Jonah 2
1 Then prayed Jonah, unto Yahweh, his God, —out of the belly of the fish;
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly 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 said: I cried out of my distress, to the Lord and he answered me; out of the midst of Sheol I cried aloud, and you 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.
For you cast me into the deep, into heart of the seas, and the great flood rolled about me; all your breakers and your waves 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:
Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look towards 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:
The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about 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.
I went down to the roots of the mountains; the prison of the earth closed over me forever. Yet you brought up my life from destruction, O Lord my God.
7 When my soul, darkened itself over me, Yahweh, I remembered, —and my prayer, came in unto thee, unto thy holy temple.
As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.
8 They who take heed to the vanities of falsehood, do, their own lovingkindness, forsake.
Those who worship worthless idols abandon 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!
but I will sacrifice to you with loud thanksgiving! I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is the Lord’s.
10 So then Yahweh spake unto the fish, —and it vomited out Jonah, upon the dry land.
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.
