Yona 2
1 Wuta na libumu ya mbisi, Yona asambelaki Yawe, Nzambe na ye.
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
2 Alobaki: « Kati na mawa na ngai, nabelelaka Yawe, mpe ayanolaka ngai. Wuta kati na mboka ya bakufi, nasengaka lisungi, mpe ayokaka ngai. (Sheol h7585)
He said, “I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 Obwakaki ngai kati na libulu ya molili makasi, kati na mozindo ya ebale monene epai wapi mayi ezingeli ngai mpe bambonge na yo nyonso ekweyeli ngai.
For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
4 Nazali komilobela: ‹ Obengani ngai mosika na miso na Yo; nzokande ngai nazali kokoba kotalela Tempelo na Yo ya bule. ›
I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again towards your holy temple.’
5 Nazindi kino na kingo, mayi ya libulu ya molili makasi ezingeli ngai, matiti ya ebale ekangani-kangani zingazinga ya moto na ngai.
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 Nazindi kino na esika oyo ngomba ebandaka, mabele esili kokanga bikangelo na yango sima na ngai mpo na libela. Kasi Yo Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, obimisi ngai ya bomoi wuta na libulu ya mozindo.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.
7 Wana nakomi pene ya kobungisa elikya, nakanisi Yo, Yawe, mpe libondeli na ngai emati kino epai na Yo, kino na Tempelo na Yo ya bule.
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 Bato oyo bakangamaka na banzambe ya bikeko ezanga tina babungisaka bolingo oyo Nzambe alingaka bango.
Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
9 Kasi ngai, na koyembaka nzembo ya matondi, nalingi kobanda kobonzelaka Yo bambeka mpe kokokisaka bilaka oyo nazali kopesa, pamba te lobiko ezali ya Yawe. »
But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD.”
10 Mpe Yawe apesaki mitindo na mbisi, mpe mbala moko, mbisi esanzaki Yona na mokili.
Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
