Ongumbiro ya Jona nokuyamwa kwe
1 Jona wa kumba ku Muhona Ndjambi we mezumo rohi na tja:
2 “Mombamisiro yandje, Muhona,
ami mba kumba kove,
nove we ndji zuvira.
Okuza mourekoto wotjovakoke
ami mba ningira ombatero kove,
nove wa zira ongumbiro yandje.
3 Ove we ndji yumba mourekoto
kehi yomeva kokuvare;
omeva ku ye ndji kovera,
nozongazona zoye ozonamasa
ku zeri varangere ongondoroka na ami.
4 Ami mba tjangovasi mba imbirahiwa komurungu woye,
nu himee kamuna ondjuwo yoye ondjapuke rukwao.
5 Omeva ye ya kombanda yandje
naye ndji pamisa omuinyo.
Okuvare kwe ndji kovera okumana;
nomahozu wokuvare ye rimanga motjiuru tjandje.
6 Ami mba punda nga kehi komuze wozondundu,
nomivero vyehi vye ndji patera
moukoto nga aruhe.
Nungwari ove, Muhona, Ndjambi wandje,
we ndji pitisa omunamuinyo mourekoto.
7 Omuinyo wandje tji wa yaraara,
e rizemburuka na ove Muhona;
nove oo ziri ongumbiro yandje
mondjuwo yoye ondjapuke.
8 Imba mbe rikotamena koomukuru wovisenginina
va isa ingwi ngwatja rira ombwiro yawo.
9 Nungwari ami me ku imburire ondangero,
nu me ku punguhire ombunguhiro;
me yenenisa ihi tji mba kwizika.
Ondjamo i za ku Muhona!”
10 Tjazumba Muhona otja rakiza indji ohi kutja i kungire Jona komukuro, noyo ya tjita nao.
Jonah's Prayer
1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the Lord his God:
2 When I was in trouble, Lord,
I prayed to you,
and you listened to me.
From deep in the world
of the dead,
I begged for your help,
and you answered my prayer.
3 You threw me down
to the bottom of the sea.
The water was churning
all around;
I was completely covered
by your mighty waves.
4 I thought I was swept away
from your sight,
never again to see
your holy temple.
5 I was almost drowned
by the swirling waters
that surrounded me.
Seaweed had wrapped
around my head.
6 I had sunk down deep
below the mountains
beneath the sea.
I knew that forever,
I would be a prisoner there.
But, you, Lord God,
rescued me from that pit.
7 When my life was slipping away,
I remembered you—
and in your holy temple
you heard my prayer.
8 All who worship worthless idols
turn from the God
who offers them mercy.
9 But with shouts of praise,
I will offer a sacrifice
to you, my Lord.
I will keep my promise,
because you are the one
with power to save.
10 The Lord commanded the fish to vomit up Jonah on the shore. And it did.
