Jonah's Prayer
1 From deep inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God:
2 “In my distress, O Lord, I called to you,
and you answered me.
From deep in the world of the dead
I cried for help, and you heard me.
3 You threw me down into the depths,
to the very bottom of the sea,
where the waters were all around me,
and all your mighty waves rolled over me.
4 I thought I had been banished from your presence
and would never see your holy Temple again.
5 The water came over me and choked me;
the sea covered me completely,
and seaweed wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the very roots of the mountains,
into the land whose gates lock shut forever.
But you, O Lord my God,
brought me back from the depths alive.
7 When I felt my life slipping away,
then, O Lord, I prayed to you,
and in your holy Temple you heard me.
8 Those who worship worthless idols
have abandoned their loyalty to you.
9 But I will sing praises to you;
I will offer you a sacrifice
and do what I have promised.
Salvation comes from the Lord!”
10 Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah up on the beach, and it did.
Egalikano lyaJona
1 Mela lyohi Jona okwa galikana Omuwa a ti:
2 “Muudhigu wandje onde ku ithana, Omuwa,
nangoye owa yamukula ndje.
Omuule, muuyuni wokuusi onda kugile ekwatho,
nangoye owu uvu ndje.
3 Ongoye wa dhogele ndje muuleeleka,
sigo okondaandelo yefuta,
nkoka omeya ga li ga kuwike ndje,
nomakuthikuthi goye agehe goonkondo oga gwilile ndje pa.
4 Onda dhiladhila kutya onda pegulwa ko koshipala shOmuwa
nokandi na we mpo ne mono otempeli yoye ondjapuki.
5 Omeya oga siikile ndje taga li ndje oshuunguungu,
efuta olya kuwike ndje thiluthilu,
oombungufuta odha kutunine omutse gwandje.
6 Onda mbolokele sigo okomidhi dhoondundu,
eeno, sigo okoshilongo shomiyelo dha patwa aluheluhe.
Ihe ongoye, Omuwa Kalunga kandje,
owa galula omwenyo gwandje mombwili.
7 Sho nda li ndu uvite omwenyo gwandje tagu thigi ndje po,
onde ku galikana, Omuwa,
motempeli yoye ondjapuki ngoye nou uvu ndje.
8 Mboka haa simaneke iimenka kaayi na ntumbu,
otaa etha okuvulika kungoye.
9 Ihe ngame otandi ku imbile omahambelelo;
otandi ku yambele ondjambo
e tandi gwanitha shoka ndu uvaneke.
Ehupitho otali zi kOmuwa.”
10 Nena Omuwa okwa lombwele ohi, yi kungile Jona komunkulo, noye shi ningi.
