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 to Jehovah his God from inside the fish's belly.2 He said: »I called to Jehovah because of my affliction. And he answered me! Out of the belly of the grave I cried and you heard my voice.3 »For you threw me into the deep, in the heart of the seas. The current was all around me. All your waves, your huge breakers passed over me!4 »And I said: I have been cast out of your sight. Yet I will look again toward your Holy Temple.5 »The waters encompassed me and threatened my life. The deep sea surrounded me. The sea weeds were wrapped about my head.6 »I went down to the bottom of the mountains! The earth with its bars closed upon me for a very long time. Yet you have brought my life up from the pit, O Jehovah my God?7 »My life was leaving me and I remembered Jehovah! My prayer came to you, into your Holy Temple.8 »They that 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 from Jehovah!«10 Jehovah spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.