1 Lá de dentro do peixe, Jonas orou ao Senhor, ao seu Deus.2 Ele disse: "Em meu desespero clamei ao Senhor, e ele me respondeu. Do ventre da morte gritei por socorro, e ouviste o meu clamor.3 Jogaste-me nas profundezas, no coração dos mares; correntezas formavam turbilhão ao meu redor; todas as tuas ondas e vagas passaram sobre mim.4 Eu disse: Fui expulso da tua presença; contudo, olharei de novo para o teu santo templo.5 As águas agitadas me envolveram, o abismo me cercou, as algas marinhas se enrolaram em minha cabeça.6 Afundei até os fundamentos dos montes; à terra cujas trancas estavam me aprisionando para sempre. Mas tu trouxeste a minha vida de volta da cova, ó Senhor meu Deus!7 "Quando a minha vida já se apagava, eu me lembrei de ti, Senhor, e a minha oração subiu a ti, ao teu santo templo.8 "Aqueles que acreditam em ídolos inúteis desprezam a misericórdia.9 Mas eu, com um cântico de gratidão, oferecerei sacrifício a ti. O que eu prometi cumprirei totalmente. A salvação vem do Senhor".10 E o Senhor deu ordens ao peixe, e ele vomitou Jonas em terra firme.

1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God out of the insides of the fish.2 And he said, I called by reason of my affliction to Yahweh, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, [And] you heard my voice.3 For you had cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All your waves and your billows passed over me.4 And I said, I am cast out from before your eyes; Yet I will look again toward your holy temple.5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] on me forever: Yet you have brought up my life from the pit, O Yahweh my God.7 When my soul fainted inside me, I remembered Yahweh; And 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 is of Yahweh.10 And Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.