Jonah 2
Christian Standard Bible
Jonah’s Prayer
2 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish:(A)
2 I called to the Lord in my distress,(B)
and he answered me.
I cried out for help from deep inside[a] Sheol;(C)
you heard my voice.(D)
3 When you threw me into the depths,(E)
into the heart of the seas,(F)
the current[b] overcame me.
All your breakers and your billows swept over me.(G)
4 And I said, “I have been banished(H)
from your sight,(I)
yet I will look[c] once more
toward your holy temple.”(J)
5 The water engulfed me up to the neck;[d](K)
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.(L)
6 I sank to the foundations of the mountains,(M)
the earth’s gates shut behind me forever!(N)
Then you raised my life(O) from the Pit, Lord my God!(P)
7 As my life was fading away,(Q)
I remembered the Lord,(R)
and my prayer came to you,(S)
to your holy temple.(T)
8 Those who cherish worthless idols(U)
abandon their faithful love,(V)
9 but as for me, I will sacrifice(W) to you
with a voice of thanksgiving.(X)
I will fulfill(Y) what I have vowed.
Salvation[e] belongs to the Lord.(Z)
10 Then the Lord commanded the fish,(AA) and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
约拿书 2
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
约拿祷告
2 约拿从鱼腹中向耶和华他的 神祷告，
2 说：
“我从患难中求告耶和华，
他就应允我；
我从阴间的深府呼求，
你就垂听我的声音。
3 你把我投入深海，
在海洋的深处，
大水环绕我；
你的洪涛、你的波浪，都漫过我。
4 我说：‘我虽从你眼前被赶逐，
我仍要仰望你的圣殿。’
5 众水包围我，几乎置我于死地；
深渊环绕我；
海草缠裹我的头。
6 我下沉直到山麓，
大地的门闩把我永远关闭；
耶和华我的 神啊！你却把我的性命从坑中拉上来。
7 当我心灵疲弱时，
我就思念耶和华；
我的祷告直达你面前，
进入你的圣殿。
8 那敬奉虚妄之偶像的人，
实在是离弃了怜爱他们的 神（“怜爱他们的 神”原文作“他们的恩典”）。
9 至于我，我要带着感谢的声音向你献祭；
我所许的愿，我必偿还。
救恩是属于耶和华的。”
10 于是耶和华吩咐那鱼，鱼就把约拿吐在陆地上。
Jonah 2
Modern English Version
2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish. 2 He said:
“I called to the Lord out of my distress,
and He answered me.
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and You heard my voice.
3 You cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me.
All Your billows and Your waves
passed over me.
4 Then I said, ‘I am cast away
from Your sight;
yet I will look again
to Your holy temple.’
5 The waters encompassed me; even to my soul
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the foundations of the mountains;
the earth with its bars was around me forever;
yet You have brought up my life from the pit,
O Lord my God.
7 “When my life was ebbing away,
I remembered the Lord;
and my prayer came to You,
into Your holy temple.
8 “Those who follow vain idols
forsake their true loyalty.
9 But I will sacrifice to You
with the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay what I have vowed.
Salvation is of the Lord!”
10 Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon dry land.
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