Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,
說：我遭遇患難求告耶和華，你就應允我；從陰間的深處呼求，你就俯聽我的聲音。
saying, “I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
你將我投下深淵，就是海的深處；大水環繞我，你的波浪洪濤都漫過我身。
For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
我說：我從你眼前雖被驅逐，我仍要仰望你的聖殿。
Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’
諸水環繞我，幾乎淹沒我；深淵圍住我；海草纏繞我的頭。
The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head
我下到山根，地的門將我永遠關住。耶和華──我的神啊，你卻將我的性命從坑中救出來。
at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
我心在我裏面發昏的時候，我就想念耶和華。我的禱告進入你的聖殿，達到你的面前。
When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.
那信奉虛無之神的人，離棄憐愛他們的主；
Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.
但我必用感謝的聲音獻祭與你。我所許的願，我必償還。救恩出於耶和華。
But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the LORD!”
耶和華吩咐魚，魚就把
And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.