¹ And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;

² and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.

³ For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

⁴ And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.

⁵ The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.

⁶ I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth [closed] upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

⁷ When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple.

⁸ They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

⁹ But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.

¹⁰ And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].

⁶ Then he called for Solomon his son, and commanded him to build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel.

⁷ David said to Solomon his son, "As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.

⁸ But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 'You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

⁹ Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.

¹⁰ He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.'