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.
Jonab di ǀgores
1 ǁAub ǃnāba xub ge Jonaba ǃKhūb, ǁîb di Elob ǃoa ge ǀgore:
2 “ǂŌǂōsib ǃnâ ta ge ǃKhūtse sa ǃoa ge ǂgai,
tsîts ge ge ǁnâu-am te.
ǁŌhân Hâǃkhaiba xu ta ge huiba ge ǂgan,
tsîts ge ti ǂgaisa ge ǁnâu.
3 Sats ge ǃgamsib ǃnâ ge aoǂgā te,
hurib di ǃgamsib ǃnâ,
ǁgamgu ge ge ǃnamiǂgā te,
sa ǀgaisa ǃgabigu ge ge dâuǂam te.
4 ǂÂi ta ge ge, sa aisa xuts ge aoxū te
tsî ta ǁkhawa sa ǃanu Tempela mû tide ti.
5 ǁGammi ge ǀom ǁoa ta as kōse ge dâuǂam te;
kai ǁgammi ge ge ǃnamiǂgā te,
ǁgamǀgûigu ge ti danas ai ge namisen hâ i.
6 ǃHomgu di ǃgaoǃgaogu kōse ta ge ge ǁgôa,
ǀamos kōse ra ǂganamhe dao-amdi di ǃhūb kōse.
Xawe sats ǃKhū, ti Elots ge
ǃgamsiba xu ûi ta nîse ge sâuǂui te.
7 ǁŌ ǁga ta ra khami ta ge tsâ,
o ta ge ǃKhūtse sats ǃoa ge ǂgai
tsîts ge ǁîsa sa ǃanu Tempeli ǃnâ ge ǁnâu.
8 ǁNān ǁau ǁgôa-eloga ra ǀgoreǀîn ge
sats ǃnân ge ūhâ i ǂgomǂgomsasiba ge ǁnāxū.
9 Xawe tita ge satsa nî koaǁnaeba.
Tita ge ǁguibasa hā-ūba tsi
tsî satsa ta ge mîmâibana nî dī.
ǃGâiǃōsib ge ǃKhūba xu ǀgui ra hā.”
10 Ob ge ǃKhūba ǁauba ge mîmā tsîb ge ǁîba Jonaba ǂnâsa ǃhūb ai ge ǀkhûiǂui.
