1Ipapo Jona akanyengetera kuna Jehovha Mwari wake ari mudumbu rehove.
1And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;
2Akati, Ndakadana kuna Jehovha ndiri munhamo yangu, Akandipindura; Ndakadana ndiri mudumbu reSheori, imwi mukanzwa izwi rangu.
2and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.
3nekuti makandikandira makadzika, mukati momwoyo wegungwa, Mvura zhinji yakanga yandikomberedza; Mafungu enyu namapoporodzi enyu akapfuura napamusoro pangu.
3For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
4Ndikati, Ndarashwa, hamuchandioni; Asi ndicharingirazve kuTemberi yenyu tsvene.
4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.
5Mvura zhinji yakandikomberedza, kusvikira kumweya wangu; Pakadzika pakanga pandipoteredza; Maharanga akanga amonera musoro wangu.
5The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.
6Ndakaburukira kumavambiso amakomo; Nyika, zvipfigiso zvayo zvakandipfigiramo nokusingaperi; kunyange zvakadaro makabudisa upenyu hwangu pagomba, imi, Jehovha Mwari wangu.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth [closed] upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
7Mweya wangu wakati uchiziya mukati mangu, ndikarangarira Jehovha; Munyengetero wangu ukapinda kwamuri, mutemberi yenyu tsvene.
7When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple.
8Vanorangarira zvisina maturo zvenhema Vanorasha nyasha yavo.
8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9Asi ndichakubayirai nenzwi rokuvonga; Ndicharipa zvandapika. Ruponeso runobva kuna Jehovha.
9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.
10Jehovha akataura nehove, ikandorutsira Jona panyika yakaoma.
10And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].