Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;
And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
2 and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice. (Sheol h7585)
And he says: “I called, because of my distress, to YHWH, And He answers me, From the belly of Sheol I have cried, You have heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
When You cast me [into] the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood surrounds me, All Your breakers and Your billows have passed over me.
4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.
And I said: I have been cast out from before Your eyes (Yet I add to look to Your holy temple!)
5 The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.
Waters have surrounded me to the soul, The deep surrounds me, The weed is bound to my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth [closed] upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars [are] behind me for all time. And You bring my life up from the pit, O YHWH my God.
7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple.
In the feebleness of my soul within me, I have remembered YHWH, And my prayer comes to You, Into Your holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.
And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
10 And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
And YHWH speaks to the fish, and it vomits Jonah out on the dry land.
