Yona 2
1 Kisha Yona akamwomba Bwana Mungu wake kutoka katika tumbo la samaki.
Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
2 Akasema, Nimemwita Bwana juu ya shida yangu naye akanijibu; kutoka tumbo la Kuzimu nililia kwa msaada! Uliisikia sauti yangu. (Sheol h7585)
He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 Ulikuwa umenitupa ndani ya kina, ndani ya moyo wa bahari, na maji yaliyonizunguka; mawimbi yako yote na gharika yalipita juu yangu.
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 Nikasema, 'Nimefukuzwa mbele ya macho yako; lakini nitaangalia tena juu ya hekalu lako takatifu. '
I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
5 Maji yalifunika kunizunguka karibu na shingo yangu; kina kilinizunguka; mwani ukakizinga kichwa changu.
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 Nilikwenda chini ya milima; nchi na baa zake zimefungwa juu yangu milele. Lakini wewe umeinua uhai wangu shimoni, Bwana, Mungu wangu!
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, Yahweh my God.
7 Wakati nafsi yangu ilipozimia ndani yangu, nikamwita Bwana; basi sala yangu ilikujia, katika hekalu lako takatifu.
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 Wote ambao huzingatia miungu isiyofaa hukataa uaminifu wako wao wenyewe.
Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
9 Lakini mimi, nitakuchinjia kwa sauti ya shukrani; Nitayatimiza yale niliyoapa. Wokovu hutoka kwa Bwana!
But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
10 Kisha Bwana akanena na samaki, akamtapika Yona juu ya nchi kavu.
Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
