約拿的禱告
1約拿在魚腹中向他的上帝耶和華禱告說：
2「耶和華啊，我遭遇患難的時候向你求告，
你就應允我。
我在陰間的深處呼求你，
你也垂聽我的聲音。
3你把我拋進深海，
拋進大洋的腹地，
洋流圍困我，
你的巨浪洪濤淹沒我。
4我心想，我從你面前被趕走，
但我還要再瞻仰你的聖殿。
5波濤吞噬我，
深海圍困我，
海草纏繞著我的頭。
6我下沉到山的根基，
大地的門閂把我永遠關住；
然而，我的上帝耶和華啊，
你卻把我的性命從深坑中拯救出來。
7我的生命漸漸消逝的時候，
我就想起了耶和華。
我的禱告進入你的聖殿，
達到你面前。
8那些信奉虛無神明的人，
背棄了憐愛他們的上帝2·8 「背棄了憐愛他們的上帝」或譯「背棄了他們對上帝的忠誠」。，
9但我要用感謝的聲音向你獻祭，
我必還我許的願，
因為救恩來自耶和華。」
10於是，耶和華命令那條魚，
魚就把約拿吐到陸地上。
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.
