約拿書 2
1 約納在魚腹裏，祈求上主，他的天主。
Then prayed Jonah, unto Yahweh, his God, —out of the belly of the fish;
and said—I cried—out of my distress—unto Yahweh, and he answered me, —Out of the belly of hades, called I, Thou didst hear my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 你將我拋入海心深處，大水包圍了我；你的波濤和巨浪漫過了我。
For thou hast cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and, a flood, enveloped me, —All thy breakers and thy rolling waves, over me, passed.
4 我曾說：我雖從你面前被拋棄，但我仍要瞻仰你的聖殿。
And, I, said, I am driven out from before thine eyes, —Yet will I again have regard unto thy holy temple:
5 大水圍困我，危及卜性命；深淵包圍我，海草纏住我的頭。
The waters, encompassed me, to the peril of my life, The roaring deep, enveloped me, —The sea-weed, was wrapped about my head:
6 我下深直到礁底，大地的門閂永為我關閉。上主，卜天主! 你卻從坑裏救出了我的性命。
To the roots of the mountains, went I down, As for the earth, her bars, were about me, age-abidingly, —Then didst thou bring up—out of the pit—my life, O Yahweh my God.
7 當我奄奄一息時，我記起了上主；我的祈禱達於你前，達於你的聖殿中。
When my soul, darkened itself over me, Yahweh, I remembered, —and my prayer, came in unto thee, unto thy holy temple.
8 敬奉虛無偶像的人，實在是捨棄了慈愛的根源。
They who take heed to the vanities of falsehood, do, their own lovingkindness, forsake.
9 至於我，我要在頌謝的歌聲中，向你獻祭，償還我許的誓願。救恩屬於上主! 」
But, I, with the voice of praise, will sacrifice unto thee, What I have vowed, I will pay, —Salvation, belongeth to Yahweh!
10 當時，上主命令那魚，那魚便將約納吐在陸地上。
So then Yahweh spake unto the fish, —and it vomited out Jonah, upon the dry land.
