Jonah 1

1 यहोवा का यह वचन अमितै के पुत्र योना के पास पहुंचा,

2 उठ कर उस बड़े नगर नीनवे को जा, और उसके विरुद्ध प्रचार कर; क्योंकि उसकी बुराई मेरी दृष्टि में बढ़ गई है।

3 परन्तु योना यहोवा के सम्मुख से तर्शीश को भाग जाने के लिये उठा, और यापो नगर को जा कर तर्शीश जाने वाला एक जहाज पाया; और भाड़ा देकर उस पर चढ़ गया कि उनके साथ हो कर यहोवा के सम्मुख से तर्शीश को चला जाए॥

4 तब यहोवा ने समुद्र में एक प्रचण्ड आंधी चलाई, और समुद्र में बड़ी आंधी उठी, यहां तक कि जहाज टूटने पर था।

5 तब मल्लाह लोग डर कर अपने अपने देवता की दोहाई देने लगे; और जहाज में जो व्यापार की सामग्री थी उसे समुद्र में फेंकने लगे कि जहाज हल्का हो जाए। परन्तु योना जहाज के निचले भाग में उतरकर सो गया था, और गहरी नींद में पड़ा हुआ था।

6 तब मांझी उसके निकट आकर कहने लगा, तू भारी नींद में पड़ा हुआ क्या करता है? उठ, अपने देवता की दोहाई दे! सम्भव है कि परमेश्वर हमारी चिन्ता करे, और हमारा नाश न हो॥

7 तब उन्होंने आपस में कहा, आओ, हम चिट्ठी डाल कर जान लें कि यह विपत्ति हम पर किस के कारण पड़ी है। तब उन्होंने चिट्ठी डाली, और चिट्ठी योना के नाम पर निकली।

8 तब उन्होंने उस से कहा, हमें बता कि किस के कारण यह विपत्ति हम पर पड़ी है? तेरा उद्यम क्या है? और तू कहां से आया है? तू किस देश और किस जाति का है?

9 उसने उन से कहा, मैं इब्री हूं; और स्वर्ग का परमेश्वर यहोवा जिसने जल स्थल दोनों को बनाया है, उसी का भय मानता हूं।

10 तब वे निपट डर गए, और उस से कहने लगे, तू ने यह क्या किया है? वे जान गए थे कि वह यहोवा के सम्मुख से भाग आया है, क्योंकि उसने आप ही उन को बता दिया था॥

11 तब उन्होंने उस से पूछा, हम तेरे साथ क्या करें जिस से समुद्र शान्त हो जाए? उस समय समुद्र की लहरें बढ़ती ही जाती थीं।

12 उसने उन से कहा, मुझे उठा कर समुद्र में फेंक दो; तब समुद्र शान्त पड़ जाएगा; क्योंकि मैं जानता हूं, कि यह भारी आंधी तुम्हारे ऊपर मेरे ही कारण आई है।

13 तौभी वे बड़े यत्न से खेते रहे कि उसको किनारे पर लगाएं, परन्तु पहुंच न सके, क्योंकि समुद्र की लहरें उनके विरुद्ध बढ़ती ही जाती थीं।

14 तब उन्होंने यहोवा को पुकार कर कहा, हे यहोवा हम बिनती करते हैं, कि इस पुरूष के प्राण की सन्ती हमारा नाश न हो, और न हमें निर्दोष की हत्या का दोषी ठहरा; क्योंकि हे यहोवा, जो कुछ तेरी इच्छा थी वही तू ने किया है।

15 तब उन्होंने योना को उठा कर समुद्र में फेंक दिया; और समुद्र की भयानक लहरें थम गईं।

16 तब उन मनुष्यों ने यहोवा का बहुत ही भय माना, और उसको भेंट चढ़ाई और मन्नतें मानीं॥

17 यहोवा ने एक बड़ा सा मगरमच्छ ठहराया था कि योना को निगल ले; और योना उस मगरमच्छ के पेट में तीन दिन और तीन रात पड़ा रहा॥

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

2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

4 But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

14 Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.

15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

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

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

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord:

3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.

4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.

7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.

9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

14 And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,

15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.

16 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:

17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.

18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:

20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:

25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.