1 E ntonces Jonás oró al Señor su Dios desde el vientre del pez,

Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.

2 y dijo: «Señor, en mi angustia te invoqué, y tú me oíste. Desde el fondo del abismo clamé a ti, y tú escuchaste mi voz.

He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.

3 M e echaste a las profundidades del mar, y las corrientes me rodearon; ¡todas tus ondas y tus olas pasaron sobre mí!

For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.

4 E ntonces dije: “Me has desechado delante de tus ojos, pero todavía he de ver tu santo templo.”

I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’

5 L as aguas me rodearon hasta el cuello, y el abismo me envolvió. ¡Las algas se enredaron en mi cabeza!

The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

6 B ajé hasta los cimientos de los montes; la tierra echó para siempre sus cerrojos sobre mí; pero tú, mi Señor y Dios, rescataste mi vida del sepulcro.

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.

7 C uando dentro de mí desfallecía mi alma, me acordé de ti, Señor, Y mi oración llegó hasta ti, hasta tu santo templo.

“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

8 L os que siguen vanidades ilusorias, abandonan tu misericordia.

Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

9 P ero yo, con voz de alabanza, te ofreceré sacrificios y cumpliré mis promesas. La salvación es tuya, Señor.»

But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”

10 Y el Señor ordenó al pez que vomitara a Jonás en tierra.

Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.