Jonás 2
Dios Habla Hoy
La oración de Jonás
2 (2) Entonces Jonás oró al Señor su Dios desde dentro del pez, 2 (3) diciendo:
«En mi angustia clamé a ti, Señor,
y tú me respondiste.
Desde las profundidades de la muerte
clamé a ti, y tú me oíste.
3 (4) Me arrojaste a lo más hondo del mar,
y las corrientes me envolvieron.
Las grandes olas que tú mandas
pasaban sobre mí.
4 (5) Llegué a sentirme echado de tu presencia;
pensé que no volvería a ver tu santo templo.
5 (6) Las aguas me rodeaban por completo;
me cubría el mar profundo;
las algas se enredaban en mi cabeza.
6 (7) Me hundí hasta el fondo de la tierra;
¡ya me sentía su eterno prisionero!
Pero tú, Señor, mi Dios,
me salvaste de la muerte.
7 (8) Al sentir que la vida se me iba,
me acordé de ti, Señor;
mi oración llegó a ti en tu santo templo.
8 (9) Los que siguen a los ídolos
dejan de serte leales;
9 (10) pero yo, con voz de gratitud,
te ofreceré sacrificios;
cumpliré las promesas que te hice.
¡Sólo tú, Señor, puedes salvar!»
10 (2.1) Entonces el Señor dispuso que el pez vomitara a Jonás en tierra firme.
Jonah 2
Common English Bible
2 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish:
2 “I called out to the Lord in my distress, and he answered me.
From the belly of the underworld[a] I cried out for help;
you have heard my voice.
3 You had cast me into the depths in the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounds me.
All your strong waves and rushing water passed over me.
4 So I said, ‘I have been driven away from your sight.
Will I ever again look on your holy temple?
5 Waters have grasped me to the point of death;
the deep surrounds me.
Seaweed is wrapped around my head
6 at the base of the undersea[b] mountains.
I have sunk down to the underworld;
its bars held me with no end in sight.
But you brought me out of the pit.’
7 When my endurance[c] was weakening,
I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came to you,
to your holy temple.
8 Those deceived by worthless things lose their chance for mercy.[d]
9 But me, I will offer a sacrifice to you with a voice of thanks.
That which I have promised, I will pay.
Deliverance belongs to the Lord!”
10 Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto the dry land.
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