled from here, and Peter's rooftop vision here opened the gospel to the Gentiles.

    Cited in the guide: Jonah 1:3; Acts 9:36; Acts 10:9

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Cross references (17)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Luke 11:32; Luke 11:29–30; 2 Kings 14:25; Matthew 16:4; Matthew 12:39–41
  2. 2 Genesis 18:20–21; Genesis 10:11; Nahum 1:1; Isaiah 58:1; Jonah 4:11
  3. 3 Psalm 139:7–12; Joshua 19:46; Genesis 4:16; Acts 9:43; 2 Thessalonians 1:9
  4. 4 Psalm 107:23–31; Matthew 8:24–27; Exodus 14:21; Psalm 135:7; Amos 4:13
  5. 5 Jeremiah 2:28; Acts 27:18–19; 1 Kings 18:26; Judges 16:19; Luke 22:45–46
  6. 6 Psalm 107:28–29; Jonah 3:9; Mark 4:37–41; Ephesians 5:14; 2 Samuel 12:22
  7. 7 Proverbs 16:33; Joshua 7:13–18; Numbers 32:23; Joshua 7:10; 1 Samuel 14:41–42
  8. 8 Genesis 47:3; 1 Samuel 30:13; James 5:16; Joshua 7:19; 1 Samuel 14:43
  9. 9 Psalm 146:5–6; Psalm 95:5–6; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 136:26; Nehemiah 1:4
  10. 10 Jonah 1:3; Job 27:22; Joshua 7:25; John 19:8; Daniel 5:6–9
  11. 11 1 Samuel 6:2–3; Micah 6:6–7; 2 Samuel 21:1–6; 2 Samuel 24:11–13
  12. 12 2 Samuel 24:17; 1 Chronicles 21:17; Joshua 7:12; John 11:50; Joshua 7:20–21
  13. 13 Proverbs 21:30; Job 34:29
  14. 14 Psalm 115:3; Psalm 135:6; Deuteronomy 21:8; Ephesians 1:11; Psalm 107:28
  15. 15 Luke 8:24; Psalm 93:3–4; Psalm 107:29; Psalm 89:9; Matthew 8:26
  16. 16 Daniel 6:26; Psalm 116:14; Genesis 8:20; Psalm 50:14; Psalm 107:22
  17. 17 Matthew 12:40; Luke 11:30; Matthew 16:4; Psalm 104:25–26; Habakkuk 3:2

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 1:9 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter XVII)

    … the sign of Jonah, for those who held the same opinion as Jonah regarding the Lord, and who confessed, and said, "I am a servant of the Lord, and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who hath made the sea and the dry land." [This was done] that man, receiving an unhoped-for salvation from God, might rise from the …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 1:12 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIV)

    But the one says, Take me, and cast me into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you; the other, Himself rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)