Mätu Yona ro
1 'Dooko Yona ye mätu te OPI Lu ndaro ri ni ya ti'bi ro yasi.
2 Nda ekye: “Mäzi mi OPI te ni riti maro yasi,
ago mizatadri maro te,
ni ya 'buociekye avoro yasi, mayodrite miri,
ago nyeri driayo maro te.
3 Tana mivo ma te gyi'desi ya,
le kitoriya gyi'desi roya,
ago gyi gate lwi mädrisi;
rukanda cini miro ndi kpola miro be lävute mädrisi.
4 'Dooko musu ta te makye: ‘Avo ma te zwi ni miresi’;
ago makye: ‘Mago mandrena Yekalu
alokado miro ko tona.’
5 Gyi tako drî maro te, täṛi te drî maro te 'biṛi;
dradra baṛirute drî maro yasi gbikyi.
6 Macite le zevo 'bereŋwai ro gyi'desi zele ya.
Macite le 'bu ociekye ya käläsi na asete mädri äduako;
caoko nyolofo ma te lidriidriro ni 'buociekye yasi OPI Lu maro.
7 Ondro ma'dote mbaraako oko,
maye mätu te OPI ri;
ago mätu maro sate mire Yekalu alokado miro ya.
8 Ànya se kayibe lui edeedero ro awi mätuna
ayani iyi e'beyi mi orote,
9 oko malona tori ndi miri aro'boya oye be;
ŋgase ma'ba tao'bana be ozone mozona ndi.
Ŋgaopa kikyi ni mi OPI resi!”
10 Ago OPI atate ti'bi ri, ago anya 'dwe Yona te tesi kototi.
Jonah's Prayer
1 From deep inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God:
2 “In my distress, O Lord, I called to you,
and you answered me.
From deep in the world of the dead
I cried for help, and you heard me.
3 You threw me down into the depths,
to the very bottom of the sea,
where the waters were all around me,
and all your mighty waves rolled over me.
4 I thought I had been banished from your presence
and would never see your holy Temple again.
5 The water came over me and choked me;
the sea covered me completely,
and seaweed wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the very roots of the mountains,
into the land whose gates lock shut forever.
But you, O Lord my God,
brought me back from the depths alive.
7 When I felt my life slipping away,
then, O Lord, I prayed to you,
and in your holy Temple you heard me.
8 Those who worship worthless idols
have abandoned their loyalty to you.
9 But I will sing praises to you;
I will offer you a sacrifice
and do what I have promised.
Salvation comes from the Lord!”
10 Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah up on the beach, and it did.