Jona 4
1 Fa tsy sitrak’ i Jona indrindra izany, ka nirehitra ny fahatezerany.
And Jonah was afflicted with a great affliction, and he was angry.
2 Dia nivavaka tamin’ i Jehovah izy ka nanao hoe: Mifona aminao aho, Jehovah ô, tsy izao ihany va no efa nolazaiko fony aho mbola tany amin’ ny taniko? Fa ny andrao hisy toy izao no nandosirako ho any Tarsisy, satria fantatro fa Hianao dia Andriamanitra mamindra fo sy miantra, mahari-po sady be famindram-po ary manenina ny amin’ ny loza.
And he prayed to the Lord, and he said, “I beg you, Lord, was this not my word, when I was still in my own land? Because of this, I knew beforehand to flee into Tarshish. For I know that you are a lenient and merciful God, patient and great in compassion, and forgiving despite ill will.
3 Koa mifona aminao aho ankehitriny, Jehovah ô, esory ny aiko; fa aleoko ho faty toy izay ho velona.
And now, Lord, I ask you to take my life from me. For it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 Fa hoy Jehovah: Moa mety va izao firehitry ny fahatezeranao izao?
And the Lord said, “Do you really think you are right to be angry?”
5 Dia nivoaka ny tanàna Jona ka nipetraka teo atsinanan-tanàna; ary nanao trano rantsan-kazo ho azy teo izy ka nipetraka teo ambanin’ ny alokalony ambara-pahitany izay hiafaran’ ny tanàna.
And Jonah went out of the city, and he sat opposite the east of the city. And he made himself a shelter there, and he was sitting under it in the shadow, until he might see what would befall the city.
6 Ary Jehovah Andriamanitra nanomana tanantanamanga, ka nampaniriny hanalokaloka an’ i Jona izany ho alokaloky ny lohany, hanafaka ny alahelony. Ka dia nahafaly an’ i Jona indrindra ny tanantanamanga.
And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it ascended over the head of Jonah so as to be a shadow over his head, and to protect him (for he had labored hard). And Jonah rejoiced because of the ivy, with great rejoicing.
7 Kanjo nony ampitso maraina dia nanomana fositra koa Andriamanitra, ka namely ilay tanantanamanga iny, dia nalazo io.
And God prepared a worm, when dawn approached on the next day, and it struck the ivy, and it dried up.
8 Ary nony niposaka ny masoandro, Andriamanitra dia nanomana rivotra mahamay avy any atsinanana, ary dia namely ny lohan’ i Jona ny masoandro, dia ana izy ka nangataka ny ho faty, nanao hoe: Aleoko ho faty toy izay ho velona.
And when the sun had risen, the Lord ordered a hot and burning wind. And the sun beat down on the head of Jonah, and he burned. And he petitioned for his soul that he might die, and he said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
9 Fa hoy Andriamanitra tamin’ i Jona: Moa mety va izao firehitry ny fahatezeranao ny amin’ ny tanantanamanga izao? Ary hoy izy: Mety ny hahatezerako na dia mandra-pahafatiko aza.
And the Lord said to Jonah, “Do you really think that you are right to be angry because of the ivy?” And he said, “I am right to be angry even unto death.”
10 Dia hoy Jehovah: Hianao malahelo ny tanantanamanga izay tsy nisasaranao na nampanirinao, dia ilay naniry indray alina monja ary maty indray alina koa;
And the Lord said, “You grieve for the ivy, for which you have not labored and which you did not cause to grow, though it had been born during one night, and during one night perished.
11 ka moa Izaho tsy mba halahelo an’ i Ninive, ilay tanàna lehibe va, izay misy olona tsy omby roa alina sy iray hetsy, izay tsy mahafantatra ny havanany sy ny haviany, sady be biby fiompy koa?
And shall I not spare Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand men, who do not know the difference between their right and their left, and many beasts?”
