Jonah 4
1 And it was vexing unto Jonah, with a great vexation, —and it angered him.
Dette gjorde Jona ovleg vondt, og han vart brennande harm.
2 So he prayed unto Yahweh, and said—Ah now! Yahweh! Was not, this, my word, while I was yet upon mine own soil? For this cause, did I hasten to flee unto Tarshish, —because I knew that, thou, art a GOD of favour and compassion, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and art grieved over calamity.
Han bad då til Herren og sagde: «Å Herre, var det ikkje dette eg tenkte, då eg endå var i mitt land? Difor flydde eg so snøgt til Tarsis; for eg visste du er ein nådig og miskunnsam Gud, langmodig og rik på miskunn, og angrar det vonde.
3 Now, therefore, O Yahweh, take, I pray thee, my life from me, —for it were better for me, to die, than, to live.
So tak no, Herre, livet mitt ifrå meg! For eg vil heller døy enn liva.»
4 Then said Yahweh, Art thou rightly angry?
Då sagde Herren: «Hev du grunn til å harmast?»
5 But Jonah, went forth, out of the city, and abode on the east side of the city; and made for himself there, a hut, and sat under it, in the shade, until he should see what would become of the city.
Og Jona gjekk ut or byen og sette seg austanfor byen. Der gjorde han seg ei hytta og sette seg der i skuggen, og vilde sjå korleis det gjekk med byen.
6 Now Yahweh God appointed a gourd, and caused it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his vexation, —and Jonah rejoiced over the gourd, with great rejoicing.
Då let Herren Gud ein kikajon veksa upp yver Jona, til å skyggja yver hovudet hans og fria honom ifrå hans mismod; og Jona fann stor gleda i kikajonen.
7 But God appointed a worm, at the uprisings of the dawn, the next day, —and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
Men næste dag, då morgonroden rann, sende Gud ein makk, som stakk kikajonen so han visna.
8 And it came to pass, at the breaking forth of the sun, that God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun smote upon the head of Jonah, that he became faint, —and asked his life, that he might die, and said, It were better for me, to die, than, to live.
Då soli rann, sende Gud ein brennande austanvind, og soli stakk Jona på hovudet so han ormegtast. Han ynskte då å få døy og sagde: «Eg vil heller døy enn liva.»
9 Then said God unto Jonah, Art thou rightly angry over the gourd? And he said, I am rightly angry, unto death.
Men Gud sagde til Jona: «Hev du grunn til å harmast for kikajonen skuld?» Han svara: «Eg hev grunn til å harmast til dauden.»
10 Then said Yahweh, Thou, wouldest have spared the gourd, for which thou hadst not toiled, neither hadst thou made it grow, —which, as the off-spring of a night, came up, and, as the offspring of a night, perished;
Då sagde Herren: «Du ynkast yver kikajonen, som du ikkje hev havt møda med og ikkje hev ale upp, som kom til på ei natt og gjekk til grunns etter ei natt;
11 And was not, I, to spare Nineveh, the great city, —wherein are more than twelve times ten thousand human beings, who cannot discern between their right hand and their left, besides much cattle?
og so skulde ikkje eg ynkast yver Nineve, den store byen, der det finst meir enn eit hundrad og tjuge tusund menneskje som ikkje kann skilja millom høgre og vinstre, og mange dyr!»
