Yunus 4
1 Yunus sama sekali tidak senang dengan hal itu; ia malahan menjadi marah.
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 Lalu ia berdoa, "Ya TUHAN, bukankah telah kukatakan sebelum berangkat dari rumahku dulu, bahwa Engkau pasti akan berbuat begini? Itulah sebabnya aku langsung melarikan diri ke Spanyol! Aku tahu bahwa Engkau Allah yang penyayang dan pengasih, panjang sabar, lemah lembut, dan selalu siap untuk mengubah rencana penghukuman.
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 Sekarang, ya TUHAN, biarlah aku mati saja, sebab lebih baik aku mati daripada hidup."
[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 Jawab TUHAN, "Engkau tak punya alasan untuk menjadi marah begitu."
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 Kemudian Yunus pergi ke sebelah timur kota, lalu duduk di situ. Ia membuat sebuah pondok dan berteduh di dalamnya, sambil menunggu apa yang akan terjadi di kota Niniwe.
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 Maka TUHAN Allah menumbuhkan sebuah tanaman menjalar yang memberi naungan kepada Yunus sehingga ia merasa senang. Memang, Yunus senang sekali dengan tanaman itu.
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 Tetapi besoknya pada waktu subuh, Allah membuat seekor cacing menggerek akar tanaman itu, sehingga menjadi layu.
But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.
8 Setelah matahari terbit, Allah mendatangkan angin panas yang bertiup dari timur. Yunus hampir pingsan karena ditimpa sinar matahari yang seakan-akan membakar kepalanya. Ia menjadi putus asa dan ingin mati. Katanya, "Lebih baik aku mati saja daripada hidup!"
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 Tetapi Allah berkata kepadanya, "Engkau tak patut menjadi begitu sedih karena tanaman itu!" Jawab Yunus, "Mengapa tidak? Sepatutnyalah aku menjadi marah sekali sampai mati."
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 Lalu kata TUHAN kepadanya, "Tanaman ini tumbuh dalam satu malam saja, dan ia layu pada hari berikutnya; engkau sama sekali tidak menumbuhkannya atau memeliharanya. Meskipun begitu engkau merasa sedih karena ia layu.
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 Masakan Aku tidak akan sedih memikirkan Niniwe, kota yang besar itu. Sebab selain binatang-binatangnya yang tidak terhitung itu, di situ terdapat juga lebih dari 120.000 orang anak yang belum dapat membedakan apa yang baik dan apa yang jahat."
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]”
