Chapter 6
| Προσευχὴ Ἰωνᾶ. |
Prayer of Jonah (Jonah 2:3-10) |
| 3 Ἐβόησα ἐν θλίψει μου πρὸς κύριον τὸν θεόν μου, καὶ εἰσήκουσέν μου ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου κραυγῆς μου· ἤκουσας φωνῆς μου. | 3 “I shouted to the Lord my God in my trouble, and he heard me, you heard the cry of my voice from out of the belly of hell. |
| 4 ἀπέρριψάς με εἰς βάθη καρδίας θαλάσσης, καὶ ποταμοί με ἐκύκλωσαν, πάντες οἱ μετεωρισμοί σου καὶ τὰ κύματά σου ἐπ' ἐμὲ διῆλθον. | 4 You threw me away into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the rivers surrounded me. all your billows and your waves went over me. |
| 5 κἀγὼ εἶπα ἀπῶσμαι ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν σου· ἆρα προσθήσω τοῦ ἐπιβλέψαι πρὸς ναὸν τὸν ἅγιόν σου; | 5 And I said, I am rejected from your eyes: then will I proceed to look toward your holy temple? |
| 6 περιεχύθη μοι ὕδωρ ἕως ψυχῆς μου, ἄβυσσος ἐκύκλωσέν με ἐσχάτη, ἔδυ ἡ κεφαλή μου εἰς σχισμὰς ὀρέων. | 6 Water poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep surrounded me, my head sank into the crevices of the mountains. |
| 7 κατέβην εἰς γῆν, ἧς οἱ μοχλοὶ αὐτῆς κάτοχοι αἰώνιοι, καὶ ἀναβήτω ἐκ φθορᾶς ἡ ζωή μου, κύριε ὁ θεός μου. | 7 I went down into the land, whose bars are the eternal barriers, and let my ruined life be restored to me, Oh my Lord God. |
| 8 ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπ' ἐμοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἐμνήσθην, καὶ ἔλθοι πρὸς σὲ ἡ προσευχή μου εἰς ναὸν ἅγιόν σου. | 8 When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple. |
| 9 φυλασσόμενοι μάταια καὶ ψευδῆ ἔλεος αὐτῶν ἐγκατέλιπον, | 9 They who keep vain things and lies have forsaken their mercy. |
| 10 ἐγὼ δὲ μετὰ φωνῆς αἰνέσεως καὶ ἐξομολογήσεως θύσω σοὶ· ὅσα ηὐξάμην, ἀποδώσω σοὶ εἰς σωτηρίαν μου τῷ κυρίῳ. | 10 But with the voice of praise and thanksgiving, I will sacrifice to you; all I promised, I will pay to you, the Lord of salvation.” |