Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
Yona do gbe ɖa na Yehowa, eƒe Mawu la le tɔmelã gã la ƒe dɔ me be,
2 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. (Sheol h7585)
“Le nye xaxa gã me, medo ɣli na Yehowa, eye wòɖo tom. Meyɔe le aʋlime ke, eye Yehowa se nye kokoƒoƒo! (Sheol h7585)
3 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
Ekɔm ƒu gbe ɖe atsiaƒu ƒe gogloƒe ke; meyi to, ƒu dzeagbo la ŋe tsyɔ dzinye, eye ƒutsotsoe sesẽwo si to dzinye.
4 And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
Ale megblɔ be, ‘O Yehowa, ènyam ɖa le wò ŋkume. Ke hã la, magatrɔ mo ɖe wò gbedoxɔ kɔkɔe la gbɔ.’
5 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
Tsi la tsyɔ dzinye, tɔ goglo la ƒo xlãm, eye ƒumegbewo bliba ta nam.
6 I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
Meyi to ɖe to kɔkɔ siwo le ƒua me la ƒe agu nu ke. Wotu agbe ƒe mɔ ɖe nunye eye wode gam ɖe ku ƒe anyigba dzi. Gake wò Yehowa, nye Mawu, èɖem tso ku ƒe asi me!
7 When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
“Esi nye agbe nu le tsotsom la, meda nye susuwo ɖe dziwò, Yehowa, eye nye gbedodoɖa ɖo gbɔwò le wò gbedoxɔ kɔkɔe la me.
8 The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
“Ame siwo subɔa alakpamawuwo la bua Yehowa ƒe amenuveve si anye wo tɔ!
9 But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.
Ke nye la, matsɔ akpedaha asa vɔe na wò, eye maxe nye adzɔgbeɖefe na wò, elabena Yehowa gbɔe ɖeɖe tsona.”
10 And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
Ale Yehowa ɖe gbe na ƒumelã la, eye wòyi ɖatu Yona ɖe anyigba ƒuƒui dzi.
