Jona 2

¹Ipapo Jona akanyengetera kuna Jehovha Mwari wake ari mudumbu rehove.Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,

²Akati, Ndakadana kuna Jehovha ndiri munhamo yangu, Akandipindura; Ndakadana ndiri mudumbu reSheori, Imi mukanzwa izwi rangu.And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

³Nokuti makandikandira makadzika, mukati momwoyo wegungwa, Mvura zhinji yakanga yandikomberedza; Mafungu enyu namapoporodzi enyu akapfuura napamusoro pangu.For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

⁴Ndikati, `Ndarashwa, hamuchandioni;' Asi ndicharingirazve kuTemberi yenyu tsvene.Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

⁵Mvura zhinji yakandikomberedza, kusvikira kumweya wangu; Pakadzika pakanga pandipoteredza; Maharanga akanga amonera musoro wangu.The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

⁶Ndakaburukira kumavambiso amakomo; Nyika nezvipfigiso zvayo zvakandipfigiramo nokusingaperi; kunyange zvakadaro makabudisa upenyu hwangu pagomba, imi, Jehovha Mwari wangu.I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

⁷Mweya wangu wakati uchiziya mukati mangu, ndikarangarira Jehovha; Munyengetero wangu ukapinda kwamuri muTemberi yenyu tsvene.When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

⁸Vanorangarira zvisina maturo zvenhema Vanorasha nyasha yavo.They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

⁹Asi ndichakubayirai nenzwi rokuvonga; Ndicharipa zvandapika. Ruponeso runobva kuna Jehovha.But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

¹⁰Jehovha akataura nehove, ikandorutsira Jona panyika yakaoma.And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.