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
toward 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 forever.
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.
约拿的祷告
1约拿在鱼腹中向他的上帝耶和华祷告说：
2“我遭遇患难的时候向你求告，
你就应允我。
我在阴间的深处呼求你，
你也垂听我的声音。
3你把我抛进深海，
茫茫大海把我吞没，
你的巨浪洪涛淹没我。
4我心想，你已经驱逐我离开你的面，
但我要再瞻仰你的圣殿。
5波涛环绕我，
深渊吞没我，
海草缠绕着我的头。
6我下沉到山的根基，
大地的门把我永远关住；
然而，我的上帝耶和华啊，
你却把我的性命从深坑中拯救出来。
7我的生命渐渐消逝的时候，
我就想起了耶和华。
我的祷告进入你的圣殿，
达到你面前。
8那些信奉虚无神明的人，
背弃了怜爱他们的主2:8 “背弃了怜爱他们的主”或译“背弃了他们对主的忠诚”。，
9但我要用感谢的声音向你献祭，
我必还我许的愿，
因为救恩来自耶和华。”
10于是，耶和华命令那条鱼，
鱼就把约拿吐到陆地上。
