Jonah, 2
1. Now Yahweh ordained that a great fish should swallow Jonah; and Jonah remained in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.
1. Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,
2. From the belly of the fish, Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God; he said:
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. Out of my distress I cried to Yahweh and he answered me, from the belly of Sheol I cried out; you heard my voice!
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. For you threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods closed round me. All your waves and billows passed over me;
4. Then I said, `I am cast out from thy presence; how shall I again look upon thy holy temple?'
5. then I thought, 'I am banished from your sight; how shall I ever see your holy Temple again?'
5. The waters closed in over me, the deep was round about me; weeds were wrapped about my head
6. The waters round me rose to my neck, the deep was closing round me, seaweed twining round my head.
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. To the roots of the mountains, I sank into the underworld, and its bars closed round me for ever. But you raised my life from the Pit, Yahweh my God!
7. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to thee, into thy holy temple.
8. When my soul was growing ever weaker, Yahweh, I remembered you, and my prayer reached you in your holy Temple.
8. Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty.
9. Some abandon their faithful love by worshipping false gods,
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. but I shall sacrifice to you with songs of praise. The vow I have made I shall fulfil! Salvation comes from Yahweh!
10. And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
11. Yahweh spoke to the fish, which then vomited Jonah onto the dry land.
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