1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly. 2 He said,
"I called because of my affliction to Yahweh.
He answered me.
Out of the belly of Sheol2:2 Sheol is the place of the dead. 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, Yahweh my God.
7 "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh.
My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 Those who regard vain idols 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 Yahweh."
10 Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
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约拿祷告
1 约拿从鱼腹中向耶和华他的 神祷告，
2 说：
"我从患难中求告耶和华，
他就应允我；
我从阴间的深府呼求，
你就垂听我的声音。
3 你把我投入深海，
在海洋的深处，
大水环绕我；
你的洪涛、你的波浪，都漫过我。
4 我说：‘我虽从你眼前被赶逐，
我仍要仰望你的圣殿。’
5 众水包围我，几乎置我于死地；
深渊环绕我；
海草缠裹我的头。
6 我下沉直到山麓，
大地的门闩把我永远关闭；
耶和华我的 神啊！你却把我的性命从坑中拉上来。
7 当我心灵疲弱时，
我就思念耶和华；
我的祷告直达你面前，
进入你的圣殿。
8 那敬奉虚妄之偶像的人，
实在是离弃了怜爱他们的 神"怜爱他们的 神"原文作"他们的恩典"。
9 至于我，我要带着感谢的声音向你献祭；
我所许的愿，我必偿还。
救恩是属于耶和华的。"
10 于是耶和华吩咐那鱼，鱼就把约拿吐在陆地上。