< Jonah 1 >

1 Sie len ah LEUM GOD El kaskas nu sel Jonah, wen natul Amittai.
And the word of the Lord was maad to Jonas,
2 El fahk, “Fahla nu Nineveh, siti lulap sac, ac fahkak nu sin mwet we lah nga arulana etu lupan koluk lalos.”
sone of Amathi, and seide, Rise thou, and go in to Nynyue, the greet citee, and preche thou ther ynne, for the malice therof stieth vp bifore me.
3 Tusruktu Jonah el mukuiyak ac som nu siena acn elan kaingla liki LEUM GOD. El som nu Joppa ac konauk lah oasr oak soko akola in som nu Tarshish. El molella nu fin oak uh ac sroang in som nu Tarshish, wi mwet orekma fin oak uh, in kaingla nu ke sie acn loes liki LEUM GOD.
And Jonas roos for to fle in to Tharsis, fro the face of the Lord. And he cam doun to Joppe, and foond a schip goynge in to Tharsis, and he yaf schip hire to hem; and he wente doun in to it, for to go with hem in to Tharsis, fro the face of the Lord.
4 Tuh LEUM GOD El supwala sie paka nu meoa, ac eng uh arulana upa pwanang oak soko ah apkuran in musalla.
Forsothe the Lord sente a greet wynd in the see, and a greet tempest was maad in the see, and the schip was in perel for to be al to-brokun.
5 Selu fin oak uh tuninfongla, ac kais sie selos wowoyak in suk kasru sin god lal sifacna. Na elos sis koanon oak uh nu in meoa uh in akmulalaye oak uh. In pacl se inge Jonah el fani nu ten ac ona motul folosuwosla.
And schip men dredden, and men crieden to her god; and senten vessels, that weren in the schip, in to the see, that it were maad liytere of hem. And Jonas wente doun in to the ynnere thingis of the schip, and slepte bi a greuouse sleep.
6 Captain lun oak uh liyalak ac fahk nu sel, “Efu kom ku motul? Tukakek ac pre nu sin god lom. Sahp el ac pakomutasr ac molikutla.”
And the gouernour cam to him, and seide to hym, Whi art thou cast doun in sleep? rise thou, clepe thi God to help, if perauenture God ayenthenke of vs, and we perische not.
7 Na selu ah fahk nu sin sie sin sie, “Wona kut in susfa in konauk lah su pwanma mwe fosrnga inge nu sesr uh.” Elos orala fa uh, na inel Jonah fwacfeyak.
And a man seide to his felowe, Come ye, and caste we lottis, and wite we, whi this yuel is to vs. And thei kesten lottis, and lot felle on Jonas.
8 Na elos fahk nu sel, “Mea kom oru inge uh? Kom tuku ya me? Kom mwet ya? Ya kom pa pwanang ma sikyak inge uh?”
And thei seiden to hym, Schewe thou to vs, for cause of what thing this yuel is to vs; what is thi werk, which is thi lond, and whidur goist thou, ether of what puple art thou?
9 Jonah el topuk, “Nga mwet Hebrew. Nga alu nu sin LEUM GOD, God inkusrao, su orala acn ac meoa uh.”
And he seide to hem, Y am an Ebrew, and Y drede the Lord God of heuene, that made the see and the drie lond.
10 Jonah el fahk pac nu selos lah el kaing liki LEUM GOD. Mwet fin oak uh arulana sangengla ac fahk nu sel, “Ma na koluk se pa kom oru ingan!”
And the men dredden with greet drede, and seiden to him, Whi didist thou this thing? for the men knewen that he flei fro the face of the Lord, for Jonas hadde schewide to hem.
11 Ac ke paka uh sifilpa upala liki meet ah, mwet fin oak uh siyuk sel, “Mea kut ac oru nu sum in kutongya paka uh?”
And thei seiden to hym, What schulen we do to thee, and the see schal seesse fro vs? for the see wente, and wexe greet on hem.
12 Jonah el topuk, “Sisyula nu in meoa uh na ac fah mihsi. Nga etu lah nga pa pwanang kowos sun eng na upa se inge.”
And he seide to hem, Take ye me, and throwe in to the see, and the see schal ceesse fro you; for Y woot, that for me this greet tempest is on you.
13 Elos tia sisella, a elos srike na ke kuiyalos in kalang nu weacn uh, tuh elos tia ku mweyen paka uh upala liki na meet.
And men rowiden, for to turne ayen to the drie lond, and thei miyten not, for the see wente, and wexe greet on hem.
14 Na elos wowoyak nu sin LEUM GOD ac fahk, “O LEUM GOD, kut siyuk, nikmet eisla moul lasr ke kut ac eisla moul lun mwet se inge! Kom, O LEUM GOD, pa pwanang ma inge nukewa. Ma inge kut ac oru fal nu ke lungse lom.”
And thei crieden to the Lord, and seiden, Lord, we bisechen, that we perische not in the lijf of this man, and that thou yyue not on vs innocent blood; for thou, Lord, didist as thou woldist.
15 Na elos sraklalak Jonah ac sisella nu in meoa, na eng uh tui in kitin pacl ah na.
And thei token Jonas, and threwen in to the see; and the see stood of his buylyng.
16 Ma se inge oru mwet fin oak uh arulana sangeng sin LEUM GOD, pwanang elos oru sie mwe kisa nu sin LEUM GOD, ac wulela mu elos ac kulansap nu sel.
And the men dredden the Lord with greet drede, and offriden oostis to the Lord, and vowiden avowis.
17 Ac LEUM GOD El oru tuh soko ik lulap in okomulla Jonah, ac el muta insien ik soko ah ke len tolu ac fong tolu.
And the Lord made redi a greet fisch, that he shulde swolowe Jonas; and Jonas was in the wombe of the fisch thre daies and thre niytis.

< Jonah 1 >