InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Yna 2 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V8 V9 V10
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV (JNA 2:8) [fn] When_fainted_away on_me life_of_my DOM YHWH I_remembered and_it_came to_you prayer_of_my to the_temple_of your_holiness_of_your.
2:8 Note: KJB: Yōnāh.2.7
OET (OET-RV) When my life was draining away from me, I remembered you, Yahweh, and my prayer reached you in your holy temple.
This section records the prayer that Jonah prayed after he was swallowed by the fish. Notice that the prayer is in the form of poetry. (Both BSB and GNT show this.) Therefore the structure of chapter two is very different from the other three chapters in Jonah, which are narrative material. If possible, try to translate the material in this chapter in a natural poetic form in your language. However, remember that the message is more important than the form in which it is written.
As my life was fading away,
Just before you(sing) rescued me, when I was almost dead,
When I was breathing my last breath,
Just as I was losing consciousness,
As my life was fading away: The expression my life was fading away means that Jonah was almost dead. You may have some dramatic expression in your language to express this. He was losing consciousness and his last conscious thought was of the LORD.
I remembered the LORD.
I thought of you(sing), Yahweh, and prayed to you,
I remembered the LORD: As in 2:2a–b, Jonah first referred to the LORD in the third person here in 2:7b. Then in 2:7c he changed to second person “you(sing).” As in 2:2, you need to decide what is natural in your language.
In the Hebrew text, the words translated the LORD have been placed at the front of the clause, probably for emphasis. This could be expressed in English as:
“it is the Lord whom I recalled.” (Sasson, p. 167)
My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
and my prayer reached you(sing), in the holy place where you live.
and there in your holy temple, you(sing) heard my prayer.
My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple: This was Jonah’s way of saying that the LORD had heard his prayer.
Your holy temple: See note on 2:4b.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ף עָלַי֙ נַפְשִׁ֔י
(Some words not found in UHB: when,fainted_away on,me life_of,my DOM YHWH remembered and,it_came to,you prayer_of,my to/towards temple_of your_holiness_of,your )
This phrase could mean that: (1) Jonah was already in the process of dying when he remembered Yahweh. Alternate translation: [when my life was fainting away from me]; (2) Jonah had given up hope of being rescued and resigned himself to the fact that he would die. Alternate translation: [when my spirit inside me had fainted]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה זָכָ֑רְתִּי
DOM YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: when,fainted_away on,me life_of,my DOM YHWH remembered and,it_came to,you prayer_of,my to/towards temple_of your_holiness_of,your )
The implication is that when Jonah remembered Yahweh, he also prayed to him. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [I thought of Yahweh and asked him to help me]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה זָכָ֑רְתִּי
DOM YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: when,fainted_away on,me life_of,my DOM YHWH remembered and,it_came to,you prayer_of,my to/towards temple_of your_holiness_of,your )
Jonah changes to talking about Yahweh in the third person here and then continues to talk to him in the second person in the rest of the prayer. If this would not be natural in your language, you could use the second-person form here. Alternate translation: [I remembered you, Yahweh]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וַתָּב֤וֹא אֵלֶ֨יךָ֙ תְּפִלָּתִ֔י אֶל־הֵיכַ֖ל קָדְשֶֽׁךָ
(Some words not found in UHB: when,fainted_away on,me life_of,my DOM YHWH remembered and,it_came to,you prayer_of,my to/towards temple_of your_holiness_of,your )
Jonah speaks as if his prayer could travel to God and his temple. This means that God heard his prayer and responded to it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [then you in your holy temple heard my prayer]
OET-LV (JNA 2:8) [fn] When_fainted_away on_me life_of_my DOM YHWH I_remembered and_it_came to_you prayer_of_my to the_temple_of your_holiness_of_your.
2:8 Note: KJB: Yōnāh.2.7
OET (OET-RV) When my life was draining away from me, I remembered you, Yahweh, and my prayer reached you in your holy temple.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.