Jonáš 4
1 I mrzelo to Jonáše velmi, a rozpálen byl hněv jeho.
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 Pročež modlil se Hospodinu a řekl: Prosím, Hospodine, zdaliž jsem toho neřekl, když jsem ještě byl v zemi své? Protož jsem pospíšil uteci do Tarsu; nebo jsem věděl, že jsi ty Bůh milostivý a lítostivý, dlouhočekající a hojný v milosrdenství, a kterýž lituješ zlého.
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 Nyní tedy, ó Hospodine, vezmi, prosím, duši mou ode mne; nebo lépe jest mi umříti nežli živu býti.
[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 I řekl Hospodin: Jest-liž to dobře, že tak horlíš?
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 Nebo vyšel byl Jonáš z města, a seděl na východ proti městu, a udělav sobě tu boudu, seděl pod ní v stínu, ažby viděl, co se bude díti s tím městem.
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 Přistrojil pak byl Hospodin Bůh břečtan, kterýž vyrostl nad Jonáše, aby zastěňoval hlavu jeho, a chránil ho před horkem. I radoval se Jonáš z toho břečtanu radostí velikou.
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 V tom nazejtří v svitání nastrojil Bůh červa, kterýž ranil ten břečtan, tak že uschl.
But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.
8 I stalo se, že když vzešlo slunce, nastrojil Bůh vítr východní žhoucí, a bilo slunce na hlavu Jonášovu, tak že umdléval, a žádal sobě, aby umřel, řka: Lépeť mi jest umříti nežli živu býti.
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 I řekl Bůh Jonášovi: Jest-liž to dobře, že se tak hněváš pro ten břečtan? Kterýžto řekl: An dobře jest, že se hněvám až na smrt.
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 Jemuž řekl Hospodin: Ty lituješ toho břečtanu, o němž jsi nepracoval, aniž jsi ho k zrostu přivedl, kterýž za jednu noc zrostl, a jedné noci zahynul,
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 A já abych nelitoval Ninive města tak velikého, v němž jest více nežli sto a dvadceti tisíc lidí, kteříž neznají rozdílu mezi pravicí svou a levicí svou, a dobytka mnoho?
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]”
