Jonas 4

1 Men det tog Jonas saare fortrydeligt op, og han blev vred.

And it was vexing unto Jonah, with a great vexation, —and it angered him.

2 Saa bad han til HERREN og sagde: »Ak, HERRE! Var det ikke det, jeg tænkte, da jeg endnu var hjemme i mit Land? Derfor vilde jeg ogsaa før fly til Tarsis; jeg vidste jo, at du er en naadig og barmhjertig Gud, langmodig og rig paa Miskundhed, og at du angrer det onde.

So he prayed unto Yahweh, and said—Ah now! Yahweh! Was not, this, my word, while I was yet upon mine own soil? For this cause, did I hasten to flee unto Tarshish, —because I knew that, thou, art a GOD of favour and compassion, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and art grieved over calamity.

3 Saa tag nu, HERRE, mit Liv; thi jeg vil hellere dø end leve.«

Now, therefore, O Yahweh, take, I pray thee, my life from me, —for it were better for me, to die, than, to live.

4 Men HERREN sagde: »Er det med Rette, du er vred?«

Then said Yahweh, Art thou rightly angry?

5 Saa gik Jonas ud og slog sig ned østen for Byen; der byggede han sig en Løvhytte og satte sig i Skygge under den for at se, hvorledes det gik Byen.

But Jonah, went forth, out of the city, and abode on the east side of the city; and made for himself there, a hut, and sat under it, in the shade, until he should see what would become of the city.

6 Da bød Gud HERREN en Olieplante skyde op over Jonas og skygge over hans Hoved for at tage hans Mismod, og Jonas glædede sig højligen over den.

Now Yahweh God appointed a gourd, and caused it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his vexation, —and Jonah rejoiced over the gourd, with great rejoicing.

7 Men ved Morgengry næste Dag bød Gud en Orm stikke Olieplanten, saa den visnede;

But God appointed a worm, at the uprisings of the dawn, the next day, —and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

8 og da Solen stod op, rejste Gud en glødende Østenstorm, og Solen stak Jonas i Hovedet, saa han vansmægtede og ønskede sig Døden, idet han tænkte: »Jeg vil hellere dø end leve.«

And it came to pass, at the breaking forth of the sun, that God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun smote upon the head of Jonah, that he became faint, —and asked his life, that he might die, and said, It were better for me, to die, than, to live.

9 Men Gud sagde til Jonas: »Er det med Rette, du er vred for Olieplantens Skyld?« Han svarede: »Ja, med Rette er jeg saa vred, at jeg kunde tage min Død derover.«

Then said God unto Jonah, Art thou rightly angry over the gourd? And he said, I am rightly angry, unto death.

10 Da sagde HERREN: »Du ynkes over Olieplanten, som du ingen Møje har haft med eller opelsket, som blev til paa een Nat og gik ud paa een Nat.

Then said Yahweh, Thou, wouldest have spared the gourd, for which thou hadst not toiled, neither hadst thou made it grow, —which, as the off-spring of a night, came up, and, as the offspring of a night, perished;

11 Og jeg skulde ikke ynkes over Nineve, den store Stad med mer end tolv Gange 10 000 Mennesker, som ikke kan skelne højre fra venstre, og meget Kvæg.«

And was not, I, to spare Nineveh, the great city, —wherein are more than twelve times ten thousand human beings, who cannot discern between their right hand and their left, besides much cattle?