第二章

¹Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish,

¹約拿在魚腹中禱告耶和華─他的神，

²and he said, 'I called out of my distress to the LORD, And He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice.

²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。

³'For You had cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current engulfed me. All Your breakers and billows passed over me.

³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。

⁴'So I said, 'I have been expelled from Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.'

⁴我說：我從你眼前雖被驅逐，我仍要仰望你的聖殿。

⁵'Water encompassed me to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, Weeds were wrapped around my head.

⁵諸水環繞我，幾乎淹沒我；深淵圍住我；海草纏繞我的頭。

⁶'I descended to the roots of the mountains. The earth with its bars [was] around me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.

⁶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。

⁷'While I was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, And my prayer came to You, Into Your holy temple.

⁷我心在我裡面發昏的時候，我就想念耶和華。我的禱告進入你的聖殿，達到你的面前。

⁸'Those who regard vain idols Forsake their faithfulness,

⁸那信奉虛無之神的人，離棄憐愛他們的主；

⁹But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the LORD.'

⁹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。

¹⁰Then the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.

¹⁰耶和華吩咐魚，魚就把約拿吐在旱地上。