1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
Ndipo Yona akamwomba Bwana, Mungu wake, katika tumbo la yule samaki,
2 and said,
I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD,
And he heard me;
Out of the belly of hell cried I,
And thou heardest my voice.
Akasema, Nalimlilia Bwana kwa sababu ya shida yangu, Naye akaniitikia; Katika tumbo la kuzimu naliomba, Nawe ukasikia sauti yangu.
3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas;
And the floods compassed me about:
All thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Maana ulinitupa vilindini, Ndani ya moyo wa bahari; Gharika ya maji ikanizunguka pande zote; Mawimbi yako yote na gharika zako zote zimepita juu yangu.
4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight;
Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
Nami nikasema, Nimetupwa mbali na macho yako; Lakini nitatazama tena kukabili hekalu lako takatifu.
5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul:
The depth closed me round about,
The weeds were wrapped about my head.
Maji yalinizunguka, hata nafsini mwangu; Vilindi vilinizunguka; Mwani ulikizinga kichwa changu;
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;
The earth with her bars was about me for ever:
Yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
Nalishuka hata pande za chini za milima; Hiyo nchi na mapingo yake yalinifunga hata milele; Lakini umeipandisha nafsi yangu kutoka shimoni, Ee Bwana, Mungu wangu,
7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD:
And my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Roho yangu ilipozimia ndani yangu, Nalimkumbuka Bwana; Maombi yangu yakakuwasilia, Katika hekalu lako takatifu.
8 They that observe lying vanities
Forsake their own mercy.
Watu waangaliao mambo ya ubatili na uongo Hujitenga na rehema zao wenyewe;
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay that that I have vowed.
Salvation is of the LORD.
Lakini mimi nitakutolea sadaka kwa sauti ya shukrani; Nitaziondoa nadhiri zangu. Wokovu hutoka kwa Bwana.
10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land .
Bwana akasema na yule samaki, naye akamtapika Yona pwani.
