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.
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.
