1Kātahi a Hona ka īnoi ki a Ihowā, ki tōna Atua, i roto i te kōpū o te ika.2I mea ia:“I karanga ahau, he ngākau mamae nōku, ki a Ihowā;ā, whakahoki mai ana ia ki ahau;i tangi atu ahau i roto i te kōpū o te rēinga,ā, whakarongo ana koe ki tōku reo.3I makā hoki ahau e koe ki te rire,ki waenga moana,ā, karapotia ana ahau e ngā roma;tika ana āu tūātea katoa me āu ngarui runga i ahau.4Nā, ka mea ahau, ‘Kua oti ahau te peii mua i ōu kanohi;otiia tērā ahau e titiro atu anōki tōu temepara tapu.’5Karapotia ana ahau e te wai,tae tonu iho ki te wairua;i ōku taha katoa te rire ā taka noa;he rimu ngā tākai o tōku māhunga.6I haere ahau ki raro ki ngā take o ngā maunga;kopia ana ahau e te whenua me ōna tūtaki ake ake;heoi whakaputaina ake ana e koe tōku ora i roto i te poka,e Ihowā, e tōku Atua.7“I te hemonga o tōku wairua i roto i ahau,i mahara ahau ki a Ihowā;i tae atu anō tāku īnoi ki a koeki tōu temepara tapu.8“Ko te hunga e pupuri ana i ngā mea tekateka noae whakarere ana i te atawhai mō rātou.9Ko ahau ia ka mea patunga tapu ki a koei runga i te reo whakawhetai;ka whakamanā e ahau āku kupu taurangi.Nā Ihowā te whakaoranga!”10Nā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki te ika, ā, ka ruakina e tērā a Hona ki te wāhi maroke.