Jonah 4
1 But this displeased Jonah and he became very angry.
Men det gjorde Jonas overmaade meget ondt, og hans Vrede optændtes.
2 So Jonah prayed to Yahweh and said, “Ah, Yahweh, is this not just what I said when I was back in my own country? That is why I acted first and tried to flee to Tarshish—because I knew that you are a gracious God, compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in covenant faithfulness, and you hold back from sending disaster.
Og han bad til Herren og sagde: Ak, Herre! var dette ikke mit Ord, der jeg endnu var i mit Land? derfor har jeg villet forekomme det ved at fly til Tharsis; thi jeg ved, at du er en naadig og barmhjertig Gud, langmodig og af stor Miskundhed, og angrer det onde.
3 Therefore now, Yahweh, I beg you, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Og nu, Herre! tag dog min Sjæl fra mig; thi det er mig bedre at dø end at leve.
4 Yahweh said, “Is it good that you are so angry?”
Og Herren sagde: Mon det er ret, at din Vrede optændes?
5 Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made a shelter and sat under it in the shade so that he could see what might become of the city.
Og Jonas gik ud af Staden og tog Ophold Østen for Staden, og han gjorde sig der en Hytte og satte sig under den i Skyggen, indtil han kunde se, hvad der vilde ske med Staden.
6 Yahweh God prepared a plant and made it grow up over Jonah so that it might be a shade over his head to relieve his distress. Jonah was very glad because of the plant.
Da beskikkede Gud Herren et Kikajon, og det voksede op over Jonas til at give Skygge over hans Hoved, at fri ham fra hans Onde; og Jonas glædede sig over dette Kikajon med stor Glæde.
7 But God prepared a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.
Men Gud beskikkede, da Morgenrøden den næste Dag oprandt, en Orm, og den stak Kikajonet, og det visnede.
8 It came about that when the sun rose the next morning, God prepared a hot east wind. Also, the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he became faint. Then Jonah wished that he might die. He said to himself, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Og det skete, der Solen gik op, da beskikkede Gud en lummer Østenvind, og Solen stak Jonas paa Hovedet, saa han blev afmægtig; da bad han, at hans Sjæl maatte dø, og sagde: Det er bedre, at jeg dør end lever.
9 Then God said to Jonah, “Is it good that you are so angry about the plant?” Then Jonah said, “It is good that I am angry, even to death.”
Men Gud sagde til Jonas: Mon det er ret, at din Vrede optændes for dette Kikajons Skyld? og han sagde: Ja, det er ret, at min Vrede er optændt indtil Døden.
10 Yahweh said, “You have had compassion for the plant, for which you have not labored, nor did you make it grow. It grew up in a night and died in a night.
Og Herren sagde: Du ynkes over Kikajonet, som du ikke har arbejdet for og ej faaet til at vokse, det, som blev til paa een Nat og blev ødelagt paa een Nat;
11 So as for me, should I not have compassion for Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know the difference between their right hand and their left hand, and also many cattle?”
og jeg skulde ikke ynkes over Ninive, den store Stad, i hvilken der er mange flere end tolv Gange ti Tusinde Mennesker, som ikke vide Forskel paa højre og venstre, og mange Dyr?
