يُونان 4

١ 1 فَأَثَارَ ذَلِكَ غَيْظَ يُونَانَ وَغَضَبَهُ الشَّدِيدَيْنِ.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

٢ 2 وَصَلَّى إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ، أَلَيْسَ هَذَا مَا قُلْتُهُ عِنْدَمَا كُنْتُ فِي بِلادِي؟ لِهَذَا أَسْرَعْتُ إِلَى الْهَرَبِ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ، لأَنِّي عَرَفْتُ أَنَّكَ إِلَهٌ رَحِيمٌ رَؤُوفٌ بَطِيءُ الْغَضَبِ كَثِيرُ الإِحْسَانِ، تَرْجِعُ عَنِ الْعِقَابِ.

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 وَالآنَ دَعْنِي أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ أَلْفَظُ أَنْفَاسِي لأَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَمُوتَ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْيَا».

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 الرَّبُّ: «أَأَنْتَ مُحِقٌّ فِي غَضَبِكَ؟»

The LORD said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

٥ 5 وَخَرَجَ يُونَانُ مِنْ نِينَوَى وَجَلَسَ شَرْقِيَّ الْمَدِينَةِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ نَصَبَ لِنَفْسِهِ مَظَلَّةً جَلَسَ تَحْتَ ظِلِّهَا يَرْقُبُ مَا يَجْرِي عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.

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 الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ يَقْطِينَةً نَمَتْ وَارْتَفَعَتْ حَتَّى ظَلَّلَتْ رَأْسَ يُونَانَ لِتَقِيَهُ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ فَلا يُؤْذِيَهُ. فَابْتَهَجَ يُونَانُ بِالْيَقْطِينَةِ ابْتِهَاجاً عَظِيماً.

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 وَلَكِنْ فِي فَجْرِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي أَعَدَّ اللهُ دُودَةً قَرَضَتِ الْيَقْطِينَةَ فَجَفَّتْ.

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

٨ 8 فَلَمَّا أَشْرَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ، أَرْسَلَ اللهُ رِيحاً شَرْقِيَّةً حَارَّةً لَفَحَتْ رَأْسَ يُونَانَ، فَأَصَابَهُ الإِعْيَاءُ وَتَمَنَّى لِنَفْسِهِ الْمَوْتَ قَائِلاً: «خَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَمُوتَ مِنْ أَنْ أَظَلَّ حَيًّا».

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 اللهُ لِيُونَانَ: «أَأَنْتَ مُحِقٌّ فِي غَضَبِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْيَقْطِينَةِ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «أَنَا مُحِقٌّ فِي غَضَبِي حَتَّى الْمَوْتِ».

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 الرَّبُّ: «لَقَدْ أَشْفَقْتَ أَنْتَ عَلَى الْيَقْطِينَةِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَتْعَبْ فِي تَنْمِيَتِهَا وَتَرْبِيَتِهَا. هَذِهِ الْيَقْطِينَةُ الَّتِي تَرَعْرَعَتْ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَذَوَتْ فِي لَيْلَةٍ.

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 أَفَلا أُشْفِقُ أَنَا عَلَى نِينَوَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ الَّتِي يُقِيمُ فِيهَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ شَخْصٍ مِمَّنْ لَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بَيْنَ يَمِينِهِمْ وَشِمَالِهِمْ، فَضْلاً عَمَّا فِيهَا مِنْ بَهَائِمَ كَثِيرَةٍ؟».

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?”