Jonah 4

1 Therefore it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was angry.

١ فَأَثَارَ ذَلِكَ غَيْظَ يُونَانَ وَغَضَبَهُ الشَّدِيدَيْنِ.

2 And he prayed vnto the Lord, and saide, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my countrey? therefore I preuented it to flee vnto Tarshish: for I knewe that thou art a gratious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindnes, and repentest thee of the euill.

٢ وَصَلَّى إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ، أَلَيْسَ هَذَا مَا قُلْتُهُ عِنْدَمَا كُنْتُ فِي بِلادِي؟ لِهَذَا أَسْرَعْتُ إِلَى الْهَرَبِ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ، لأَنِّي عَرَفْتُ أَنَّكَ إِلَهٌ رَحِيمٌ رَؤُوفٌ بَطِيءُ الْغَضَبِ كَثِيرُ الإِحْسَانِ، تَرْجِعُ عَنِ الْعِقَابِ.

3 Therefore nowe O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue.

٣ وَالآنَ دَعْنِي أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ أَلْفَظُ أَنْفَاسِي لأَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَمُوتَ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْيَا».

4 Then saide the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?

٤ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «أَأَنْتَ مُحِقٌّ فِي غَضَبِكَ؟»

5 So Ionah went out of the citie and sate on the East side of the citie, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadowe till he might see what should be done in the citie.

٥ وَخَرَجَ يُونَانُ مِنْ نِينَوَى وَجَلَسَ شَرْقِيَّ الْمَدِينَةِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ نَصَبَ لِنَفْسِهِ مَظَلَّةً جَلَسَ تَحْتَ ظِلِّهَا يَرْقُبُ مَا يَجْرِي عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.

6 And the Lord God prepared a gourde, and made it to come vp ouer Ionah, that it might be a shadowe ouer his head and deliuer him from his griefe. So Ionah was exceeding glad of the gourde.

٦ فَأَعَدَّ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ يَقْطِينَةً نَمَتْ وَارْتَفَعَتْ حَتَّى ظَلَّلَتْ رَأْسَ يُونَانَ لِتَقِيَهُ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ فَلا يُؤْذِيَهُ. فَابْتَهَجَ يُونَانُ بِالْيَقْطِينَةِ ابْتِهَاجاً عَظِيماً.

7 But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

٧ وَلَكِنْ فِي فَجْرِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي أَعَدَّ اللهُ دُودَةً قَرَضَتِ الْيَقْطِينَةَ فَجَفَّتْ.

8 And when the sunne did arise, God prepared also a feruent East winde: and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that he fainted, and wished in his heart to die, and said, It is better for me to dye, then to liue.

٨ فَلَمَّا أَشْرَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ، أَرْسَلَ اللهُ رِيحاً شَرْقِيَّةً حَارَّةً لَفَحَتْ رَأْسَ يُونَانَ، فَأَصَابَهُ الإِعْيَاءُ وَتَمَنَّى لِنَفْسِهِ الْمَوْتَ قَائِلاً: «خَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَمُوتَ مِنْ أَنْ أَظَلَّ حَيًّا».

9 And God said vnto Ionah, Doest thou well to be angrie for the gourde? And he said, I doe well to be angrie vnto the death.

٩ فَقَالَ اللهُ لِيُونَانَ: «أَأَنْتَ مُحِقٌّ فِي غَضَبِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْيَقْطِينَةِ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «أَنَا مُحِقٌّ فِي غَضَبِي حَتَّى الْمَوْتِ».

10 Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it growe, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night,

١٠ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «لَقَدْ أَشْفَقْتَ أَنْتَ عَلَى الْيَقْطِينَةِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَتْعَبْ فِي تَنْمِيَتِهَا وَتَرْبِيَتِهَا. هَذِهِ الْيَقْطِينَةُ الَّتِي تَرَعْرَعَتْ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَذَوَتْ فِي لَيْلَةٍ.

11 And shoulde not I spare Nineueh that great citie, wherein are sixe score thousande persons, that cannot discerne betweene their right hand, and their left hand, and also much cattell?

١١ أَفَلا أُشْفِقُ أَنَا عَلَى نِينَوَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ الَّتِي يُقِيمُ فِيهَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ شَخْصٍ مِمَّنْ لَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بَيْنَ يَمِينِهِمْ وَشِمَالِهِمْ، فَضْلاً عَمَّا فِيهَا مِنْ بَهَائِمَ كَثِيرَةٍ؟».