Jonas 4

1 Et cela fut pour Jonas un très grand déplaisir, et il se dépita.

But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.

2 Et il pria l'Éternel et dit: Ah! Éternel, n'est-ce pas ce que je disais, quand j'étais encore dans mon pays? Aussi me suis-je hâté de fuir à Tarsis; car je savais que tu es un Dieu clément et miséricordieux, plein de longanimité et d'amour et regrettant de punir.

And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.

3 Et maintenant, Éternel, ôte-moi donc ma vie, car mieux vaut pour moi mourir que de vivre.

So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.

4 Mais l'Éternel dit: Fais-tu bien de te dépiter?

And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?

5 Alors Jonas sortit de la ville, et s'assit à l'orient de la ville et il se fit là une cabane, et s'y assit à l'ombre, jusqu'à ce qu'il vît ce qui arriverait dans la ville.

Then Jonah went out of the town, and took his seat on the east side of the town and made himself a roof of branches and took his seat under its shade till he saw what would become of the town.

6 Alors l'Éternel Dieu fit croître un ricin qui s'éleva au-dessus de Jonas pour qu'il y eût de l'ombre sur sa fête et pour le délivrer de son mal. Et Jonas se réjouit à cause du ricin, et sa joie fut grande.

And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine.

7 Et Dieu fit venir à l'arrivée de l'aurore le lendemain un ver qui piqua le ricin, de sorte qu'il sécha.

But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.

8 Et il arriva au lever du soleil que Dieu fit venir un vent d'orient sourd, et le soleil frappa la tête de Jonas, de sorte qu'il défaillait. Alors il demanda sa mort et il dit: Mieux vaut pour moi mourir que de vivre.

Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.

9 Mais Dieu dit à Jonas: Fais-tu bien de te dépiter à cause du ricin? Et il dit: Je fais bien de me dépiter jusqu'à la mort.

And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.

10 Et l'Éternel dit: Tu as pitié d'un ricin pour lequel tu n'as pris aucune peine et que tu n'as pas élevé, qui enfant d'une nuit a crû et enfant d'une nuit a péri:

And the Lord said, You had pity on the vine, for which you did no work and for the growth of which you were not responsible; which came up in a night and came to an end in a night;

11 et moi je n'aurais point pitié de Ninive la grande ville, dans laquelle il y a plus de cent vingt mille hommes qui ne savent pas distinguer leur droite de leur gauche, et des animaux en grand nombre!

And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?