2:1 |
Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish's belly. |
2:2 |
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. |
2:3 |
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. |
2:4 |
I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.' |
2:5 |
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head. |
2:6 |
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God. |
2:7 |
"When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple. |
2:8 |
Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. |
2:9 |
But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh." |
2:10 |
Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land. |