1 Então orou Jonas a Jeová seu Deus lá do ventre do peixe.2 Ele disse: Da minha aflição clamei a Jeová, E ele me respondeu; Do ventre do Cheol 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 Eu disse: Lançado estou de diante dos teus olhos; Todavia tornarei a olhar para o teu santo templo.5 As águas me cercaram até a alma; O abismo me rodeou: A alga se pegava à minha cabeça.6 Desci até os fundamentos dos montes; A terra me encerrou para sempre com os seus ferrolhos; Contudo tu, Jeová meu Deus, fizeste subir da cova a minha vida.7 Quando dentro de mim desfalecia a minha alma, lembrei-me de Jeová; E entrou a ti a minha oração, no teu santo templo.8 Os que observam vaidades mentirosas, Abandonam aquele que lhes é misericordioso.9 Eu, porém, te oferecerei sacrifícios com a voz de ação de graças; Pagarei o que votei. A Jeová pertence a salvação.10 Jeová falou ao peixe, e o peixe vomitou a Jonas na terra.

1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly. 2 And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he answered me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me. 4 And I said, am cast out from before thine eyes; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, 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 her bars closed upon me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. 7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 8 They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. 10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.