Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed unto Yhwh his God out of the fish’s belly,
And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto Yhwh, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and 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 hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed 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 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will 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 compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, 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 earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Yhwh 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 Yhwh: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine 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 that I have vowed. Salvation is of Yhwh.
And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
10 And Yhwh spake unto 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.
