Yona 4

1 Ke esi Mawu tsɔ Ninivetɔwo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ke wo la, Yona do dɔmedzoe vevie.

and be evil to(wards) Jonah distress: evil great: large and to be incensed to/for him

2 Edo gbe ɖa na Yehowa be, “O Yehowa, ɖe menye esiae megblɔ esi mele mía dedu me oa? Esia ta le gɔmedzedzea me la, mesi ɖo ta Tarsis, elabena menya be Mawu, amenuvela kple nublanuikpɔlae nènye. Ègbɔa dzi blewu; lɔlɔ̃ matrɔ bɔ ɖe asiwò, eye nètsɔa nu vɔ̃wo kena.

and to pray to(wards) LORD and to say Please! LORD not this word: speaking my till to be I upon land: country my upon so to meet to/for to flee Tarshish [to] for to know for you(m. s.) God gracious and compassionate slow face: anger and many kindness and to be sorry: relent upon [the] distress: harm

3 Eya ta Yehowa, meɖe kuku ɖe nye agbe ɖa; enyo nam be maku wu be manɔ agbe.”

and now LORD to take: take please [obj] soul: life my from me for pleasant death my from life my

4 Yehowa trɔ biae be, “Enyo be nàdo dɔmedzoe ɖe nu sia ta?”

and to say LORD be good to be incensed to/for you

5 Ale Yona yi ɖanɔ anyi ɖe dua ƒe ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo nublanuitɔe, eye wòtsɔ aŋgbawo wɔ agbadɔe henɔ ete nɔ lalam be yeakpɔ nu si le dzɔdzɔ ge ɖe dua dzi la ɖa.

and to come out: come Jonah from [the] city and to dwell from front: east to/for city and to make to/for him there booth and to dwell underneath: under her in/on/with shadow till which to see: see what? to be in/on/with city

6 Yehowa, Mawu na yevukutsati mie heɖo vɔvɔli ɖe Yona tame be wòatsi ŋudɔɖuame la nu. Yona kpɔ dzidzɔ ŋutɔ le yevukutsati la ŋuti.

and to count LORD God plant and to ascend: rise from upon to/for Jonah to/for to be shadow upon head his to/for to rescue to/for him from distress: harm his and to rejoice Jonah upon [the] plant joy great: large

7 Ke le fɔŋli la, Mawu na ŋɔ aɖe ɖu yevukutsati la, eye wòyrɔ.

and to count [the] God worm in/on/with to ascend: rise [the] dawn to/for morrow and to smite [obj] [the] plant and to wither

8 Esi ɣe dze la, Mawu na ŋdɔ sesẽ la kplɔ ɣedzeƒeya xɔdzo aɖe va ƒo ɖe Yona dzi va se ɖe esime nu te eŋu vevie, eye wòbia be yeaku, elabena egblɔ be, “Enyo nam be maku wu manɔ agbe.”

and to be like/as to rise [the] sun and to count God spirit: breath east scorching and to smite [the] sun upon head Jonah and to enwrap and to ask [obj] soul: myself his to/for to die and to say pleasant death my from life my

9 Mawu gblɔ na Yona be, “Enyo be nàdo dɔmedzoe esi ati la kua?” Yona ɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, tɔnye dzɔ be mado dɔmedzoe va se ɖe esime maku!”

and to say God to(wards) Jonah be good to be incensed to/for you upon [the] plant and to say be good to be incensed to/for me till death

10 Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Esi ati si dzi mèkpɔ wòtsi o, eya ŋutɔe mie le zã ɖeka me, eye wòku le zã ɖeka me la ƒe ku le vewòm ale ɖe,

and to say LORD you(m. s.) to pity upon [the] plant which not to toil in/on/with him and not to magnify him which/that son: type of night to be and son: type of night to perish

11 ekema nu ka ta nyemakpɔ nublanui na du gã xɔŋkɔ abe Ninive ene, du si me ame akpe alafa ɖeka kple blaeve siwo menya woƒe ɖusi tso woƒe mia gbɔ o la le kpe ɖe woƒe lã gbogboawo ŋu o ɖo?”

and I not to pity upon Nineveh [the] city [the] great: large which there in/on/with her to multiply from two ten ten thousand man which not to know between right his to/for left his and animal many