Jonah Flees from Yahweh
(Nahum 1:1–15)

1And the word of YHWH came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying: 2“Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before My face!”

3And Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish, away from the face of YHWH. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish, and he paid its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the face of YHWH.

The Great Storm
(Acts 27:13–26)

4And YHWH hurled a great wind toward the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, and the ship was thinking to be broken apart. 5And the sailors were afraid, and each man cried out to his god. And they threw the articles that were in the ship into the sea to lighten it from them. And Jonah had gone down into the recesses of the ship, and he had lain down and was deeply asleep.

6And the chief pilot came near to him and said to him: “How can you sleep? Stand up and call to your God! Perhaps your God will have consideration for us and we will not perish!”

7And they said, each man to his companion, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know by whom this evil is upon us!”

And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

8And they said to him, “Declare now to us, with regard to whom is this evil upon us? What is your occupation, and from where do you come? What is your land, and from which people are you?”

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

10And the men feared with great fear, and they said to him: “What is this you have done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing away from the face of YHWH, because he had told them.

Jonah Cast into the Sea

11And they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may become quiet around us?” For the sea was going on and raging.

12And he said to them, “Pick me up and cast me into the sea, and the sea will become quiet around you⁺. For I know that because of me this great tempest is upon you⁺.”

13And the men dug in† to return to the land, and they were not able, for the sea was going on and raging against them.

14And they cried out to YHWH and said: “Ah, O YHWH, please do not let us perish for the soul of this man, and do not put upon us innocent blood. For You, O YHWH, have done as You pleased.”

15And they picked up Jonah, and they cast him into the sea, and the sea stood from its raging.

16And the men feared YHWH with great fear, and they offered a sacrifice to YHWH, and they vowed vows.

17And YHWH appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.