Jonas 4
1 Tas rieba Jonam ar gaužu riebšanu, un viņa dusmība iedegās.
But this displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
2 Un viņš pielūdza To Kungu un sacīja: ak Kungs, vai es tā nesacīju, kad es vēl biju savā zemē? Tāpēc es papriekš steidzos bēgt uz Taršišu, jo es zināju, ka Tu esi žēlīgs un žēlsirdīgs Dievs, lēnprātīgs un no lielas žēlastības, kam paliek žēl par to ļaunumu.
And he prayed to Jehovah and said, Ah! Jehovah, was not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? Therefore I made haste to flee to Tarshish. For I knew that thou art a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy, and that thou repentest of a threatened evil.
3 Tad nu, Kungs, ņem manu dvēseli no manis, jo man ir labāki mirt nekā dzīvot.
And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray thee, my life from me! for it is better for me to die than to live.
4 Bet Tas Kungs sacīja: vai tu gan dusmo pareizi?
And Jehovah said, Is it right that thou shouldst be angry?
5 Un Jona izgāja no pilsētas un apsēdās pret rīta pusi no pilsētas un tur sev taisīja būdiņu un apsēdās tur pavēnī, tiekams redzētu, kas ar to pilsētu būs.
Now Jonah had gone out of the city, and had sat on the east side of the city, and had made himself a booth there, and had sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city.
6 Tad Dievs Tas Kungs deva rīcinus stādu (ar lielām lapām); tas uzauga pār Jonu, lai viņam būtu ēna pār galvu un lai viņu atsvabinātu no viņa ļaunuma; un Jona priecājās par to rīcinus stādu ar lielu prieku.
And God, Jehovah, appointed a gourd; and it grew up over Jonah to be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his distress. And Jonah was exceedingly glad of the gourd.
7 Bet Dievs deva tārpu otrā dienā, kad saule uzlēca, tas dūra to rīcinus stādu, ka tas nokalta.
But God appointed a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd so that it withered.
8 Un kad saule uzlēca, tad Dievs deva sausu rīta vēju, un saule spieda Jonam uz galvu, ka tas kļuva gurdens, un viņš savai dvēselei vēlēja mirt un sacīja: labāk man būtu mirt nekā dzīvot.
And when the sun arose, God appointed a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, and he was faint, and he asked for himself death, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
9 Tad Dievs sacīja uz Jonu: vai tev šķiet, ka tu pareizi dusmo par to rīcinus stādu? Un viņš sacīja: gan pareizi es dusmoju līdz pat nāvei.
And God said to Jonah, Is it right that thou shouldst be angry for the gourd? And he said, It is right that I should be angry even to death.
10 Bet Tas Kungs sacīja: tev ir žēl tā rīcinus stāda, pie kā tu neesi ne strādājis ne to audzinājis, kas vienā naktī cēlies un vienā naktī nozudis.
And Jehovah said, Thou hast had pity on the gourd for which thou hast not labored, and which thou madest not to grow, which grew up in a night and perished in a night;
11 Un Man nebija žēlot to lielo pilsētu Ninivi, kur iekšā daudz vairāk nekā simts un divdesmit tūkstoši cilvēku, kas nezin izšķirt labo no kreisās rokas, un daudz lopu?
and should not I spare Nineveh, the great city, wherein are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also many cattle?
