Jona 1 | Kutsal Kitap Yeni Çeviri

Yunus Rab'den Kaçıyor

1 RAB bir gün Amittay oğlu Yunus'a, ‹‹Kalk, Ninova'ya, o büyük kente git ve halkı uyar›› diye seslendi, ‹‹Çünkü kötülükleri önüme kadar yükseldi.››

3 Ne var ki, Yunus RAB'bin huzurundan Tarşiş'e kaçmaya kalkıştı. Yafa'ya inip Tarşiş'e giden bir gemi buldu. Ücretini ödeyip gemiye bindi, RAB'den uzaklaşmak için Tarşiş'e doğru yola çıktı.

4 Yolda RAB şiddetli bir rüzgar gönderdi denize. Öyle bir fırtına koptu ki, gemi neredeyse parçalanacaktı.

5 Gemiciler korkuya kapıldı, her biri kendi ilahına yalvarmaya başladı. Gemiyi hafifletmek için yükleri denize attılar. Yunus ise teknenin ambarına inmiş, yatıp derin bir uykuya dalmıştı.

6 Gemi kaptanı Yunus'un yanına gidip, ‹‹Hey! Nasıl uyursun sen?›› dedi, ‹‹Kalk, tanrına yalvar, belki halimizi görür de yok olmayız.››

7 Sonra denizciler birbirlerine, ‹‹Gelin, kura çekelim›› dediler, ‹‹Bakalım, bu bela kimin yüzünden başımıza geldi.›› Kura çektiler, kura Yunus'a düştü.

8 Bunun üzerine Yunus'a, ‹‹Söyle bize!›› dediler, ‹‹Bu bela kimin yüzünden başımıza geldi? Ne iş yapıyorsun sen, nereden geliyorsun, nerelisin, hangi halka mensupsun?››

9 Yunus, ‹‹İbrani'yim›› diye karşılık verdi, ‹‹Denizi ve karayı yaratan Göklerin Tanrısı RAB'be taparım*.››

10 Denizciler bu yanıt karşısında dehşete düştüler. ‹‹Neden yaptın bunu?›› diye sordular. Yunus'un RAB'den uzaklaşmak için kaçtığını biliyorlardı. Daha önce onlara anlatmıştı.

11 Deniz gittikçe kuduruyordu. Yunus'a, ‹‹Denizin dinmesi için sana ne yapalım?›› diye sordular.

12 Yunus, ‹‹Beni kaldırıp denize atın›› diye yanıtladı, ‹‹O zaman sular durulur. Çünkü biliyorum, bu şiddetli fırtınaya benim yüzümden yakalandınız.››

13 Denizciler karaya dönmek için küreklere asıldılar, ama başaramadılar. Çünkü deniz gittikçe kuduruyordu.

14 RAB'be seslenerek, ‹‹Ya RAB, yalvarıyoruz›› dediler, ‹‹Bu adamın canı yüzünden yok olmayalım. Suçsuz bir adamın ölümünden bizi sorumlu tutma. Çünkü sen kendi istediğini yaptın, ya RAB.››

15 Sonra Yunus'u kaldırıp denize attılar, kuduran deniz sakinleşti.

16 Bu olaydan ötürü denizciler RAB'den öyle korktular ki, O'na kurbanlar sundular, adaklar adadılar.

17 Bu arada RAB Yunus'u yutacak büyük bir balık sağladı. Yunus üç gün üç gece bu balığın karnında kaldı.

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English Standard Version

Jonah Flees the Presence of the Lord

1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil* has come up before me.”

3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

4 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.

5 Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

6 So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”

Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea

7 And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

8 Then they said to him, “Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?”

9 And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, “What is this that you have done!” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

11 Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

12 He said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”

13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard* to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

14 Therefore they called out to the Lord, “O Lord, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.”

15 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.

16 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.

A Great Fish Swallows Jonah

17 * And the Lord appointed* a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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