< Jonah 2 >
1 Then prayed Jonah, unto Yahweh, his God, —out of the belly of the fish;
約納在魚腹裏,祈求上主,他的天主。
2 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 )
他說:「我在患難中,呼求上主,衪便應允了我,我從陰府的深處呼求,你便俯聽了我的呼聲。 (Sheol )
3 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.
你將我拋入海心深處,大水包圍了我;你的波濤和巨浪漫過了我。
4 And, I, said, I am driven out from before thine eyes, —Yet will I again have regard unto thy holy temple:
我曾說:我雖從你面前被拋棄,但我仍要瞻仰你的聖殿。
5 The waters, encompassed me, to the peril of my life, The roaring deep, enveloped me, —The sea-weed, was wrapped about my head:
大水圍困我,危及卜性命;深淵包圍我,海草纏住我的頭。
6 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.
我下深直到礁底,大地的門閂永為我關閉。上主,卜天主! 你卻從坑裏救出了我的性命。
7 When my soul, darkened itself over me, Yahweh, I remembered, —and my prayer, came in unto thee, unto thy holy temple.
當我奄奄一息時,我記起了上主;我的祈禱達於你前,達於你的聖殿中。
8 They who take heed to the vanities of falsehood, do, their own lovingkindness, forsake.
敬奉虛無偶像的人,實在是捨棄了慈愛的根源。
9 But, I, with the voice of praise, will sacrifice unto thee, What I have vowed, I will pay, —Salvation, belongeth to Yahweh!
至於我,我要在頌謝的歌聲中,向你獻祭,償還我許的誓願。救恩屬於上主! 」
10 So then Yahweh spake unto the fish, —and it vomited out Jonah, upon the dry land.
當時,上主命令那魚,那魚便將約納吐在陸地上。