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.
Okusaba Kwa Yona
1Awo Yona n’asinziira mu kyennyanja n’asaba Mukama Katonda we, ng’agamba 22:2 Zab 18:6; 120:1nti,
“Mu nnaku yange ennyingi
nakaabirira Mukama n’anziramu;
mu buziba ewala mu magombe nakukoowoola,
era n’owulira eddoboozi lyange!
32:3 a Zab 88:6 b Zab 42:7Kubanga wansuula ewala mu buziba mu nnyanja,
ne nzika, amayengo gonna,
ensozi n’ensozi z’amazzi ebikunta
ne bimbikka
ne binneetooloola.
42:4 Zab 31:22Ne ndyoka njogera nti, ‘Ngobeddwa
mu maaso go;
Ddala ndiddayo nate
okulaba yeekaalu yo entukuvu?’
52:5 Zab 69:1-2Nakkira ddala ku ntobo wansi w’amayengo, okufa ne kumbeerera ddala kumpi;
Amazzi nga ganneetoolodde
era ng’omuddo gw’omu nnyanja gunneezingiridde ku mutwe.
6Ne ŋŋendera ddala ku ntobo, ensozi z’omu nnyanja gye zisibuka, eyo,
ensi n’ensibirayo emirembe n’emirembe.
Naye ggwe Mukama Katonda wange, onzigye mu bunnya,
Ayi Mukama Katonda wange.
72:7 a Zab 77:11-12 b 2By 30:27 c Zab 11:4; 18:6“Bwe nnali nga mpweddemu essuubi, emmeeme yange ng’ezirika
ne nkujjukira, Ayi Mukama Katonda.
Awo okusaba kwange entakeera ne kutuuka
mu yeekaalu yo entukuvu.
82:8 2Bk 17:15; Yer 10:8“Abo abassaayo omwoyo ku balubaale ne bakatonda abataliimu ne babasinza,
beefiiriza okusaasirwa kwa Katonda okubalindiridde!
92:9 a Zab 50:14, 23; Kos 14:2 b Mub 5:4-5 c Zab 3:8Naye nze, n’oluyimba olw’okukutendereza,
ndikuwa ssaddaaka.
Ddala ndituukiriza obweyamo bwange
kubanga obulokozi buva eri Mukama Katonda.”
10Awo Mukama Katonda n’alagira ekyennyanja ne kiwandula Yona n’agwa ettale ku lukalu.
