Youna 4
1 Youna e da Gode Ea hamoi hou amo ba: le, amola ougi galu.
But Jonah was very distressed [that God had not destroyed Nineveh]. He became very angry. [The people of Nineveh were non-Jews, and Jonah did not think that God should act mercifully toward anyone who was not a Jew].
2 Amabeba: le, e amane Godema sia: ne gadoi. “Hina Gode! Na sia: Dia nabima! Na da na sogebi amo hame yolesi amola na da Dia wali hamoi amo dawa: i dagoi. Amaiba: le, na hobeale masunusa: dawa: iba: le na da Dasase amoga asi. Na dawa: , Gode Di da asigisu hou amo hamosa, amola hedolo hame ougisu hou amo hamosa, amola hedolo hame ougisa. Amola Di da bagade asigisa, amola Dia asigi dawa: su afadenene se iasu Dia ilegei amo mae ima: ne momagei ouesala.
He prayed to Yahweh, “O Yahweh, what you have done is what I thought that you would do, before I left home [RHQ]. That is why I [decided] immediately to run away, and go to Tarshish [city], because I knew that you, O God, act very kindly and compassionately [toward all people]. You do not quickly become angry with people who do evil things. You love people very much, and you change your mind about punishing [people who sin].
3 Hina Gode! Na esalusu amo Dia samogema! Na da bogomu goga da na hanai, amola esalumu hihi gala.
[So] now, O Yahweh, [since you will not destroy Nineveh city as you said you would], allow me to die, because it would be better for me to die than to [continue to] live.”
4 Gode da bu adole ba: i, “Abuliba: le di da ougibala: ?”
Yahweh replied, “(Why is it right for you to be angry [about my not destroying the city]?/It is not right for you to be angry [about my not destroying the city]!) [RHQ]”
5 Be Youna da moilai bai bagade ea eso mabe gusudili la: idi amoga asili amola hisu diasu gaguli amola amo diasu ea ougiga esalea e da Ninefe amo ganodini adi hou doaga: ma: bela: le sosodolalu.
Jonah [did not reply]. He went out of the city to the east [side of it]. He made a small shelter in order that he could sit under it and be protected from the sun. He sat under the shelter and waited to see what would happen to the city.
6 Amalu Hina Gode E da efe bugi, amo alelesili amola Youna igili hisi amo noga: le lasa esaloma: ne denesi. Amo hou ba: beba: le, Youna da efe bugi amoma hahawane ba: i.
Then Yahweh God caused a vine to grow up [immediately] to shade Jonah’s head from the sun and make him [feel] more comfortable. Jonah was very happy about [having] the vine [over his head].
7 Be dia hahabe Gode Ea bugi amo bioma: ne, daba: asunasi. Amo daba: da bugi doagala: le, bugi da bioi amola bogoi.
But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.
8 Be eso diga: gala: le amola Gode Ea dogoloi fo gia: i bagade eso mabe amodili diga: gala: i amoga, Youna ea busagi amo dogolole amola E da sidini, bogomu ba: i. Be Youna da bogoiyale dawa: i galu, amola E da amane sia: i, “Na da bogomu defea.”
Then, when the sun rose [high in the sky], God sent a very hot wind from the east, and the sun shone very strongly on Jonah’s head, with the result that he felt faint. He wanted to die, and he said, “It would be better for me to die than to [continue to] live!”
9 Be Gode Ea ema amane sia: i. “Abuliba: le di da bugi bioiba: le ougibala: ?” Youna da amane sia: i, “Na da ougimu da defea! Na da ougili bogomu hanai!”
But God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about [what happened to] the vine?” Jonah replied, “[Yes], it is right! [Now] I am very angry and I want to die!”
10 Be Hina Gode da amane sia: i, “Goe bugi da gasi afadafa heda: le amola gasi enoga asi dagoi ba: i. Be dia da amo bugi hame hamoi, amola alema: ne hame hamoi. Be amomane dia da bugi amoma asigisa.
But Yahweh said [to him], “You have been concerned about my [causing] that vine [to wither], even though you did not take care of it, and you did not make it grow. It just grew up during one night, and it completely withered [at the end of] the next night.
11 Be Ninefe amo ganodini dunu fi 120,000 amo baligi esala. Ilia da hame dawa: su dunu. Ohe fi amola bagade esala. Amaiba: le, Na da amo moilai bai bagade fi ilima abuliba: le hame asigima: bela: ? Na da ilima asigisa. Sia: Ama Dagoi
But there are more than 120,000 people in Nineveh who [are very young, and because of that], they cannot tell which is their right hand and which is their left hand, and there are also many cattle, [and none of these have done anything to displease me]. So (is it not right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city, [and not want to destroy them]?/it is certainly right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city [and not want to destroy them]!) [RHQ]”
