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Jonah 2

Jonah: prayer from the fish's belly

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Ion 2:1Et praeparāvit Dominus piscem grandem ut dēglūtīret Jōnam: et erat Jōnās in ventre piscis tribus diēbus et tribus noctibus.And the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah: and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Ion 2:2Et ōrāvit Jōnās ad Dominum Deum suum dē ventre piscis, et dīxit: [Clāmāvī dē trībulātiōne meā ad Dominum, et exaudīvit mē;And Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, and said: ["I cried out of my tribulation to the Lord, and he heard me; Ion 2:3Dē ventre īnferī clāmāvī, et exaudīstī vōcem meam.from the belly of the underworld I cried, and you heard my voice. Ion 2:4Et prōjēcistī mē in profundum in corde maris, et flūmen circumdedit mē: omnēs gurgitēs tuī, et flūctūs tuī super mē trānsiērunt.And you cast me into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and the flood surrounded me: all your whirlpools and your waves passed over me. Ion 2:5Et ego dīxī: Abjectus sum ā cōnspectū oculōrum tuōrum;And I said: 'I have been cast away from the sight of your eyes; Ion 2:5Vērumtamen rūrsus vidēbō templum sānctum tuum.yet I will see your holy temple again.' Ion 2:6Circumdedērunt mē aquae ūsque ad animam: abyssus vallāvit mē, pelagus operuit caput meum.The waters surrounded me even to the soul: the abyss walled me in, the open sea covered my head.

Ion 2:7Ad extrēma montium dēscendī;I went down to the furthest parts of the mountains; Ion 2:7Terrae vectēs conclūsērunt mē in aeternum: et sublevābis dē corruptiōne vītam meam, Domine Deus meus.the bars of the earth shut me in for ever: and you will lift up my life from corruption, Lord my God. Ion 2:8Cum angustiārētur in mē anima mea, Dominī recordātus sum: ut veniat ad tē ōrātiō mea, ad templum sānctum tuum.When my soul was in anguish within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to you, to your holy temple. Ion 2:9Quī custōdiunt vānitātēs frūstrā, misericordiam suam dērelinquunt.Those who keep vanities in vain forsake their own mercy. Ion 2:10Ego autem in vōce laudis immolābō tibi: quaecumque vōvī, reddam prō salūte Dominō.] Et dīxit Dominus piscī, et ēvomuit Jōnam in āridam.But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to you: whatever I have vowed, I will pay to the Lord for salvation."] And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out onto the dry land.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (87 words)

et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
praeparō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	prepare beforehand
dominus, -ī m.	master, owner
piscis, -is m.	fish
grandis, -e	large, big
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
dēglūtiō, -īre	swallow down
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
venter, ventris, m.	belly
trēs, tria, plur. adj.	three
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
nox, noctis, f.	night
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	speak; beg, pray
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
deus, -ī, m.	god
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
clāmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	shout, cry out; proclaim
trībulātiō, -ōnis f.	trouble, distress, affliction
meus, -a, -um	my, mine
exaudiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītum	hear (from a distance)
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
īnferus, -a, -um; comp. īnferior	below, lower; īnferior pars: the part downstream
vōx, vōcis, f.	voice; word
prōiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus	throw forth or down, cast away, throw
profundus, -a, -um	deep
cor, cordis n.	heart
mare, maris, n.	sea
flūmen, -minis, n.	river
circumdō, -dare, -dedī, -datus	put around, surround
omnis, -e	all, every
gurges, -itis m.	whirlpool; the deep, the sea
tuus, -a, -um	thy, thine, your
flūctus, -ūs m.	wave
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)	over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
trānseō, -īre, -iī, -itus	go across or over, cross
abiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus	throw away
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
cōnspectus, -ūs, m.	sight
oculus, -ī, m.	eye
vērumtamen (adv.)	but yet, nevertheless
rūrsus, adv.	again
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus	see; pass., seem
templum, -ī, n.	sanctuary, temple
sānctus, -a, -um	consecrated, sacred
aqua, -ae, f.	water
ūsque, adv.	all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
anima, -ae, f.	breath, soul, life
abyssus, -ī f.	the deep, the bottomless waters, abyss
vallō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	surround with a rampart; protect, fortify
pelagus, -ī n.	the sea, the open sea
operiō, -īre, -uī, -ertus	cover
caput, capitis, n.	head
extrēmus, -a, -um	last, extreme, furthest
mōns, montis, m.	mountain
dēscendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus	climb down, descend
terra, -ae, f.	land, earth
vectis, -is m.	lever, crowbar
conclūdō, -ere, -clūsī, -clūsum	shut in, enclose
aeternus, -a, -um	everlasting, eternal
sublevō, -levāre, -levāvī, -levātus	lift from beneath, lift, raise
corruptiō, -ōnis f.	decay, corruption; perishing
vīta, -ae, f.	life
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
angustiō, -āre	distress; (pass.) be in anguish
recordor, -ārī, -ātus sum	call to mind, remember
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	come
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
ōrātiō, -ōnis, f.	speech; ōrātiōnem habēre, to deliver an oration, speak
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
custōdiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	guard
vānitās, -ātis f.	emptiness; boastfulness, idle talk
frūstrā, adv.	in vain
misericordia, -ae, f;	pity, compassion
dērelinquō, -linquere, -līquī, -lictus	abandon, forsake completely
autem, conj.	moreover; but, however; now
laus, laudis f.	praise, glory
immolō, -molāre, -molāvī, -molātus	sacrifice (the victim was sprinkled with consecrated meal)
quīcumque, quaecumque, quodcumque	whoever, whatever
voveō, -ēre, vōvī, vōtus	vow, promise
reddō, -dere, -didī, -ditus	give back, return, restore; render
prō, prep. with abl.	before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for
salūs, salūtis, f.	safety, deliverance, escape
ēvomō, -vomere, -vomuī, -vomitus	vomit forth
āridus, -a, -um	dry; as a noun (āridum, -ī n.): dry land

Vulgate, Jonah. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.