< Jonah 2 >
1 And he prayed Jonah to Yahweh God his from [the] inward parts of the fish.
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
2 And he said I called from distress of me to Yahweh and he answered me from [the] belly of Sheol I cried for help you heard voice my. (Sheol )
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 )
3 And you have thrown me [the] deep in [the] heart of [the] seas and a river it surrounds me all breakers your and waves your over me they have 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 I said I have been driven away from before eyes your nevertheless I will repeat to look to [the] temple of holiness your.
Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look towards your holy temple?
5 They have encompassed me waters to [the] neck [the] deep it surrounds me rush[es] [is] wrapped round to head my.
The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 To extremities of mountains I went down the earth bars its [were] behind me for ever and you brought up from [the] pit life my O Yahweh God my.
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 fainted away on me life my Yahweh I remembered and it came to you prayer my to [the] temple of holiness your.
As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.
8 [those who] pay regard Vanities of nothingness loyalty their they abandon.
Those who worship worthless idols abandon their own mercy,
9 And I with a voice of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you [that] which I have vowed I will fulfill rescue [belongs] 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 And he spoke Yahweh to the fish and it vomited up Jonah to the dry land.
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.