Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Jonás 1
1Llegó a Jonás, hijo de Amitai, la palabra de Yahvé en estos términos: And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying:2“Levántate y ve a Nínive, la ciudad grande, y predica contra ella, porque su maldad ha subido hasta mi presencia.” Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it. For its malice has ascended before my eyes.3Pero Jonás se levantó para huir de la presencia de Yahvé, tomando el camino de Tarsis. Descendió a Jope, donde encontró una nave que se dirigía a Tarsis; pagó el pasaje, y se embarcó en ella para ir con los demás a Tarsis, lejos de la presencia de Yahvé. And Jonah rose in order to flee from the face of the Lord to Tarshish. And he went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. And he paid its fare, and he went down into it, in order to go with them to Tarshish from the face of the Lord.4Pero Yahvé hizo soplar sobre el mar un viento recio, y se desencadenó en el mar una gran tempestad, de suerte que la nave estaba en peligro de ser deshecha. But the Lord sent a great wind into the sea. And a great tempest took place in the sea, and the ship was in danger of being crushed.5Por lo cual los marineros, llenos de miedo, clamaron cada cual a su dios; y echaron al mar el cargamento de la nave, a fin de aligerarla. Jonás, entretanto, había descendido al fondo de la nave. Allí se había acostado y dormía profundamente. And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried out to their god. And they threw the containers that were in the ship into the sea in order to lighten it of them. And Jonah went down into the interior of the ship, and he fell into a painful deep sleep.6Se le acercó el capitán de la nave y le dijo: “¿Qué te pasa, dormilón? Levántate e invoca a tu Dios. Quizás Dios piense en nosotros para que no perezcamos.” And the helmsman approached him, and he said to him, “Why are you weighed down with sleep? Rise, call upon your God, so perhaps God will be mindful of us and we might not perish.”7Entonces unos a otros se dijeron: “Vamos y echemos suertes, para que sepamos quién tiene la culpa de este mal que (ha venido) sobre nosotros.” Echaron suertes, y la suerte cayó sobre Jonás. And a man said to his shipmate, “Come, and let us cast lots, so that we may know why this disaster is upon us.” And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.8Le dijeron: “Dinos, ¿por quién (ha venido) sobre nosotros este desastre? ¿Cuál es tu profesión? ¿De dónde vienes? ¿Cuál es tu tierra? ¿De qué pueblo eres?” And they said to him: “Explain to us what is the reason that this disaster is upon us. What is your work? Which is your country? And where are you going? Or which people are you from?”9Les respondió: “Soy hebreo, y temo a Yahvé, el Dios del cielo, el cual hizo el mar y la tierra.” And he said to them, “I am Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”10Entonces aquellos hombres quedaron sumamente atemorizados; y le dijeron: “¿Qué es lo que has hecho?” Pues comprendían los hombres que huía de la presencia de Yahvé, ya que él mismo se lo había declarado. And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him, “Why have you done this?” (For the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.)11Y le dijeron: “¿Qué haremos contigo, para que se nos calme el mar?” Porque el mar iba embraveciéndose cada vez más. And they said to him, “What are we to do with you, so that the sea will cease for us?” For the sea flowed and swelled.12Él les contestó: “Tomadme y echadme al mar, y el mar se os calmará, pues bien sé que por mi culpa ha venido sobre vosotros esta grande tempestad.” And he said to them, “Take me, and cast me into the sea, and the sea will cease for you. For I know that it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”13Entretanto los hombres remaban, para ganar tierra, mas no podían; porque el mar se embravecía cada vez más contra ellos. And the men were rowing, so as to return to dry land, but they did not succeed. For the sea flowed and swelled against them.14Entonces invocaron a Yahvé, diciendo: “¡Oh Yahvé, no nos hagas perecer por la vida de este hombre y no nos imputes sangre inocente! Pues Tú, oh Yahvé, has hecho como te plugo.” And they cried out to the Lord, and they said, “We beseech you, Lord, do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not attribute to us innocent blood. For you, Lord, have done just as it pleased you.”15Y tomaron a Jonás y le echaron al mar; y el mar cesó de embravecerse. And they took Jonah and cast him into the sea. And the sea was stilled from its fury.16Se apoderó de aquellos hombres un gran temor de Yahvé, y ofrecieron sacrificios a Yahvé e hicieron votos. And the men feared the Lord greatly, and they sacrificed victims to the Lord, and they made vows.