Native Bible

Jonah 2:6 · Biblica® Open Asante Twi Contemporary Bible 2020

Memem kɔɔ mmepɔ no ase pɛɛ; asase ase kaa me hyɛɛ mu afebɔɔ. Nanso wogyee me nkwa firii amena mu, Ao Awurade, me Onyankopɔn.

Jonah 2:6 in English

Jonah 2:6 · Berean Standard Bible

To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!

Context

4Na mekaa sɛ, ‘Wɔapam me afiri wʼanim; nanso mede mʼani bɛkyerɛ wʼasɔredan kronkron no bio’ 5Nsuo a abu afa me so no bɔɔ me hu, ebunu no twaa me ho hyiaeɛ; ɛpo mu wira kyekyeree me tiri ho. 6Memem kɔɔ mmepɔ no ase pɛɛ; asase ase kaa me hyɛɛ mu afebɔɔ. Nanso wogyee me nkwa firii amena mu, Ao Awurade, me Onyankopɔn. 7“Ɛberɛ a me nkwa resene akɔ no, mekaee wo Awurade, na me mpaeɛbɔ foro baa wo nkyɛn, wɔ wʼasɔredan kronkron no mu. 8“Wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho bata ahoni huhuo ho no hwere adom a anka ɛyɛ wɔn dea.

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