Jonah 2

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Now the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.	1 And the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.
2 And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.	2 And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the fish.
3 And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice.	3 And he said: “I cried out to the Lord from my tribulation, and he heeded me. From the belly of hell, I cried out, and you heeded my voice.
4 And thou hast cast me forth into the deep in the heart of the sea, and a flood hath compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me.	4 And you have thrown me into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood has encircled me. All your whirlpools and your waves have passed over me.
5 And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see thy holy temple again.	5 And I said: I am expelled from the sight of your eyes. Yet, truly, I will see your holy temple again.
6 The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.	6 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.
7 I went down to the lowest parts of the mountains: the bars of the earth have shut me up for ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.	7 I descended to the base of the mountains. The bars of the earth have enclosed me forever. And you will raise up my life from corruption, Lord, my God.
8 When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto thy holy temple.	8 When my soul was in anguish within me, I called to mind the Lord, so that my prayer might come to you, to your holy temple.
9 They that are vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy.	9 Those who in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy.
10 But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee: I will pay whatsoever I have vowed for my salvation to the Lord.	10 But I, with a voice of praise, will sacrifice to you. I will repay whatever I have vowed to the Lord, because of my salvation.”
11 And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonas upon the dry land.	11 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.