Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
Then prayed Jonah, unto Yahweh, his God, —out of the belly of the fish;
2 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)
and said—I cried—out of my distress—unto Yahweh, and he answered me, —Out of the belly of hades, called I, Thou didst hear my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 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.
For thou hast cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and, a flood, enveloped me, —All thy breakers and thy rolling waves, over me, passed.
4 And I said: I have been cast out from before Your eyes (Yet I add to look to Your holy temple!)
And, I, said, I am driven out from before thine eyes, —Yet will I again have regard unto thy holy temple:
5 Waters have surrounded me to the soul, The deep surrounds me, The weed is bound to my head.
The waters, encompassed me, to the peril of my life, The roaring deep, enveloped me, —The sea-weed, was wrapped about my head:
6 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.
To the roots of the mountains, went I down, As for the earth, her bars, were about me, age-abidingly, —Then didst thou bring up—out of the pit—my life, O Yahweh my God.
7 In the feebleness of my soul within me, I have remembered YHWH, And my prayer comes to You, Into Your holy temple.
When my soul, darkened itself over me, Yahweh, I remembered, —and my prayer, came in unto thee, unto thy holy temple.
8 Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
They who take heed to the vanities of falsehood, do, their own lovingkindness, forsake.
9 And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
But, I, with the voice of praise, will sacrifice unto thee, What I have vowed, I will pay, —Salvation, belongeth to Yahweh!
10 And YHWH speaks to the fish, and it vomits Jonah out on the dry land.
So then Yahweh spake unto the fish, —and it vomited out Jonah, upon the dry land.
