Jonas 2

1E Jonas orou ao SENHOR seu Deus, desde as entranhas do peixe, 2E disse: Clamei de minha angústia ao SENHOR, e ele me respondeu; do ventre do mundo dos mortos gritei, e tu ouviste minha voz. 3Pois tu me lançaste no profundo, no meio dos mares, e a correnteza me cercou; todas as tuas ondas e tuas vagas passaram sobre mim. 4E eu disse: Lançado estou de diante de teus olhos; porém voltarei a ver o teu santo templo. 5As águas me cercaram até a alma, o abismo me rodeou; as algas se enrolaram à minha cabeça. 6Desci aos fundamentos dos montes; a terra trancou suas fechaduras a mim para sempre; porém tu tiraste minha vida da destruição, ó SENHOR meu Deus. 7Quando minha alma desfalecia em mim, eu me lembrei do SENHOR; e minha oração chegou a ti em teu santo templo. 8Os que dão atenção a coisas inúteis e ilusórias abandonam sua própria misericórdia. 9Mas eu porém sacrificarei a ti com voz de gratidão; pagarei o que prometi. A salvação vem do SENHOR. 10E o SENHOR falou ao peixe, e este vomitou a Jonas em terra firme.

1Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly. 2He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice. 3For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me. 4I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’ 5The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head. 6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God. 7“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple. 8Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.” 10Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.

1En Jona bad tot den HEERE, zijn God, uit het ingewand van den vis. 2En hij zeide: Ik riep uit mijn benauwdheid tot den HEERE, en Hij antwoordde mij; uit den buik des grafs schreide ik, en Gij hoordet mijn stem. 3Want Gij hadt mij geworpen in de diepte, in het hart der zeeen, en de stroom omving mij; al Uw baren en Uw golven gingen over mij henen. 4En ik zeide: Ik ben uitgestoten van voor Uw ogen; nochtans zal ik den tempel Uwer heiligheid weder aanschouwen. 5De wateren hadden mij omgeven tot de ziel toe, de afgrond omving mij; het wier was aan mijn hoofd gebonden. 6Ik was nedergedaald tot de gronden der bergen; de grendelen der aarde waren om mij henen in eeuwigheid; maar Gij hebt mijn leven uit het verderf opgevoerd, o HEERE, mijn God! 7Als mijn ziel in mij overstelpt was, dacht ik aan den HEERE, en mijn gebed kwam tot U, in den tempel Uwer heiligheid. 8Die de valse ijdelheden onderhouden, verlaten hunlieder weldadigheid. 9Maar ik zal U offeren met de stem der dankzegging; wat ik beloofd heb, zal ik betalen. Het heil is des HEEREN. 10De HEERE nu sprak tot den vis; en hij spuwde Jona uit op het droge.