1 T hen Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly,

Entonces oró Jonás a Jehová su Dios desde el vientre del pez,

2 A nd said, I cried out of my distress to the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of Sheol cried I, and You heard my voice.

y dijo: Invoqué en mi angustia a Jehová, y él me oyó; Desde el seno del Seol clamé, Y oíste mi voz.

3 F or You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your waves and Your billows passed over me.

Me echaste a lo profundo, en medio de los mares, Y me rodeó la corriente; Todas tus ondas y tus olas pasaron sobre mí.

4 T hen I said, I have been cast out of Your presence and Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.

Entonces dije: Soy rechazado de delante de tus ojos; Mas todavía miraré hacia tu santo templo.

5 T he waters compassed me about, even to life; the abyss surrounded me, the seaweed was wrapped about my head.

Las aguas me rodearon hasta el alma, Rodeóme el abismo; Las algas se enredaron a mi cabeza.

6 I went down to the bottoms and the very roots of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed behind me forever. Yet You have brought up my life from the pit and corruption, O Lord my God.

Descendí a los cimientos de los montes; La tierra echó sus cerrojos sobre mí para siempre; Mas tú sacaste mi vida de la sepultura, oh Jehová Dios mío.

7 W hen my soul fainted upon me, I earnestly and seriously remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple.

Cuando mi alma desfallecía en mí, me acordé de Jehová, Y mi oración llegó hasta ti en tu santo templo.

8 T hose who pay regard to false, useless, and worthless idols forsake their own mercy and loving-kindness.

Los que siguen vanidades ilusorias, Abandonan su misericordia.

9 B ut as for me, I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation and deliverance belong to the Lord!

Mas yo te ofreceré sacrificios con voz de alabanza; Pagaré lo que prometí. La salvación es de Jehová.

10 A nd the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Y dio orden Jehová al pez, y vomitó a Jonás en tierra.