The nextday as we were being violentlystorm-tossed,they began to jettison the cargo;
They reeledand staggeredlike a drunkenman,And were at their wits'end.
Then the sailorsbecameafraidand everymancriedto his god,and they threwthe cargowhichwas in the shipinto the seato lighten[it] for them. But Jonahhad gonebelowinto the holdof the ship,laindownand fallensoundasleep.
"For whatwill it profita manifhe gainsthe wholeworldand forfeitshis soul?Orwhatwill a mangivein exchangefor his soul?
"For lifeis morethan food,and the bodymorethan clothing.
"And his masterpraisedthe unrighteousmanagerbecausehe had actedshrewdly;for the sonsof thisageare more shrewdin relationto their ownkindthanthe sonsof light.
and on the thirdday they threwthe ship'stackleoverboard with their own hands.
When they had eaten enough,they [began] to lightenthe shipby throwingout the wheatinto the sea.
Therefore,since we haveso greata cloudof witnessessurroundingus, let us alsolay asideeveryencumbranceand the sinwhich so easily entanglesus, and let us runwith endurancethe racethat is set beforeus,
