Jona 4

1 Fa tsy sitrak’ i Jona indrindra izany, ka nirehitra ny fahatezerany.

But this displeased Jonah and he became very 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.

So Jonah prayed to Yahweh and said, “Ah, Yahweh, is this not just what I said when I was back in my own country? That is why I acted first and tried to flee to Tarshish—because I knew that you are a gracious God, compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in covenant faithfulness, and you hold back from sending disaster.

3 Koa mifona aminao aho ankehitriny, Jehovah ô, esory ny aiko; fa aleoko ho faty toy izay ho velona.

Therefore now, Yahweh, I beg you, 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?

Yahweh said, “Is it good that you are so 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.

Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made a shelter and sat under it in the shade so that he could see what might become of 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.

Yahweh God prepared a plant and made it grow up over Jonah so that it might be a shade over his head to relieve his distress. Jonah was very glad because of the plant.

7 Kanjo nony ampitso maraina dia nanomana fositra koa Andriamanitra, ka namely ilay tanantanamanga iny, dia nalazo io.

But God prepared a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.

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.

It came about that when the sun rose the next morning, God prepared a hot east wind. Also, the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he became faint. Then Jonah wished that he might die. He said to himself, “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.

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it good that you are so angry about the plant?” Then Jonah said, “It is good that I am angry, even to 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;

Yahweh said, “You have had compassion for the plant, for which you have not labored, nor did you make it grow. It grew up in a night and died in a night.

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?

So as for me, should I not have compassion for Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know the difference between their right hand and their left hand, and also many cattle?”