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 Sheol*2:2 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.

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。