Jonas 4
1 Tas rieba Jonam ar gaužu riebšanu, un viņa dusmība iedegās.
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 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.
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 Tad nu, Kungs, ņem manu dvēseli no manis, jo man ir labāki mirt nekā dzīvot.
[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 Bet Tas Kungs sacīja: vai tu gan dusmo pareizi?
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 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.
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 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.
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 Bet Dievs deva tārpu otrā dienā, kad saule uzlēca, tas dūra to rīcinus stādu, ka tas nokalta.
But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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?
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]”
