1Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
1 Rabbi mo na teeku ham beeri fo soola kaŋ ga Yonana gon. Yonana goro mo teeku hamo gunda ra cin hinza da zaari hinza.
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.
2 Gaa no Yonana na adduwa te ka Rabbi nga Irikoyo ŋwaaray, noodin teeku hamo gunda ra.
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.
3 A ne: «Ay gurzuga sabbay se no ay na Rabbi ce, A tu ay se mo. Alaahara gunda ra no ay na ceyaŋo te, Ni maa ay jinda mo.
4I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
4 Zama ni n'ay catu guusu kuuko ra, Teeko bindo ra no. Hari boobo go g'ay windi. Ni hari ciciriyaŋ da hari bonday beerey kulu gana ay boŋ.
5The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
5 Ay mo ne: Ni n'ay kamba banda. Kulu nda yaadin ay ga ye ka ni fu hananta do haray guna.
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.
6 Harey n'ay windi, hal ay fundo gaa. Hari guusuyaŋo go g'ay windi, Subuyaŋ go ga didiji ay boŋo gaa.
7“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
7 Ay miri kal ay koy ka to tondi kuukey tiksey gaa. Ndunnya nda nga kanjarey kulu go ay boŋ hal abada. Kulu nda yaadin, ya Rabbi ay Irikoyo, Ni n'ay fundo soolam ka kaa guuso ra.
8Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
8 Waati kaŋ ay fundo ga yangala ay ra, Ay ga fongu Rabbi gaa. Ay adduwa mo furo ni do ni fu hananta ra.
9But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
9 Ngey kaŋ ga de tooru yaamey gaa na amaana ŋwaari te no.
10Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
10 Amma ay wo, saabuyaŋ jinde no ay ga sargay te d'a ni se. Haŋ kaŋ ay na sarti sambu ni se d'a mo, ay g'a bana. Faaba ya Rabbi wane no!»
11 Kala Rabbi salaŋ teeku hamo se. Nga mo na Yonana yeeri jabo gaa.