Jonah 2
1 Then prayed Jonah unto the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
2 And he said, I called from the midst of my distress unto the Lord, and he hath answered me: out of the depth of the grave have I cried, and thou hast heard 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 hast cast me into the deep, in the heart of the seas; and the stream compasseth me about: all thy billows and thy waves have 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 And I thought indeed, I am driven out from before thy eyes: yet I again shall look 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 surrounded me, to the peril of my life; the deep compassed me about: sea-weeds were bound about my head.
Waters have surrounded me to the soul, The deep surrounds me, The weed is bound to my head.
6 To the bottoms of the mountains did I go down; the earth [closed] her bars about me for ever: when thou broughtest up my life from the pit, O Lord 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 the Lord: and my prayer came unto thee, unto 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 guard false vanities forsake [the source of] their kindness.
Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed will I pay; [for] help is with the Lord.
And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
10 And the Lord 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.
