The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
1 From the belly of the fish Yonah prayed to ADONAI his God;
2 he said, "Out of my distress I called to ADONAI, and he answered me; from the belly of Sh'ol I cried, and you heard my voice.
3 For you threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas; and the flood enveloped me; all your surging waves passed over me.
4 I thought, 'I have been banished from your sight.' But I will again look at your holy temple.
5 The water surrounded me, threatened my life; the deep closed over me, seaweed twined around my head.
6 I was going down to the bottoms of the mountains, to a land whose bars would close me in forever; but you brought me up alive from the pit, ADONAI, my God!
7 As my life was ebbing away, I remembered ADONAI; and my prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 "Those who worship vain idols give up their source of mercy;
9 but I, speaking my thanks aloud, will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed, I will pay. Salvation comes from ADONAI!"
10 Then ADONAI spoke to the fish, and it vomited Yonah out onto dry land.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.