约拿书 2
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
約拿禱告
2 約拿從魚腹中向耶和華他的 神禱告，
2 說：
“我從患難中求告耶和華，
他就應允我；
我從陰間的深府呼求，
你就垂聽我的聲音。
3 你把我投入深海，
在海洋的深處，
大水環繞我；
你的洪濤、你的波浪，都漫過我。
4 我說：‘我雖從你眼前被趕逐，
我仍要仰望你的聖殿。’
5 眾水包圍我，幾乎置我於死地；
深淵環繞我；
海草纏裹我的頭。
6 我下沉直到山麓，
大地的門閂把我永遠關閉；
耶和華我的 神啊！你卻把我的性命從坑中拉上來。
7 當我心靈疲弱時，
我就思念耶和華；
我的禱告直達你面前，
進入你的聖殿。
8 那敬奉虛妄之偶像的人，
實在是離棄了憐愛他們的 神（“憐愛他們的 神”原文作“他們的恩典”）。
9 至於我，我要帶著感謝的聲音向你獻祭；
我所許的願，我必償還。
救恩是屬於耶和華的。”
10 於是耶和華吩咐那魚，魚就把約拿吐在陸地上。
约拿书 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
约拿的祷告
2 约拿在鱼腹中向他的上帝耶和华祷告说：
2 “我遭遇患难的时候向你求告，
你就应允我。
我在阴间的深处呼求你，
你也垂听我的声音。
3 你把我抛进深海，
茫茫大海把我吞没，
你的巨浪洪涛淹没我。
4 我心想，你已经驱逐我离开你的面，
但我要再瞻仰你的圣殿。
5 波涛环绕我，
深渊吞没我，
海草缠绕着我的头。
6 我下沉到山的根基，
大地的门把我永远关住；
然而，我的上帝耶和华啊，
你却把我的性命从深坑中拯救出来。
7 我的生命渐渐消逝的时候，
我就想起了耶和华。
我的祷告进入你的圣殿，
达到你面前。
8 那些信奉虚无神明的人，
背弃了怜爱他们的主[a]，
9 但我要用感谢的声音向你献祭，
我必还我许的愿，
因为救恩来自耶和华。”
10 于是，耶和华命令那条鱼，
鱼就把约拿吐到陆地上。
Footnotes
- 2:8 “背弃了怜爱他们的主”或译“背弃了他们对主的忠诚”。
Jonah 2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 2
Jonah’s Prayer. 1 But the Lord sent a great fish to swallow Jonah, and he remained in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.(A) 2 Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the fish:
3 [a]Out of my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me;
From the womb of Sheol[b] I cried for help,
and you heard my voice.(B)
4 You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea,
and the flood enveloped me;
All your breakers and your billows
passed over me.(C)
5 Then I said, “I am banished from your sight!
How will I again look upon your holy temple?”(D)
6 The waters surged around me up to my neck;
the deep enveloped me;
seaweed wrapped around my head.(E)
7 I went down to the roots of the mountains;
to the land whose bars closed behind me forever,
But you brought my life up from the pit,
O Lord, my God.(F)
8 When I became faint,
I remembered the Lord;
My prayer came to you
in your holy temple.(G)
9 Those who worship worthless idols
abandon their hope for mercy.(H)
10 But I, with thankful voice,
will sacrifice to you;
What I have vowed I will pay:
deliverance is from the Lord.(I)
11 Then the Lord commanded the fish to vomit Jonah upon dry land.
Footnotes
- 2:3–10 These verses, which may have originally been an independent composition, are a typical example of a song of thanksgiving, a common psalm genre (e.g., Ps 116; Is 38:9–20). Such a song is relevant here, since Jonah has not drowned, and the imagery of vv. 4, 6 is appropriate.
- 2:3 Sheol: cf. note on Ps 6:6.
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