Malachi 2

¹ And the men dredden the Lord with greet drede, and offriden oostis to the Lord, and vowiden avowis. ³ And the Lord made redi a greet fisch, that he shulde swolowe Jonas; and Jonas was in the wombe of the fisch thre daies and thre niytis. ⁴ And Jonas preiede to the Lord his God fro the fischis wombe, ⁵ and seide, Y criede to God of my tribulacioun, and he herde me; fro the wombe of helle Y criede, and thou herdist my vois. ⁶ Thou castidist me doun in to depnesse, in the herte of the see, and the flood cumpasside me; alle thi swolowis and thi wawis passiden on me. ⁷ And Y seide, Y am cast awei fro siyt of thin iyen; netheles eftsoone Y schal see thin hooli temple. ⁸ Watris cumpassiden me til to my soule, depnesse enuyrownede me, the see hilide myn heed.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="9"><sup>9</sup> Y wente doun to the vtmeste places of hillis, the barris of erthe closiden me togidere, in to withouten ende; and thou, my Lord God, schalt reise vp my lijf fro corrupcioun.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="10"><sup>10</sup> Whanne my soule was angwisched in me, Y bithouyte on the Lord, that my preier come to thee, to thin hooli temple.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="11"><sup>11</sup> Thei that kepen vanytees, forsaken his merci idili.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="12"><sup>12</sup> But Y in vois of heriyng schal offre to thee; what euer thingis Y vowide, Y schal yelde to the Lord, for myn helthe.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="13"><sup>13</sup> And the Lord seide to the fisch, and it castide out Jonas in to the drie lond. ¹⁵ And the word of the Lord was maad the secounde tyme to Jonas, and seide, Rise thou, ¹⁶ and go in to Nynyue, the greet citee, and preche thou in it the prechyng which Y speke to thee. ¹⁷ And Jonas roos, and wente in to Nynyue, bi the word of the Lord. And Nynyue was a greet citee, of the iurnei of thre daies.