Jonah 2
1 Then prayed Jonah, unto Yahweh, his God, —out of the belly of the fish;
And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
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 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, into the heart of the seas, and, a flood, enveloped me, —All thy breakers and thy rolling waves, over me, passed.
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, said, I am driven out from before thine eyes, —Yet will I again have regard unto 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, encompassed me, to the peril of my life, The roaring deep, enveloped me, —The sea-weed, was wrapped about my head:
Waters have surrounded me to the soul, The deep surrounds me, The weed is bound to my head.
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.
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, darkened itself over me, Yahweh, I remembered, —and my prayer, came in 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 who take heed to the vanities of falsehood, do, their own lovingkindness, forsake.
Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But, I, with the voice of praise, will sacrifice unto thee, What I have vowed, I will pay, —Salvation, belongeth to Yahweh!
And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
10 So then Yahweh 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.
