Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah his God out of the sea creatures belly.
Kisha Yona akamwomba Bwana Mungu wake kutoka katika tumbo la samaki.
2 And he said, I called because of my affliction to Jehovah, and he answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
Akasema, Nimemwita Bwana juu ya shida yangu naye akanijibu; kutoka tumbo la Kuzimu nililia kwa msaada! Uliisikia sauti yangu. (Sheol h7585)
3 For thou cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me. All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
Ulikuwa umenitupa ndani ya kina, ndani ya moyo wa bahari, na maji yaliyonizunguka; mawimbi yako yote na gharika yalipita juu yangu.
4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes. Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
Nikasema, 'Nimefukuzwa mbele ya macho yako; lakini nitaangalia tena juu ya hekalu lako takatifu. '
5 The waters encompassed me around, even to the soul. The deep was round about me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
Maji yalifunika kunizunguka karibu na shingo yangu; kina kilinizunguka; mwani ukakizinga kichwa changu.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with its bars closed upon me forever. Yet thou have brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
Nilikwenda chini ya milima; nchi na baa zake zimefungwa juu yangu milele. Lakini wewe umeinua uhai wangu shimoni, Bwana, Mungu wangu!
7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah. And my prayer came in to thee, into thy holy temple.
Wakati nafsi yangu ilipozimia ndani yangu, nikamwita Bwana; basi sala yangu ilikujia, katika hekalu lako takatifu.
8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Wote ambao huzingatia miungu isiyofaa hukataa uaminifu wako wao wenyewe.
9 But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.
Lakini mimi, nitakuchinjia kwa sauti ya shukrani; Nitayatimiza yale niliyoapa. Wokovu hutoka kwa Bwana!
10 And Jehovah spoke to the sea creature, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
Kisha Bwana akanena na samaki, akamtapika Yona juu ya nchi kavu.
