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Oración de Jonás

[a]Entonces Jonás oró al Señor su Dios desde el interior del pez y dijo:

«En mi gran aflicción clamé al Señor
    y él me respondió.
Desde la tierra de los muertos[b] te llamé,
    ¡y tú, Señor, me escuchaste!
Me arrojaste a las profundidades del mar
    y me hundí en el corazón del océano.
Las poderosas aguas me envolvieron;
    tus salvajes y tempestuosas olas me cubrieron.
Entonces dije: “Oh Señor, me has expulsado de tu presencia;
    aun así volveré a mirar hacia tu santo templo”.

»Me hundí bajo las olas
    y las aguas se cerraron sobre mí;
    las algas se enredaban en mi cabeza.
Me hundí hasta las raíces de las montañas.
    Me quedé preso en la tierra,
    cuyas puertas se cierran para siempre.
Pero tú, oh Señor mi Dios,
    ¡me arrebataste de las garras de la muerte!
Cuando la vida se me escapaba,
    recordé al Señor.
Elevé mi oración sincera hacia ti
    en tu santo templo.
Los que rinden culto a dioses falsos
    le dan la espalda a todas las misericordias de Dios.
Pero yo te ofreceré sacrificios con cantos de alabanza,
    y cumpliré todas mis promesas.
    Pues mi salvación viene solo del Señor».

10 Entonces el Señor ordenó al pez escupir a Jonás sobre la playa.

Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Los versículos del 2:1-10 corresponden al 2:2-11 en el texto hebreo.
  2. 2:2 En hebreo Desde el Seol.

[a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. He said:

“In my distress I called(A) to the Lord,(B)
    and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead(C) I called for help,
    and you listened to my cry.
You hurled me into the depths,(D)
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves(E) and breakers
    swept over me.(F)
I said, ‘I have been banished
    from your sight;(G)
yet I will look again
    toward your holy temple.’(H)
The engulfing waters threatened me,[b]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.(I)
To the roots of the mountains(J) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.(K)

“When my life was ebbing away,
    I remembered(L) you, Lord,
and my prayer(M) rose to you,
    to your holy temple.(N)

“Those who cling to worthless idols(O)
    turn away from God’s love for them.
But I, with shouts of grateful praise,(P)
    will sacrifice(Q) to you.
What I have vowed(R) I will make good.
    I will say, ‘Salvation(S) comes from the Lord.’”

10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:17, and 2:1-10 is numbered 2:2-11.
  2. Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat

Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly,

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.

10 And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.