Jonah 2

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Now Yahweh ordained that a great fish should swal ow Jonah; and Jonah remained in the bel y of thefish for 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 From the bel y of the fish, Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God; he said:	2 And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the fish.
3 Out of my distress I cried to Yahweh and he answered me, from the bel y of Sheol I cried out; you heardmy 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 For you threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods closed round me. Al yourwaves and bil ows 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 then I thought, 'I am banished from your sight; how shal I ever see your 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 round me rose to my neck, the deep was closing round me, seaweed twining round myhead.	6 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.
7 To the roots of the mountains, I sank into the underworld, and its bars closed round me for ever. But youraised my life from the Pit, Yahweh 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 growing ever weaker, Yahweh, I remembered you, and my prayer reached you inyour 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 Some abandon their faithful love by worshipping false gods,	9 Those who in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy.
10 but I shal sacrifice to you with songs of praise. The vow I have made I shall fulfil! Salvation comesfrom Yahweh!	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 Yahweh spoke to the fish, which then vomited Jonah onto the dry land.	11 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.