Jonah 4
1 And Jonah was afflicted with a great affliction, and he was angry.
Tetapi hal itu sangat mengesalkan hati Yunus, lalu marahlah ia.
2 And he prayed to the Lord, and he said, “I beg you, Lord, was this not my word, when I was still in my own land? Because of this, I knew beforehand to flee into Tarshish. For I know that you are a lenient and merciful God, patient and great in compassion, and forgiving despite ill will.
Dan berdoalah ia kepada TUHAN, katanya: "Ya TUHAN, bukankah telah kukatakan itu, ketika aku masih di negeriku? Itulah sebabnya, maka aku dahulu melarikan diri ke Tarsis, sebab aku tahu, bahwa Engkaulah Allah yang pengasih dan penyayang, yang panjang sabar dan berlimpah kasih setia serta yang menyesal karena malapetaka yang hendak didatangkan-Nya.
3 And now, Lord, I ask you to take my life from me. For it is better for me to die than to live.”
Jadi sekarang, ya TUHAN, cabutlah kiranya nyawaku, karena lebih baik aku mati dari pada hidup."
4 And the Lord said, “Do you really think you are right to be angry?”
Tetapi firman TUHAN: "Layakkah engkau marah?"
5 And Jonah went out of the city, and he sat opposite the east of the city. And he made himself a shelter there, and he was sitting under it in the shadow, until he might see what would befall the city.
Yunus telah keluar meninggalkan kota itu dan tinggal di sebelah timurnya. Ia mendirikan di situ sebuah pondok dan ia duduk di bawah naungannya menantikan apa yang akan terjadi atas kota itu.
6 And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it ascended over the head of Jonah so as to be a shadow over his head, and to protect him (for he had labored hard). And Jonah rejoiced because of the ivy, with great rejoicing.
Lalu atas penentuan TUHAN Allah tumbuhlah sebatang pohon jarak melampaui kepala Yunus untuk menaunginya, agar ia terhibur dari pada kekesalan hatinya. Yunus sangat bersukacita karena pohon jarak itu.
7 And God prepared a worm, when dawn approached on the next day, and it struck the ivy, and it dried up.
Tetapi keesokan harinya, ketika fajar menyingsing, atas penentuan Allah datanglah seekor ulat, yang menggerek pohon jarak itu, sehingga layu.
8 And when the sun had risen, the Lord ordered a hot and burning wind. And the sun beat down on the head of Jonah, and he burned. And he petitioned for his soul that he might die, and he said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Segera sesudah matahari terbit, maka atas penentuan Allah bertiuplah angin timur yang panas terik, sehingga sinar matahari menyakiti kepala Yunus, lalu rebahlah ia lesu dan berharap supaya mati, katanya: "Lebih baiklah aku mati dari pada hidup."
9 And the Lord said to Jonah, “Do you really think that you are right to be angry because of the ivy?” And he said, “I am right to be angry even unto death.”
Tetapi berfirmanlah Allah kepada Yunus: "Layakkah engkau marah karena pohon jarak itu?" Jawabnya: "Selayaknyalah aku marah sampai mati."
10 And the Lord said, “You grieve for the ivy, for which you have not labored and which you did not cause to grow, though it had been born during one night, and during one night perished.
Lalu Allah berfirman: "Engkau sayang kepada pohon jarak itu, yang untuknya sedikitpun engkau tidak berjerih payah dan yang tidak engkau tumbuhkan, yang tumbuh dalam satu malam dan binasa dalam satu malam pula.
11 And shall I not spare Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand men, who do not know the difference between their right and their left, and many beasts?”
Bagaimana tidak Aku akan sayang kepada Niniwe, kota yang besar itu, yang berpenduduk lebih dari seratus dua puluh ribu orang, yang semuanya tak tahu membedakan tangan kanan dari tangan kiri, dengan ternaknya yang banyak?"
