Jonás 1

1 El Señor le habló a Jonás, el hijo de Amitaí, diciéndole:

And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,

2 “Ve de inmediato a la gran ciudad de Nínive y condénala porque yo he visto la maldad de su pueblo”.

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.

3 Pero Jonás salió y huyó a Tarsis para escaparse del Señor. Entonces se fue a Jope, donde encontró un barco que iba en dirección a Tarsis. Pagó el pasaje y abordó para navegar hacia Tarsis y así escapar del Señor.

And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

4 Pero el Señor envió sobre el mar un viento fuerte que creó una tormenta, y amenazaba con destruir el barco.

And the Lord sent out a great wind on to the sea and there was a violent storm in the sea, so that the ship seemed in danger of being broken.

5 Los marineros estaban muy asustados y cada uno oraba a su dios para que los salvara. Tiraron por la borda toda la carga para aliviar el peso del barco. Mientras tanto, Jonás había bajado al interior del barco, donde se había acostado se había quedado dormido.

Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.

6 El capitán del barco se acercó a Jonás y le preguntó: “¿Cómo es que puedes estar durmiendo? Levántate y ora a tu Dios. Quizás así se dará cuenta de lo que pasa y no nos ahogaremos”.

And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.

7 Entonces los marineros dijeron entre sí: “Echemos suertes para descubrir quién es el culpable de este desastre que ha venido sobre nosotros”. Así que echaron suertes y salió el nombre de Jonás.

And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.

8 Entonces le preguntaron: “Dinos quién es el responsable de esta calamidad que estamos sufriendo. ¿A qué te dedicas? ¿De dónde eres? ¿De qué país vienes? ¿Cuál es tu nacionalidad?”

Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?

9 “Soy hebreo”, respondió Jonás. “Y yo adoro al Señor, al Dios de los cielos, del mar y de la tierra”.

And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.

10 Los marineros se asustaron mucho más y le preguntaron a Jonás: “¿Qué has hecho?” porque Jonás les explicó que estaba huyendo del Señor.

And the men were in great fear, and they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men had knowledge of his flight from the Lord because he had not kept it from them.

11 “¿Qué podremos hacer contigo para que se calme la tormenta?” le preguntaron, pues la tormenta empeoraba.

And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

12 “Tírenme al mar”, respondió Jonás. “Entonces el mar se calmará, porque yo sé que es por mi culpa que están en medio de esta tormenta”.

And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

13 Pero los marineros por el contrario trataron de remar y regresar a la orilla, pero no pudieron, porque el mar estaba muy embravecido a causa de la tormenta que se hacía más fuerte.

And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

14 Entonces clamaron al Señor: “¡Señor! Por favor, no nos mates por sacrificar la vida de este hombre o por derramar sangre inocente, porque tú, Señor, has permitido que así sea”.

So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.

15 Así que alzaron a Jonás y lo lanzaron al mar, y entonces el mar se tranquilizó.

So they took Jonah up and put him into the sea: and the sea was no longer angry.

16 Los marineros se dejaron dominar por el temor. Y le ofrecieron sacrificio, e hicieron muchas promesas al Señor.

Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.

17 Entonces el Señor envió a un pez enorme para que se tragara a Jonás. Y Jonás pasó tres días y tres noches en el vientre del pez.

And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.