Jonah 4

1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

١ فَأَثَارَ ذَلِكَ غَيْظَ يُونَانَ وَغَضَبَهُ الشَّدِيدَيْنِ.

2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said: 'I pray Thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in mine own country? Therefore I fled beforehand unto Tarshish; for I knew that Thou art a gracious God, and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and repentest Thee of the evil.

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 now, O LORD, take, I beseech Thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.'

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

4 And the LORD said: 'Art thou greatly angry?'

٤ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «أَأَنْتَ مُحِقٌّ فِي غَضَبِكَ؟»

5 Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

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 gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his evil. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.

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 worm 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 it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said: 'It is better for me to die than to live.'

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 to Jonah: 'Art thou greatly angry for the gourd?' And he said: 'I am greatly angry, even unto death.'

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

10 And the LORD said: 'Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow, which came up 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 should not I have pity on Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?'

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؟».