1Yona wɔ apataa no yam no, ɔbɔɔ Awurade ne Nyankopɔn mpae se,
2“Mʼahohia mu mefrɛɛ Awurade,
na ogyee me so.
Mifi ɔda ase tɔnn srɛɛ mmoa
na wutiee me sufrɛ.
3Wotow me kyenee bun mu
wɔ po ase tɔnn,
na ɔhweam twaa me ho hyiae;
wʼasorɔkye ne mframa
bu faa me so.
4Na mekae se, ‘Woapam me afi wʼanim;
nanso mede mʼani bɛkyerɛ
wʼasɔredan kronkron no bio’
5Nsu a abu afa me so no bɔɔ me hu,
bun no twaa me ho hyiae;
po mu nwura kyekyeree me ti ho.
6Memem kɔɔ mmepɔw no ase pɛɛ;
asase ase kaa me hyɛɛ mu afebɔɔ.
Nanso wugyee me nkwa fii amoa mu,
Awurade, me Nyankopɔn.
7“Bere a me nkwa resen akɔ no,
mekaee wo Awurade,
na me mpaebɔ foro baa wo nkyɛn,
wɔ wʼasɔredan kronkron no mu.
8“Wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho bata ahoni huhuw ho no
hwere adom a anka ɛyɛ wɔn de.
9Nanso me, mede ayeyi nnwom
bɛbɔ afɔre ama wo.
Nea mahyɛ ho bɔ no, mɛyɛ.
Nkwagye fi Awurade.”
10Na afei, Awurade hyɛɛ apataa no ma ɔfee Yona too asase so.
1From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2He said,
“When I was in trouble, I called out to the Lord.
And he answered me.
When I was deep in the place of the dead,
I called out for help.
And you listened to my cry.
3You threw me deep into the Mediterranean Sea.
I was deep down in its waters.
They were all around me.
All your rolling waves
were sweeping over me.
4I said, ‘I have been driven away from you.
But I will look again
toward your holy temple in Jerusalem.’
5I had almost drowned in the waves.
The deep waters were all around me.
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6I sank down to the bottom of the mountains.
I thought I had died
and gone down into the grave forever.
But you are the Lord my God.
You brought my life up
from the very edge of the pit of death.
7“When my life was nearly over,
I remembered you, Lord.
My prayer rose up to you.
It reached you in your holy temple in heaven.
8“Some people worship the worthless statues of their gods.
They turn away from God’s love for them.
9But I will sacrifice a thank offering to you.
And I will shout with thankful praise.
I will do what I have promised.
I will say, ‘Lord, you are the one who saves.’ ”
10The Lord gave the fish a command. And it spit Jonah up onto dry land.
