Yona 2:5
Jonah 2:5 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Maji yaliyonimeza yalinitisha, kilindi kilinizunguka; mwani* ulijisokota kichwani pangu.
Jonah 2:5 in English
Jonah 2:5 · Berean Standard Bible
The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
Context
3Ulinitupa kwenye kilindi,
ndani kabisa ya moyo wa bahari,
mikondo ya maji ilinizunguka,
mawimbi yako yote na viwimbi
vilipita juu yangu. 4Nikasema, ‘Nimefukuziwa
mbali na uso wako,
hata hivyo nitatazama tena
kuelekea Hekalu lako takatifu.’ 5Maji yaliyonimeza yalinitisha,
kilindi kilinizunguka;
mwani* ulijisokota kichwani pangu. 6Nilizama chini sana mpaka pande za mwisho za milima,
makomeo ya hiyo nchi yalinifungia hata milele.
Lakini uliuleta uhai wangu kutoka shimoni,
Ee Bwana Mungu wangu. 7“Wakati uhai wangu ulipokuwa unatoka,
nilikukumbuka wewe, Bwana,
nayo maombi yangu yalikufikia wewe,
katika Hekalu lako takatifu.
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