And the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

"Get up! Go to the great city Nineveh and cry out against her, because their evil has come up {before me}."

And they said {to one another}, "Come, let us cast lots so that we may know on whose account this disaster [has come] on us!" And they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

So they said to him, "Please tell us whoever [is responsible that] this disaster [has come] upon us! What [is] your occupation? And from where do you come? What [is] your country? And from which people [are] you?"

And he said to them, "Pick me up and hurl me into the sea so that the sea may quiet down for you, because I know that on account of me this great storm [has come] upon you all."

When my life was ebbing away from me, I remembered Yahweh, and my prayer came to you, {to your holy temple}.

And the word of Yahweh came to Jonah a second [time], saying,