Jonah 2
1 And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
Yona firii apataa no yam bɔɔ Awurade ne Onyankopɔn mpaeɛ sɛ.
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)
Ɔkaa sɛ, “Mʼahohia mu mefrɛɛ Awurade, na ɔgyee me so. Mefiri adamena ase tɔnn srɛɛ mmoa na wotiee me sufrɛ. (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.
Wotoo me twenee ebunu mu wɔ ɛpo ase tɔnn, na ɔhweam twaa me ho hyiaeɛ; wʼasorɔkye ne mframa bu faa me so.
4 And I said: I have been cast out from before Your eyes (Yet I add to look to Your holy temple!)
Na mekaa sɛ, ‘Wɔapam me afiri wʼanim; nanso mede mʼani bɛkyerɛ wʼasɔredan kronkron no bio’
5 Waters have surrounded me to the soul, The deep surrounds me, The weed is bound to my head.
Nsuo a abu afa me so no bɔɔ me hu, ebunu no twaa me ho hyiaeɛ; ɛpo mu wira kyekyeree me tiri ho.
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.
Memem kɔɔ mmepɔ no ase pɛɛ; asase ase kaa me hyɛɛ mu afebɔɔ. Nanso wogyee me nkwa firii amena mu, Ao Awurade, me Onyankopɔn.
7 In the feebleness of my soul within me, I have remembered YHWH, And my prayer comes to You, Into Your holy temple.
“Ɛberɛ a me nkwa resene akɔ no, mekaee wo Awurade, na me mpaeɛbɔ foro baa wo nkyɛn, wɔ wʼasɔredan kronkron no mu.
8 Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
“Wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho bata ahoni huhuo ho no hwere adom a anka ɛyɛ wɔn dea.
9 And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
Nanso me, mede ayɛyie nnwom bɛbɔ afɔdeɛ ama wo. Deɛ mahyɛ ho bɔ no, mɛyɛ. Nkwagyeɛ firi Awurade.”
10 And YHWH speaks to the fish, and it vomits Jonah out on the dry land.
Na afei, Awurade hyɛɛ apataa no ma ɔfee Yona too asase so.
