Giona 2

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et praeparavit Dominus piscem grandem, ut deglutiret Ionam; et erat Ionasin ventre piscis tribus diebus et tribus noctibus.	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.
2 Et oravit Ionas ad Dominum Deum suum de ventre piscis	2 From the bel y of the fish, Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God; he said:
3 et dixit: “ Clamavide tribulatione mea ad Dominum, et respondit mihi; de ventre inferi clamavi, et exaudisti vocem meam.	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!
4 Et proiecisti me in profundum in corde maris, et flumen circumdedit me; omnes gurgites tui et fluctus tui super me transierunt.	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;
5 Et ego dixi: “Abiectus sum a conspectu oculorum tuorum; verumtamen rursus videbo templum sanctum tuum”.	5 then I thought, 'I am banished from your sight; how shal I ever see your holy Temple again?'
6 Circumdederunt me aquae usque ad guttur, abyssus vallavit me, iuncus alligatus est capiti meo.	6 The waters round me rose to my neck, the deep was closing round me, seaweed twining round myhead.
7 Ad extrema montium descendi, terrae vectes concluserunt me in aeternum, sed eduxisti de fovea vitam meam, Domine Deus meus.	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!
8 Cum angustiaretur in me anima mea, Domini recordatus sum, et venit ad te oratio mea, ad templum sanctum tuum.	8 When my soul was growing ever weaker, Yahweh, I remembered you, and my prayer reached you inyour holy Temple.
9 Qui colunt idola vana, pietatem suam derelinquunt;	9 Some abandon their faithful love by worshipping false gods,
10 ego autem in voce laudis immolabo tibi, quaecumque vovi, reddam; salus Domini est ”.	10 but I shal sacrifice to you with songs of praise. The vow I have made I shall fulfil! Salvation comesfrom Yahweh!
11 Et dixit Dominus pisci, et evomuit Ionam in aridam.	11 Yahweh spoke to the fish, which then vomited Jonah onto the dry land.