Jonah. Iona et Piscis.
Douay-Rheims translation
1:1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas the son of Amathi, saying:
1:2 Arise, and go to Ninive the great city, and preach in it: for the wickedness
thereof is come up before me.
1:3 And Jonas rose up to flee into Tharsis from the face of the Lord, and
he went down to Joppe, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid the
fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them to Tharsis from the face
of the Lord.
1:4 But the Lord sent a great wind into the sea: and a great tempest was raised
in the sea, and the ship was in danger to be broken.
1:5 And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried to their god: and they
cast forth the wares that were in the ship, into the sea, to lighten it of
them: and Jones went down into the inner part of the ship, and fell into a
deep sleep.
1:6 And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him: Why art thou fast asleep?
rise up, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think of us, that we may
not perish.
1:7 And they said every one to his fellow: Come, and let us cast lots, that
we may know why this evil is upon us. And they cast lots, and the lot fell
upon Jonas.
1:8 And they said to him: Tell us for what cause this evil is upon us, what
is thy business? of what country art thou? and whither goest thou? or of what
people art thou?
1:9 And he said to them: I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord the God of heaven,
who made both the sea and the dry land.
1:10 And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him: Why hast thou
done this? (for the men knew that he fled from the face of the Lord: because
he had told them.)
1:11 And they said to him: What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm
to us? for the sea flowed and swelled.
1:12 And he said to them: Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea
shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon
you.
1:13 And the men rowed hard to return to land, but they were not able: because
the sea tossed and swelled upon them.
1:14 And they cried to the Lord, and said: We beseech thee, O Lord, 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.
1:15 And they took Jonas, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from
raging.
1:16 And the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and sacrificed victims to the
Lord, and made vows.
2:1 Now the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was
in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
2:2 And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
[2.3-2.10 the prayer of Jonas]
2:11 And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonas upon the dry
land.