Jonas Propheta 2
1 Et oravit Jonas ad Dominum Deum suum de ventre piscis,
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,
2 et dixit: [Clamavi de tribulatione mea ad Dominum, et exaudivit me; de ventre inferi clamavi, et exaudisti vocem meam. (Sheol h7585)
and said: I cried out of my distress, to the Lord and he answered me; out of the midst of Sheol I cried aloud, and you heard my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 Et projecisti me in profundum in corde maris, et flumen circumdedit me: omnes gurgites tui, et fluctus tui super me transierunt.
For you cast me into the deep, into heart of the seas, and the great flood rolled about me; all your breakers and your waves passed over me.
4 Et ego dixi: Abjectus sum a conspectu oculorum tuorum; verumtamen rursus videbo templum sanctum tuum.
Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look towards your holy temple?
5 Circumdederunt me aquæ usque ad animam: abyssus vallavit me, pelagus operuit caput meum.
The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 Ad extrema montium descendi; terræ vectes concluserunt me in æternum: et sublevabis de corruptione vitam meam, Domine Deus meus.
I went down to the roots of the mountains; the prison of the earth closed over me forever. Yet you brought up my life from destruction, O Lord my God.
7 Cum angustiaretur in me anima mea, Domini recordatus sum: ut veniat ad te oratio mea, ad templum sanctum tuum.
As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.
8 Qui custodiunt vanitates frustra, misericordiam suam derelinquunt.
Those who worship worthless idols abandon their own mercy,
9 Ego autem in voce laudis immolabo tibi: quæcumque vovi, reddam pro salute Domino.]
but I will sacrifice to you with loud thanksgiving! I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is the Lord’s.
10 Et dixit Dominus pisci, et evomuit Jonam in aridam.
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw up Jonah upon the dry land.
