Jonah 4
1 But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.
А Јони би врло недраго, и расрди се.
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.
И помоли се Господу и рече: Господе! Не рекох ли то кад још бејах у својој земљи? Зато хтедох пре побећи у Тарсис; јер знах да си Ти Бог милостив и жалостив, спор на гнев и обилан милосрђем и кајеш се ода зла.
3 So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
Сада Господе, узми душу моју од мене, јер ми је боље умрети него живети.
4 And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?
А Господ рече: Је ли добро што се срдиш?
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.
И Јона изиђе из града, и седе с истока граду и начини онде колибу, и сеђаше под њом у хладу да види шта ће бити од града.
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.
А Господ Бог заповеди, те узрасте тиква над Јоном да му буде сен над главом да му помогне у муци његовој; и Јона се обрадова тикви веома.
7 But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
Потом заповеди Бог, те дође црв у зору сутрадан, и подгризе тикву, те усахну.
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.
И кад ограну сунце, посла Бог сув источни ветар; и сунце стаде жећи Јону по глави тако да обамираше и пожеле да умре говорећи: Боље ми је умрети него живети.
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.
А Бог рече Јони: Је ли добро што се срдиш тикве ради? А он рече: Добро је што се срдим до смрти.
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;
А Господ му рече: Теби је жао тикве, око које се ниси трудио, и које ниси одгајио, него једну ноћ узрасте а другу ноћ пропаде.
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?
А мени да не буде жао Ниневије, великог града, у коме има више од сто и двадесет хиљада људи који још не знају шта је десно шта ли лево, и много стоке?
