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.
In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:17, and 2:1-10 is numbered 2:2-11. 1From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2He said:
‘In my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,
and you listened to my cry.
3You hurled me into the depths,
into the very heart of the seas,
and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves and breakers
swept over me.
4I said, “I have been banished
from your sight;
yet I will look again
towards your holy temple.”
5The engulfing waters threatened me,2:5 Or waters were at my throat
the deep surrounded me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6To the roots of the mountains I sank down;
the earth beneath barred me in for ever.
But you, Lord my God,
brought my life up from the pit.
7‘When my life was ebbing away,
I remembered you, Lord,
and my prayer rose to you,
to your holy temple.
8‘Those who cling to worthless idols
turn away from God’s love for them.
9But I, with shouts of grateful praise,
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
I will say, “Salvation comes from the Lord.” ’
10And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
