1 E orou Jonas ao Senhor, seu Deus, lá das entranhas do peixe;2 e disse: Na minha angústia clamei ao senhor, e ele me respondeu; do ventre do Seol gritei, e tu ouviste a minha voz.3 Pois me lançaste no profundo, no coração dos mares, e a corrente das águas me cercou; todas as tuas ondas e as tuas vagas passaram por cima de mim.4 E eu disse: Lançado estou de diante dos teus olhos; como tornarei a olhar para o teu santo templo?5 As águas me cercaram até a alma, o abismo me rodeou, e as algas se enrolaram na minha cabeça.6 Eu desci até os fundamentos dos montes; a terra encerrou-me para sempre com os seus ferrolhos; mas tu, Senhor meu Deus, fizeste subir da cova a minha vida.7 Quando dentro de mim desfalecia a minha alma, eu me lembrei do Senhor; e entrou a ti a minha oração, no teu santo templo.8 Os que se apegam aos vãos ídolos afastam de si a misericórdia.9 Mas eu te oferecerei sacrifício com a voz de ação de graças; o que votei pagarei. Ao Senhor pertence a salvação.10 Falou, pois, o Senhor ao peixe, e o peixe vomitou a Jonas na terra.

1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God, out of the fish’s belly. 2 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.

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.

4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight;

yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’

5 The waters surrounded me,

even to the soul.

The deep was around me.

The weeds were wrapped around my head.

6 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 "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD.

My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

9 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 Then The LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.