Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
2 And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardst 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 hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods encompassed me: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
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 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again towards 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, [even] to the soul: the depth inclosed me on every side, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
Waters have surrounded me to the soul, The deep surrounds me, The weed is bound to my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD 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 fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came to thee, into 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 that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] which I have vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD.
And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
10 And the LORD spoke to 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.
