يُونَان 4

١ 1 فَغَمَّ ذَلِكَ يُونَانَ غَمًّا شَدِيدًا، فَٱغْتَاظَ.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was 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.

He prayed to the LORD, and said, “Please, LORD, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.

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

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

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

The LORD said, “Is it right for you to be 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, and there made himself a booth and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would 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.

The LORD God prepared a vine and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.

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

But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it 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».

When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “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».

God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be 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.

The LORD said, “You have been concerned for the vine, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night and perished 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؟».

Shouldn’t I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can’t discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also many animals?”