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Jonah 2
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2 1 [a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2 He said:

“In my distress I called(A) to the Lord,(B)
    and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead(C) I called for help,
    and you listened to my cry.
3 You hurled me into the depths,(D)
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves(E) and breakers
    swept over me.(F)
4 I said, ‘I have been banished
    from your sight;(G)
yet I will look again
    toward your holy temple.’(H)
5 The engulfing waters threatened me,[b]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.(I)
6 To the roots of the mountains(J) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.(K)

7 “When my life was ebbing away,
    I remembered(L) you, Lord,
and my prayer(M) rose to you,
    to your holy temple.(N)

8 “Those who cling to worthless idols(O)
    turn away from God’s love for them.
9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise,(P)
    will sacrifice(Q) to you.
What I have vowed(R) I will make good.
    I will say, ‘Salvation(S) comes from the Lord.’”

10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:17, and 2:1-10 is numbered 2:2-11.
  2. Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat
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Jonas 2
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Prière de Jonas au fond des mers

2 L’Eternel fit venir un grand poisson pour avaler Jonas. Durant trois jours et trois nuits, Jonas resta dans le ventre du poisson[a]. 2 Dans le ventre du poisson, il adressa cette prière[b] à l’Eternel son Dieu :

3 Dans ma détresse, ╵moi, j’ai crié à l’Eternel
et il m’a répondu[c].
Oui, du cœur du séjour des morts
j’ai crié au secours
et tu m’as entendu[d].
4 Tu m’avais jeté dans l’abîme ╵au fond des mers
et les courants m’ont encerclé,
tous tes flots et tes vagues ╵ont déferlé sur moi[e].
5 Je me disais :
Je suis chassé de devant toi[f].
Pourtant, je reverrai ╵ton temple saint.
6 Les eaux m’environnaient ╵et menaçaient ma vie,
l’abîme m’enserrait[g] ;
tout autour de ma tête, ╵les algues s’enlaçaient.
7 Et je suis descendu ╵jusqu’au tréfonds des mers ╵où naissent les montagnes.
La terre avait déjà ╵tiré derrière moi ╵ses verrous pour toujours.
Mais du fond de la fosse ╵tu m’as fait remonter vivant,
ô Eternel, mon Dieu[h] !
8 Quand je désespérais ╵de conserver la vie[i],
je me suis souvenu ╵de toi, ô Eternel[j],
et ma prière ╵est montée jusqu’à toi,
jusqu’à ton temple saint[k].

9 Ceux qui s’attachent ╵à de vaines idoles
se privent de la grâce[l].
10 Mais moi je t’offrirai ╵un sacrifice ╵en disant ma reconnaissance[m],
et je m’acquitterai ╵des vœux que j’ai formés,
car c’est de l’Eternel ╵que vient la délivrance[n].

11 L’Eternel parla au poisson qui rejeta Jonas sur la terre ferme.

Footnotes

  1. 2.1 Mentionné en Mt 12.40.
  2. 2.2 Prière de reconnaissance de Jonas, dans le ventre du poisson, pour la délivrance de la noyade (voir v. 4, 6-7).
  3. 2.3 Voir Ps 18.7 ; 30.3 ; 118.5 ; 120.1.
  4. 2.3 Voir Ps 130.1-2.
  5. 2.4 Voir Ps 42.8.
  6. 2.5 Voir Ps 31.23.
  7. 2.6 Voir Ps 18.5 ; 69.2-3.
  8. 2.7 Voir Ps 30.4 ; 71.20.
  9. 2.8 Autre traduction : alors que la vie me quittait.
  10. 2.8 Voir Ps 142.4 ; 143.4.
  11. 2.8 Voir Ps 18.7 ; 88.3.
  12. 2.9 Voir Ps 31.7. se privent de la grâce: traduction incertaine. Autre traduction : abandonnent l’amour pour l’Eternel.
  13. 2.10 Voir Ps 42.5 ; 50.14, 23 ; 66.13 ; 116.17-18.
  14. 2.10 Voir Ps 3.9.
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Jonah 2
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2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly,

2 And said, I cried out of my distress to the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of Sheol cried I, and You heard my voice.(A)

3 For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your waves and Your billows passed over me.(B)

4 Then I said, I have been cast out of Your presence and Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.(C)

5 The waters compassed me about, even to [the extinction of] life; the abyss surrounded me, the seaweed was wrapped about my head.(D)

6 I went down to the bottoms and the very roots of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed behind me forever. Yet You have brought up my life from the pit and corruption, O Lord my God.

7 When my soul fainted upon me [crushing me], I earnestly and seriously remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple.

8 Those who pay regard to false, useless, and worthless idols forsake their own [Source of] mercy and loving-kindness.

9 But as for me, I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation and deliverance belong to the Lord!

10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

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