H9002–/וְ–v

And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.

וְנַפִּ֣ילָה (וְ) ve. “so”וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “so”

Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?

וּמֵאַ֣יִן (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק (וְ) ve. “so”וְסֹעֵֽר׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

וַהֲטִילֻ֣נִי (וַ) va. “and”וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק (וְ) ve. “so”

And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְסֹעֵ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

וְנָהָ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַלֶּ֖יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?

וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.

וַאֲנִ֗י (וַ) va. “and”

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.

וִּקְרָ֤א (וִּ) vi “and”

So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh as the Lord had said. Now Nineveh was a very great town, three days' journey from end to end.

וְנִֽינְוֵ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.

וְנִֽינְוֵ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or water:

וּגְדֹלָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַצֹּ֗אן (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And let man and beast be covered with haircloth, and let them make strong prayers to God: and let everyone be turned from his evil way and the violent acts of their hands.

וְיִתְכַּסּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַבְּהֵמָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִקְרְא֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָשֻׁ֗בוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy,

וְרַח֔וּם (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַב־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִחָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord said, You had pity on the vine, for which you did no work and for the growth of which you were not responsible; which came up in a night and came to an end in a night;

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?

וַֽאֲנִי֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וּבְהֵמָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

The word of the Lord which came to Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah: his vision about Samaria and Jerusalem.

וִירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (וִ) vi. “and”