< Jonah 2 >
1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
And he prayed Jonah to Yahweh God his from [the] inward parts of the fish.
2 saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. (Sheol )
And he said I called from distress of me to Yahweh and he answered me from [the] belly of Sheol I cried for help you heard voice my. (Sheol )
3 For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
And you have thrown me [the] deep in [the] heart of [the] seas and a river it surrounds me all breakers your and waves your over me they have passed.
4 At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
And I I said I have been driven away from before eyes your nevertheless I will repeat to look to [the] temple of holiness your.
5 The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
They have encompassed me waters to [the] neck [the] deep it surrounds me rush[es] [is] wrapped round to head my.
6 To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
To extremities of mountains I went down the earth bars its [were] behind me for ever and you brought up from [the] pit life my O Yahweh God my.
7 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
When fainted away on me life my Yahweh I remembered and it came to you prayer my to [the] temple of holiness your.
8 Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
[those who] pay regard Vanities of nothingness loyalty their they abandon.
9 But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
And I with a voice of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you [that] which I have vowed I will fulfill rescue [belongs] to Yahweh.
10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
And he spoke Yahweh to the fish and it vomited up Jonah to the dry land.