InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Yna 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17
OET-LV And_they_said to_him/it what will_we_do to_you so_ the_sea _that_it_will_be_quiet from_on_us if/because the_sea was_going and_storming.
OET (OET-RV) So they asked him what they should do to him so that the sea would calm, because the storm was getting worse.
This section tells about the LORD’s command to Jonah to preach a message of judgment and destruction to the people of Nineveh, the capital city of Assyria. Jonah, however, disobeyed the LORD and tried to flee from him; he got on a ship heading for Tarshish, a city in the opposite direction.
Now the sea was growing worse and worse,
¶ The storm was becoming worse and worse, and the sea was becoming rougher.
¶ As they were speaking, the storm was becoming worse and worse, and the waves were becoming bigger.
Now the sea was growing worse and worse: All the time the sailors were talking to Jonah the sea grew rougher. The Hebrew idiom used here has the sense of “more and more,” that is, “the sea continued to get rougher.”
so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”
So the sailors asked Jonah, “What should we(excl) do to you(sing) to calm the sea?”
So they asked him, “What should we(excl) do to you(sing) to make the storm stop?”
What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?: Now that the sailors knew that the storm had happened because Jonah had disobeyed the LORD, they asked Jonah what they should do to him to make it stop. They felt that they needed to punish him so they could be rescued from the storm.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ אֵלָיו֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it what? do to,you so,that_it_will_be_quiet the=sea from,on,us that/for/because/then/when the=sea growing and,storming )
The pronoun they refers to the sailors. Alternate translation: [Then the sailors said to Jonah] or [Then the men on the ship said to Jonah]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק הַיָּ֖ם מֵֽעָלֵ֑ינוּ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it what? do to,you so,that_it_will_be_quiet the=sea from,on,us that/for/because/then/when the=sea growing and,storming )
Here, calm down from upon us is an idiom that means “calm down for our benefit.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have that meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [so that the sea will calm down for us] or [in order to make the sea become calm]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
הַיָּ֖ם הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וְסֹעֵֽר
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it what? do to,you so,that_it_will_be_quiet the=sea from,on,us that/for/because/then/when the=sea growing and,storming )
Here, going forward and storming is an idiom that means that the sea was becoming increasingly stormy. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the strength of the storm was increasing]
Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ אֵלָיו֙ מַה־נַּ֣עֲשֶׂה לָּ֔ךְ וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק הַיָּ֖ם מֵֽעָלֵ֑ינוּ כִּ֥י הַיָּ֖ם הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וְסֹעֵֽר
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it what? do to,you so,that_it_will_be_quiet the=sea from,on,us that/for/because/then/when the=sea growing and,storming )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [The sea was going forward and storming. Therefore, they said to him, “What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down from upon us”]
OET-LV And_they_said to_him/it what will_we_do to_you so_ the_sea _that_it_will_be_quiet from_on_us if/because the_sea was_going and_storming.
OET (OET-RV) So they asked him what they should do to him so that the sea would calm, because the storm was getting worse.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.