Jonah 4
1 Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
Men det tog Jonas saare fortrydeligt op, og han blev vred.
2 So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
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.
3 And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Saa tag nu, HERRE, mit Liv; thi jeg vil hellere dø end leve.«
4 But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
Men HERREN sagde: »Er det med Rette, du er vred?«
5 Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.
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.
6 So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
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.
7 When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
Men ved Morgengry næste Dag bød Gud en Orm stikke Olieplanten, saa den visnede;
8 As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
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.«
9 Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
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.«
10 But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
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.
11 So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
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.«
