Jonah 4
1 But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.
तर यो कुराले योनालाई अप्रसन्न बनायो र तिनी धेरै रिसाए ।
2 And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.
यसैले योनाले परमप्रभुसँग प्रार्थना गरे र यसो भने, “हे परमप्रभु, के म आफ्नो देशमा हुँदा मैले यही कुरा भनेको थिइनँ र? यसकारण म तर्शीशमा भागेर जाने प्रयत्न गरें, किनभने मलाई थाहा थियो, कि तपाईं अनुग्रही परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ, दयाले पूर्ण, रिसाउनमा ढिलो र प्रतिज्ञामा विश्वसनीय हुनुहुन्छ, र तपाईंले विपत्ति पठाउन रोक्नुहुन्छ ।
3 So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
यसकारण, अब हे परमप्रभु, तपाईंसँग म बिन्ती गर्छु, मबाट मेरो प्राण लिनुहोस्, किनकि मेरो निम्ति जिउनुभन्दा मर्नु नै असल छ ।”
4 And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?
परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “के तँ यति धेरै रिसाउनु ठिक हुन्छ र?”
5 Then Jonah went out of the town, and took his seat on the east side of the town and made himself a roof of branches and took his seat under its shade till he saw what would become of the town.
तब योना त्यस सहरबाट बाहिर गए र सहरको पुर्वपट्टि बसे । त्यहाँ उनले एउटा छाप्रो बनाए र त्यसको छायामा बसे जसले गर्दा त्यो सहरलाई के हुँदोरहेछ भनी तिनले हेर्न सक्थे।
6 And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine.
परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले एउटा बिरुवा उमार्नुभयो र त्यसलाई योनाको माथि बढाउनुभयो, जसले गर्दा तिनको कष्ट कम गर्न त्यसले तिनको शिरमा छाया प्रदान गरोस् । त्यो बिरुवाको कारणले योना असाध्ये खुशी भए ।
7 But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
तर अर्को बिहानीको सुर्योदयमा परमप्रभुले एउटा कीरा खटाउनुभयो । त्यो बिरुवालाई त्यसले काटिदियो, र त्यो बिरुवा सुक्यो ।
8 Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.
अर्को बिहानी सुर्योदय हुँदा यसो भयो । परमप्रभुले तातो पुर्वी हावा पठाउनुभयो । अनि योनाको टाउकोमाथि टन्टलापुर घाम पर्यो र उनी मुर्छै पर्न लागे । तब योनाले आफू मर्न पाए हुन्थ्यो भनी इच्छा गरे । तिनले आफैलाई भने, “मेरो निम्ति त जिउनुभन्दा मर्नु नै बेस हुन्छ ।”
9 And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.
तब परमप्रभुले योनालाई भन्नुभयो, “के तँ यो बिरुवाको निम्ति धेरै रिसाउनु ठिक हुन्छ र?” तब योनाले भने, “म मरुन्जेलसम्म पनि रिसाउन ठिक हुन्छ ।”
10 And the Lord said, You had pity on the vine, for which you did no work and for the growth of which you were not responsible; which came up in a night and came to an end in a night;
परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “तैंले मेहनत नै नगरेको, र तैंले नहुर्काएको बिरुवाको तँलाई यति धेरै माया लाग्यो । त्यो एक रातमै बढ्यो र एक रातमै मर्यो ।
11 And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?
यसैले मेरो बारेमा, क मैले त्यो ठुलो सहर निनवेलाई दया नदेखाउनू, जसमा एक लाख बिस हजारभन्दा धेरै मानिसहरू बस्छन्, जसलाई आफ्नो दाहिने र देब्रे हात बिचको भिन्नता थाहा छैन, र धेरै गाई-वस्तुहरू छन्?”
