Jónás 4
1 És igen rossznak látszék ez Jónás előtt, és megharaguvék.
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].
2 Könyörge azért az Úrhoz, és mondá: Kérlek, Uram! Avagy nem ez vala-é az én mondásom, mikor még az én hazámban valék? azért siettem, hogy Tarsisba futnék, mert tudtam, hogy te irgalmas és kegyelmes Isten vagy, nagy türelmű és nagy irgalmasságú és a gonosz miatt is bánkódó.
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].
3 Most azért Uram, vedd el, kérlek, az én lelkemet én tőlem, mert jobb meghalnom, mintsem élnem!
[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.”
4 Az Úr pedig mondá: Avagy méltán haragszol-é?
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]”
5 Majd kiméne Jónás a városból, és üle a város keleti része felől, és csinála ott magának hajlékot, és üle az alatt az árnyékban, a míg megláthatná, mi lészen a városból?
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.
6 Az Úr Isten pedig egy tököt rendele, és felnöve az Jónás fölé, hogy árnyékot tartson feje fölött és megoltalmazza őt a hévség bántásától. És nagy örömmel örvendezék Jónás a tök miatt.
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].
7 De másnapra férget rendele az Isten hajnal-költekor, és megszúrá az a tököt, és elszárada.
But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.
8 És lőn napköltekor, hogy tikkasztó keleti szelet rendele Isten, és a nap rátűzött a Jónás fejére, és ő elbágyada. Kiváná azért magának a halált, és monda: Jobb halnom, mint élnem!
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!”
9 És monda az Isten Jónásnak: Avagy méltán haragszol-é a tök miatt? És monda: Méltán haragszom, mind halálig!
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!”
10 Az Úr pedig monda: Te szánod a tököt, a melyért nem fáradtál és a melyet nem neveltél, a mely egy éjjel támadt és más éjjel elveszett:
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.
11 Én pedig ne szánjam Ninivét, a nagy várost, a melyben több van tizenkétszer tízezer embernél, a kik nem tudnak különbséget tenni jobb- és balkezük között, és barom is sok van?!
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]”
