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 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。