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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Jonah 1 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jonah/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jonah/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Jonah 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../obadiah/1.htm" title="Obadiah 1">◄</a> Jonah 1 <a href="../jonah/2.htm" title="Jonah 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Jonah Disobeys the <span class="nd">Lord</span></h3><p class="par"><span class="v32_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.1" class="v32_1_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jonah.1.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> One day the <span class="nd">Lord</span> spoke to Jonah son of Amittai. </span><span class="v32_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.2" class="v32_1_2">2</span>He said, “Go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it; I am aware of how wicked its people are.” </span><span class="v32_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.3" class="v32_1_3">3</span>Jonah, however, set out in the opposite direction in order to get away from the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. He went to Joppa, where he found a ship about to go to Spain. He paid his fare and went aboard with the crew to sail to Spain, where he would be away from the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v32_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.4" class="v32_1_4">4</span>But the <span class="nd">Lord</span> sent a strong wind on the sea, and the storm was so violent that the ship was in danger of breaking up. </span><span class="v32_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.5" class="v32_1_5">5</span>The sailors were terrified and cried out for help, each one to his own god. Then, in order to lessen the danger,<a href="#fn" id="link_Jonah.1.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> they threw the cargo<a href="#fn" id="link_Jonah.1.5!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> overboard. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone below and was lying in the ship's hold, sound asleep.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v32_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.6" class="v32_1_6">6</span>The captain found him there and said to him, “What are you doing asleep? Get up and pray to your god for help. Maybe he will feel sorry for us and spare our lives.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v32_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.7" class="v32_1_7">7</span>The sailors said to each other, “Let's draw lots and find out who is to blame for getting us into this danger.” They did so, and Jonah's name was drawn. </span><span class="v32_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.8" class="v32_1_8">8</span>So they said to him, “Now, then, tell us! Who is to blame for this? What are you doing here? What country do you come from? What is your nationality?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v32_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.9" class="v32_1_9">9</span>“I am a Hebrew,” Jonah answered. “I worship the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the God of heaven, who made land and sea.” </span><span class="v32_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.10" class="v32_1_10">10</span>Jonah went on to tell them that he was running away from the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v32_1_10">The sailors were terrified, and said to him, “That was an awful thing to do!”<a href="#fn" id="link_Jonah.1.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v32_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.11" class="v32_1_11">11</span>The storm was getting worse all the time, so the sailors asked him, “What should we do to you to stop the storm?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v32_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.12" class="v32_1_12">12</span>Jonah answered, “Throw me into the sea, and it will calm down. I know it is my fault that you are caught in this violent storm.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v32_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.13" class="v32_1_13">13</span>Instead, the sailors tried to get the ship to shore, rowing with all their might. But the storm was becoming worse and worse, and they got nowhere. </span><span class="v32_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.14" class="v32_1_14">14</span>So they cried out to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, “O <span class="nd">Lord</span>, we pray, don't punish us with death for taking this man's life! You, O <span class="nd">Lord</span>, are responsible for all this; it is your doing.” </span><span class="v32_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.15" class="v32_1_15">15</span>Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and it calmed down at once. </span><span class="v32_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.16" class="v32_1_16">16</span>This made the sailors so afraid of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> that they offered a sacrifice and promised to serve him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v32_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Jonah.1.17" class="v32_1_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jonah.1.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> At the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s command a large fish swallowed Jonah, and he was inside the fish for three days and three nights.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.5: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">lessen the danger; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">lighten the ship.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.5: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">cargo; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">equipment.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.10: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and said … to do!; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and asked him, “Why did you have to run away like that?”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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