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.
Maombi Ya Yona Katika Tumbo La Nyangumi
1Akiwa ndani ya tumbo la nyangumi, Yona alimwomba Bwana Mungu wake. 22:2 Za 18:6; 120:1; 86:13; Mao 3:55Akasema:
“Katika shida yangu nalimwita Bwana,
naye akanijibu.
Kutoka kina cha kaburi2:2 Kaburi hapa maana yake ni Kuzimu, kwa Kiebrania ni Sheol. niliomba msaada,
nawe ukasikiliza kilio changu.
32:3 Za 88:6; 42:7; 2Sam 22:5Ulinitupa kwenye kilindi,
ndani kabisa ya moyo wa bahari,
mikondo ya maji ilinizunguka,
mawimbi yako yote na viwimbi
vilipita juu yangu.
42:4 Za 31:22; Yer 7:15; Isa 49:14; 1Fal 8:38, 48Nikasema, ‘Nimefukuziwa
mbali na uso wako,
hata hivyo nitatazama tena
kuelekea Hekalu lako takatifu.’
52:5 Za 69:1-2Maji yaliyonimeza yalinitisha,
kilindi kilinizunguka;
mwani2:5 Mwani hapa maana yake ni magugu yaotayo kwenye sakafu ya kilindi cha bahari. ulijisokota kichwani pangu.
62:6 Ay 28:9; 17:16; 33:18; Za 30:3Nilizama chini sana mpaka pande za mwisho za milima,
makomeo ya hiyo nchi yalinifungia hata milele.
Lakini uliuleta uhai wangu kutoka shimoni,
Ee Bwana Mungu wangu.
72:7 Za 11:4; 18:6; 77:11-12; 34:6; 130:2; Yer 2:13; 2Nya 30:27“Wakati uhai wangu ulipokuwa unatoka,
nilikukumbuka wewe, Bwana,
nayo maombi yangu yalikufikia wewe,
katika Hekalu lako takatifu.
82:8 1Sam 12:21; Yer 10:8; 2Fal 17:15; Za 31:6; Kum 32:21“Wale watu wanaongʼangʼana na sanamu zisizofaa
hupoteza neema ile ambayo ingekuwa yao.
92:9 Hos 14:2; Ebr 13:15; Hes 30:2; Kut 15:2; Za 50:14; 116:14; 66:13-15; 3:8; 42:4Lakini mimi, kwa wimbo wa shukrani,
nitakutolea dhabihu.
Lile nililowekea nadhiri nitalitimiza.
Wokovu watoka kwa Bwana.”
102:10 Yn 1:17; Mt 8:9Basi Bwana akamwamuru yule nyangumi, naye akamtapika Yona katika nchi kavu.
