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.
Yunusa la duwaa
1 Kabiriŋ Yunusa be ñewo kono, a ye Yaawe* daani, a la Alla.
2 A ko:
“N na bataa kaŋ ŋa ite Yaawe kumandi le,
aduŋ i ye n danku le.
Ka bo kaburu dinkoolu to, ŋa i la maakoyiroo daani,
aduŋ i ye n kalamuta le.
3 I ye m fayi diinoŋo le to, ka taa fo baa duumoo to,
daameŋ jiyo be m baloo karoo bee la,
aduŋ i la baa baliŋo semboo bee ka naa n kaŋ ne.
4 Ŋa a miira le nuŋ ko, n yeemanta i la karoo la le.
Bari hani wo, m be i la buŋ senuŋo je la le kotenke.
5 Jiyo naata n kaŋ, aduŋ a maranta,
diinoŋo ye m muru karoo bee la.
Baato ñaamoo ye n kuŋo bee muura.
6 N taata fo baa duumoo to,
n dunta banku le to, meŋ bundaalu ka tu sorondiŋ fo abadaa.
Bari ite, hee Yaawe m Maariyo
i ye m bondi naŋ ñiŋ diinoŋo to le, m baluuta.
7 Kabiriŋ ŋa a loŋ ko, n na duniyaa ka naa baŋ ne,
n hakiloo bulata i la ŋa i daani,
aduŋ n na duwaa futata i ma le, i la buŋ senuŋo kono.
8 Moolu mennu ka jalaŋ nafantaŋolu batu,
wolu ye ì koo dii hiinoo la le,
meŋ ñanta ke la ì taa ti.
9 Bari m be sadaa* bo la i ye le,
ŋa i jayiraŋ suukuwo laa,
aduŋ ŋa n kali meŋ na, m be wo ke la le.
Kiisoo bota naŋ Yaawe le yaa.”
10 Bituŋ Yaawe ye ñewo yaamari, aduŋ a ye Yunusa foonoo naŋ banku jaaroo kaŋ.
