2:2 et praeparavit Dominus piscem grandem ut degluttiret Ionam et erat Iona in ventre piscis tribus diebus et tribus noctibus
2:2 Now the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of a fish for three days and three nights.
2:3 et oravit Iona ad Dominum Deum suum de utero piscis
2:3 And Jonas prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the belly of the fish.
2:4 et dixit clamavi de tribulatione mea ad Dominum et exaudivit me de ventre inferni clamavi et exaudisti vocem meam
2:4 And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice.
2:5 et proiecisti me in profundum in corde maris et flumen circumdedit me omnes gurgites tui et fluctus tui super me transierunt
2:5 And thou hast cast me forth into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood hast compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me.
2:6 et ego dixi abiectus sum a conspectu oculorum tuorum verumtamen rursus videbo templum sanctum tuum
2:6 And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see the holy temple again.
2:7 circumdederunt me aquae usque ad animam abyssus vallavit me pelagus operuit caput meum
2:7 The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.
2:8 ad extrema montium descendi terrae vectes concluserunt me in aeternum et sublevabis de corruptione vitam meam Domine Deus meus
2:8 I went down to the lowest parts of the mountains: the bars of the earth have shut me up for ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption, O Lord, my God.
2:9 cum angustiaretur in me anima mea Domini recordatus sum ut veniat ad te oratio mea ad templum sanctum tuum
2:9 When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto the holy temple.
2:10 qui custodiunt vanitates frustra misericordiam suam derelinquunt
2:10 They that in vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy.
2:11 et dixit Dominus pisci et evomuit Ionam in aridam
2:11 And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonas upon the dry land.