Jonah 4
1 But Jonah was very distressed [that God had not destroyed Nineveh]. He became very angry. [The people of Nineveh were non-Jews, and Jonah did not think that God should act mercifully toward anyone who was not a Jew].
А Јони би врло недраго, и расрди се.
2 He prayed to Yahweh, “O Yahweh, what you have done is what I thought that you would do, before I left home [RHQ]. That is why I [decided] immediately to run away, and go to Tarshish [city], because I knew that you, O God, act very kindly and compassionately [toward all people]. You do not quickly become angry with people who do evil things. You love people very much, and you change your mind about punishing [people who sin].
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 Yahweh, [since you will not destroy Nineveh city as you said you would], allow me to die, because it would be better for me to die than to [continue to] live.”
Сада Господе, узми душу моју од мене, јер ми је боље умрети него живети.
4 Yahweh replied, “(Why is it right for you to be angry [about my not destroying the city]?/It is not right for you to be angry [about my not destroying the city]!) [RHQ]”
А Господ рече: Је ли добро што се срдиш?
5 Jonah [did not reply]. He went out of the city to the east [side of it]. He made a small shelter in order that he could sit under it and be protected from the sun. He sat under the shelter and waited to see what would happen to the city.
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 Then Yahweh God caused a vine to grow up [immediately] to shade Jonah’s head from the sun and make him [feel] more comfortable. Jonah was very happy about [having] the vine [over his head].
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 before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.
Потом заповеди Бог, те дође црв у зору сутрадан, и подгризе тикву, те усахну.
8 Then, when the sun rose [high in the sky], God sent a very hot wind from the east, and the sun shone very strongly on Jonah’s head, with the result that he felt faint. He wanted to die, and he said, “It would be better for me to die than to [continue to] live!”
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 But God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about [what happened to] the vine?” Jonah replied, “[Yes], it is right! [Now] I am very angry and I want to die!”
А Бог рече Јони: Је ли добро што се срдиш тикве ради? А он рече: Добро је што се срдим до смрти.
10 But Yahweh said [to him], “You have been concerned about my [causing] that vine [to wither], even though you did not take care of it, and you did not make it grow. It just grew up during one night, and it completely withered [at the end of] the next 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 But there are more than 120,000 people in Nineveh who [are very young, and because of that], they cannot tell which is their right hand and which is their left hand, and there are also many cattle, [and none of these have done anything to displease me]. So (is it not right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city, [and not want to destroy them]?/it is certainly right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city [and not want to destroy them]!) [RHQ]”
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?
