1Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
1In molil je Jona h GOSPODU, svojemu Bogu, iz ribjega trebuha in rekel:
2He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. I cried. You heard my voice.
2H GOSPODU sem klical v stiski svoji, in mi je odgovoril; iz krila smrtnega kraja sem vpil, ti si uslišal glas moj.
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.
3Kajti vrgel si me v globočino, v sredino morja, da so me vode objemale; vsi valovi in zagoni tvoji so drli čezme.
4I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
4In rekel sem: Pahnjen sem izpred tvojih oči; vendar bom zopet gledal proti templju svetosti tvoje.
5The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
5Vode so me zagrnile do duše, globočina me je objela, morska trava se mi je ovijala okrog glave.
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.
6Pogrezal sem se do podzidja gorá, zapahi zemlje so bili zaprti nad menoj za vekomaj. Tedaj si potegnil iz jame življenje moje, o GOSPOD, Bog moj!
7“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
7Ko je v meni hirala duša moja, sem se spominjal GOSPODA, in molitev moja je prišla k tebi, v hram svetosti tvoje.
8Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
8Kateri časté ničemurnosti prazne, opuščajo Boga, milost svojo.
9But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
9Ali jaz ti bom daroval z glasom zahvaljevanja; izpolnim, kar sem obljubil. Pri GOSPODU je rešitev!In GOSPOD je velel ribi, in izbljuvala je Jona na kopno.
10Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
10In GOSPOD je velel ribi, in izbljuvala je Jona na kopno.