Prophetia Ionae, 2

1. Et praeparavit Dominus piscem grandem, ut deglutiret Ionam; et erat Ionas in ventre piscis tribus diebus et tribus noctibus.

1. Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,

2. Et oravit Ionas ad Dominum Deum suum de ventre piscis

2. saying, "I called to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice.

3. et dixit: “Clamavi de tribulatione mea ad Dominum, et respondit mihi; de ventre inferi clamavi, et exaudisti vocem meam.

3. For thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

4. Et proiecisti me in profundum in corde maris, et flumen circumdedit me; omnes gurgites tui et fluctus tui super me transierunt.

4. Then I said, `I am cast out from thy presence; how shall I again look upon thy holy temple?'

5. Et ego dixi: “Abiectus sum a conspectu oculorum tuorum; verumtamen rursus videbo templum sanctum tuum”.

5. The waters closed in over me, the deep was round about me; weeds were wrapped about my head

6. Circumdederunt me aquae usque ad guttur, abyssus vallavit me, iuncus alligatus est capiti meo.

6. at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O LORD my God.

7. Ad extrema montium descendi, terrae vectes concluserunt me in aeternum, sed eduxisti de fovea vitam meam, Domine Deus meus.

7. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to thee, into thy holy temple.

8. Cum angustiaretur in me anima mea, Domini recordatus sum, et venit ad te oratio mea, ad templum sanctum tuum.

8. Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty.

9. Qui colunt idola vana, pietatem suam derelinquunt;

9. But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to thee; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the LORD!"

10. ego autem in voce laudis immolabo tibi, quaecumque vovi, reddam; salus Domini est”.

10. And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

11. Et dixit Dominus pisci, et evomuit Ionam in aridam.

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