Jonás 2
1 Desde las entrañas del pez oró Jonás a Yahvé, y dijo:
Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
2 “Clamé a Yahvé en mi angustia, y Él me oyó; desde el vientre del scheol pedí auxilio, y Tú has atendido a mi voz. (Sheol h7585)
In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice. (Sheol h7585)
3 Me arrojaste a lo más profundo, al seno de los mares; me circundaron aguas torrenciales, todas tus olas y ondas pasaron sobre mí.
For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
4 Entonces dije: «Desterrado he sido de delante de tus ojos, pero volveré a contemplar tu santo Templo».
And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
5 Las aguas me han encerrado hasta el alma, me rodea el abismo y los juncos han enredado mi cabeza.
The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
6 He descendido hasta las raíces de las montañas; los cerrojos de la tierra me encerraron para siempre; pero Tú sacaste mi vida desde la fosa, Yahvé, Dios mío.
I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
7 Cuando mi alma desfallecía dentro de mí, me acordé de Yahvé; y llegó mi plegaria a tu presencia en el templo santo tuyo.
When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
8 Los que van tras las mentirosas vanidades abandonan su misericordia.
The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
9 Mas yo te ofreceré sacrificios con cánticos de alabanza; cumpliré los votos que he hecho, pues de Yahvé viene la salvación.”
But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.
10 Entonces Yahvé dio orden al pez, y este vomitó a Jonás en tierra.
And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
