Targum Jonathan on Jonah Chapter 2
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וְזַמִין יְיָ נוּנָא רַבָּא לְמִבְלַע יַת יוֹנָה וַהֲוָה יוֹנָה בִּמְעַיָא דְנוּנָא תְּלָתָא יוֹמִין וּתְלָתָא לֵילְוָן:
And the LORD invited a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the fish’s guts for three days and three nights.
וְצַלֵי יוֹנָה קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהֵיהּ מִמְעַיָא דְנוּנָא:
And Jonah prayed before the LORD his God from the fish’s guts.
וַאֲמַר צַלֵיתִי מִדְעָקַת לִי קֳדָם יְיָ וְקַבֵּל צְלוֹתִי מֵאַרְעִית תְּהוֹמָא בָּעִיתִי עֲבַדְתָּא בָּעוּתִי:
And he said: I prayed, since in narrow straits was I, before the LORD, and He received my prayer from the lowest depths; I pleaded, You acted on my plea.
וּרְמִיתַנִי בְּעוּמְקַיָא בְּלִבָּא דְיַמָא וּנְהַר סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לִי כָּל נַחְשׁוֹלוֹהִי דְיַמָא וְגַלוֹהִי עֲלַי עָדוּ:
And You threw me in the depths of the heart of the sea, and the river all around me, all the sea’s cyclones and waves passed over me.
וַאֲנָא אֲמָרִית אִתְּרְכִית מִן קֳדָם מֵימְרָךְ בְּרַם אוֹסִיף לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בְּהֵיכְלָא דְקוּדְשָׁךְ:
And I had said: “I am driven out from before Your Word; will I again gaze upon the palace of Your Holiness?”
אַקְפוּנִי מַיָא עַד מוֹתָא תְּהוֹמָא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לִי יַמָא דְסוּף תָּלֵי עֵיל מֵרֵישִׁי:
Water encircled me to death; depths surrounded me; the reedy sea rose over my head.
לְעִקָרֵי טוּרַיָא נְחָתֵית אַרְעָא נֶגְדַת בְּתוּקְפָהָא עֵיל מִנִי עַלְמִין וְאַתְּ קָרִיב קֳדָמָךְ לְאַיָקָא מֵחַבְּלָא חַיֵי יְיָ אֱלָהִי:
To the roots of mountains You brought me down; earth drawing against me in strength to over all existence, and You — near before You to come up from the damage alive, LORD my God.
בְּאִשְׁתַּלְהָיוּת עֲלַי נַפְשִׁי פּוּלְחָנָא דַייָ אִידַכְּרֵית וְעָלַת לִקְדָמָךְ צְלוֹתִי לְהֵיכָלָא דְקוּדְשָׁךְ:
In weariness my soul is upon me; of worshipping the LORD I am reminded, and entering before You is my prayer to the palace of Your Holiness.
לָא כְּעַמְמַיָא פַּלְחֵי טַעֲוָתָא מֵאֲתַר דְאִתּוֹטַב לְהוֹן לֵית אִינוּן יָדְעוּן:
Not like the nations worshipping falsehoods; of the place of goodness none of them know.
וַאֲנָא בְּתוּשְׁבְּחַת אוֹדָאָה קוּרְבָּנִי אַקְרִיב קֳדָמָךְ דִנְדָרִית אֲשַׁלֵם פּוּרְקַן נַפְשִׁי בִּצְלוֹ קֳדָם יְיָ:
And I, in laudation, give thanks; my offerings I will offer before You as I pledged; I will repay my soul’s redemption in the shadow of before the LORD!
וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְנוּנָא וּפְלֵט יַת יוֹנָה לְיַבֶּשְׁתָּא:
And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it discharged Jonah onto dry land.