約拿書 2
1 約納在魚腹裏，祈求上主，他的天主。
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
He said, “I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard 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 you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
4 我曾說：我雖從你面前被拋棄，但我仍要瞻仰你的聖殿。
I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again towards your 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 surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around 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。
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, LORD 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 fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 敬奉虛無偶像的人，實在是捨棄了慈愛的根源。
Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
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 will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD.”
10 當時，上主命令那魚，那魚便將約納吐在陸地上。
Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
