يُونَان 4

١ 1 فَغَمَّ ذَلِكَ يُونَانَ غَمًّا شَدِيدًا، فَٱغْتَاظَ.

But this displeased Jonah and he became very angry.

٢ 2 وَصَلَّى إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَالَ: «آهِ يَارَبُّ، أَلَيْسَ هَذَا كَلَامِي إِذْ كُنْتُ بَعْدُ فِي أَرْضِي؟ لِذَلِكَ بَادَرْتُ إِلَى ٱلْهَرَبِ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ، لِأَنِّي عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ إِلَهٌ رَؤُوفٌ وَرَحِيمٌ بَطِيءُ ٱلْغَضَبِ وَكَثِيرُ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَنَادِمٌ عَلَى ٱلشَّرِّ.

So Jonah prayed to Yahweh and said, “Ah, Yahweh, is this not just what I said when I was back in my own country? That is why I acted first and tried to flee to Tarshish—because I knew that you are a gracious God, compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in covenant faithfulness, and you hold back from sending disaster.

٣ 3 فَٱلْآنَ يَارَبُّ، خُذْ نَفْسِي مِنِّي، لِأَنَّ مَوْتِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ حَيَاتِي».

Therefore now, Yahweh, I beg you, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

٤ 4 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هَلِ ٱغْتَظْتَ بِٱلصَّوَابِ؟».

Yahweh said, “Is it good that you are so angry?”

٥ 5 وَخَرَجَ يُونَانُ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَجَلَسَ شَرْقِيَّ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَصَنَعَ لِنَفْسِهِ هُنَاكَ مَظَلَّةً وَجَلَسَ تَحْتَهَا فِي ٱلظِّلِّ، حَتَّى يَرَى مَاذَا يَحْدُثُ فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ.

Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made a shelter and sat under it in the shade so that he could see what might become of the city.

٦ 6 فَأَعَدَّ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلإِلَهُ يَقْطِينَةً فَٱرْتَفَعَتْ فَوْقَ يُونَانَ لِتَكُونَ ظِلًّا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، لِكَيْ يُخَلِّصَهُ مِنْ غَمِّهِ. فَفَرِحَ يُونَانُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْيَقْطِينَةِ فَرَحًا عَظِيمًا.

Yahweh God prepared a plant and made it grow up over Jonah so that it might be a shade over his head to relieve his distress. Jonah was very glad because of the plant.

٧ 7 ثُمَّ أَعَدَّ ٱللهُ دُودَةً عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ في ٱلْغَدِ، فَضَرَبَتِ ٱلْيَقْطِينَةَ فَيَبِسَتْ.

But God prepared a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.

٨ 8 وَحَدَثَ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ أَنَّ ٱللهَ أَعَدَّ رِيحًا شَرْقِيَّةً حَارَّةً، فَضَرَبَتِ ٱلشَّمْسُ عَلَى رَأْسِ يُونَانَ فَذَبُلَ. فَطَلَبَ لِنَفْسِهِ ٱلْمَوْتَ، وَقَالَ: «مَوْتِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ حَيَاتِي».

It came about that when the sun rose the next morning, God prepared a hot east wind. Also, the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he became faint. Then Jonah wished that he might die. He said to himself, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

٩ 9 فَقَالَ ٱللهُ لِيُونَانَ: «هَلِ ٱغْتَظْتَ بِٱلصَّوَابِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْيَقْطِينَةِ؟» فَقَالَ: «ٱغْتَظْتُ بِٱلصَّوَابِ حَتَّى ٱلْمَوْتِ».

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it good that you are so angry about the plant?” Then Jonah said, “It is good that I am angry, even to death.”

١٠ 10 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «أَنْتَ شَفِقْتَ عَلَى ٱلْيَقْطِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي لَمْ تَتْعَبْ فِيهَا وَلَا رَبَّيْتَهَا، ٱلَّتِي بِنْتَ لَيْلَةٍ كَانَتْ وَبِنْتَ لَيْلَةٍ هَلَكَتْ.

Yahweh said, “You have had compassion for the plant, for which you have not labored, nor did you make it grow. It grew up in a night and died in a night.

١١ 11 أَفَلَا أَشْفَقُ أَنَا عَلَى نِينَوَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي يُوجَدُ فِيهَا أَكْثَرُ مِنِ ٱثْنَتَيْ عَشَرَةَ رِبْوَةً مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ يَمِينَهُمْ مِنْ شِمَالِهِمْ، وَبَهَائِمُ كَثِيرَةٌ؟».

So as for me, should I not have compassion for Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know the difference between their right hand and their left hand, and also many cattle?”