Jona 4
1 Fa tsy sitrak’ i Jona indrindra izany, ka nirehitra ny fahatezerany.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, 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.
He prayed to the LORD, and said, “Please, LORD, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.
3 Koa mifona aminao aho ankehitriny, Jehovah ô, esory ny aiko; fa aleoko ho faty toy izay ho velona.
Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, 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?
The LORD said, “Is it right for you 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.
Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would 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.
The LORD God prepared a vine and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.
7 Kanjo nony ampitso maraina dia nanomana fositra koa Andriamanitra, ka namely ilay tanantanamanga iny, dia nalazo io.
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it 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.
When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. 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.
God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be 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;
The LORD said, “You have been concerned for the vine, for which you have not laboured, neither made it grow; which came up in a night and perished 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?
Shouldn’t I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who can’t discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also many animals?”
