Jonah 2
1 And Jonas preiede to the Lord his God fro the fischis wombe,
Then Jonah prayed unto Yhwh his God out of the fish’s belly,
2 and seide, Y criede to God of my tribulacioun, and he herde me; fro the wombe of helle Y criede, and thou herdist my vois. (Sheol h7585)
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto Yhwh, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 Thou castidist me doun in to depnesse, in the herte of the see, and the flood cumpasside me; alle thi swolowis and thi wawis passiden on me.
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4 And Y seide, Y am cast awei fro siyt of thin iyen; netheles eftsoone Y schal see thin hooli temple.
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5 Watris cumpassiden me `til to my soule, depnesse enuyrownede me, the see hilide myn heed.
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 Y wente doun to the vtmeste places of hillis, the barris of erthe closiden me togidere, in to withouten ende; and thou, my Lord God, schalt reise vp my lijf fro corrupcioun.
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 Yhwh my God.
7 Whanne my soule was angwisched in me, Y bithouyte on the Lord, that my preier come to thee, to thin hooli temple.
When my soul fainted within me I remembered Yhwh: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8 Thei that kepen vanytees, forsaken his merci idili.
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But Y in vois of heriyng schal offre to thee; what euer thingis Y vowide, Y schal yelde to the Lord, for myn helthe.
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of Yhwh.
10 And the Lord seide to the fisch, and it castide out Jonas `in to the drie lond.
And Yhwh spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
