योना 4
1 तर यो कुराले योनालाई अप्रसन्न बनायो र तिनी धेरै रिसाए ।
But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded.
2 यसैले योनाले परमप्रभुसँग प्रार्थना गरे र यसो भने, “हे परमप्रभु, के म आफ्नो देशमा हुँदा मैले यही कुरा भनेको थिइनँ र? यसकारण म तर्शीशमा भागेर जाने प्रयत्न गरें, किनभने मलाई थाहा थियो, कि तपाईं अनुग्रही परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ, दयाले पूर्ण, रिसाउनमा ढिलो र प्रतिज्ञामा विश्वसनीय हुनुहुन्छ, र तपाईंले विपत्ति पठाउन रोक्नुहुन्छ ।
And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tharsis; because I knew that you are merciful and compassionate, longsuffering, and abundant in kindness, and repent of evil.
3 यसकारण, अब हे परमप्रभु, तपाईंसँग म बिन्ती गर्छु, मबाट मेरो प्राण लिनुहोस्, किनकि मेरो निम्ति जिउनुभन्दा मर्नु नै असल छ ।”
And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for [it is] better for me to die than to live.
4 परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “के तँ यति धेरै रिसाउनु ठिक हुन्छ र?”
And the Lord said to Jonas, Are you very much grieved?
5 तब योना त्यस सहरबाट बाहिर गए र सहरको पुर्वपट्टि बसे । त्यहाँ उनले एउटा छाप्रो बनाए र त्यसको छायामा बसे जसले गर्दा त्यो सहरलाई के हुँदोरहेछ भनी तिनले हेर्न सक्थे।
And Jonas went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he made for himself there a booth, and he sat under it, until he should perceive what would become of the city.
6 परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले एउटा बिरुवा उमार्नुभयो र त्यसलाई योनाको माथि बढाउनुभयो, जसले गर्दा तिनको कष्ट कम गर्न त्यसले तिनको शिरमा छाया प्रदान गरोस् । त्यो बिरुवाको कारणले योना असाध्ये खुशी भए ।
And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonas rejoiced with great joy for the gourd.
7 तर अर्को बिहानीको सुर्योदयमा परमप्रभुले एउटा कीरा खटाउनुभयो । त्यो बिरुवालाई त्यसले काटिदियो, र त्यो बिरुवा सुक्यो ।
And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it struck the gourd, and it withered away.
8 अर्को बिहानी सुर्योदय हुँदा यसो भयो । परमप्रभुले तातो पुर्वी हावा पठाउनुभयो । अनि योनाको टाउकोमाथि टन्टलापुर घाम पर्यो र उनी मुर्छै पर्न लागे । तब योनाले आफू मर्न पाए हुन्थ्यो भनी इच्छा गरे । तिनले आफैलाई भने, “मेरो निम्ति त जिउनुभन्दा मर्नु नै बेस हुन्छ ।”
And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun struck on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, [It is] better for me to die than to live.
9 तब परमप्रभुले योनालाई भन्नुभयो, “के तँ यो बिरुवाको निम्ति धेरै रिसाउनु ठिक हुन्छ र?” तब योनाले भने, “म मरुन्जेलसम्म पनि रिसाउन ठिक हुन्छ ।”
And God said to Jonas, Are you very much grieved for the gourd? And he said, I am very much grieved, even to death.
10 परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “तैंले मेहनत नै नगरेको, र तैंले नहुर्काएको बिरुवाको तँलाई यति धेरै माया लाग्यो । त्यो एक रातमै बढ्यो र एक रातमै मर्यो ।
And the Lord said, You had pity on the gourd, for which you has not suffered, neither did you rear it; which came up before night, and perished before [another] night:
11 यसैले मेरो बारेमा, क मैले त्यो ठुलो सहर निनवेलाई दया नदेखाउनू, जसमा एक लाख बिस हजारभन्दा धेरै मानिसहरू बस्छन्, जसलाई आफ्नो दाहिने र देब्रे हात बिचको भिन्नता थाहा छैन, र धेरै गाई-वस्तुहरू छन्?”
and shall not I spare Nineve, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriads of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; and [also] much cattle?
