योना 4
1 तर यो कुराले योनालाई अप्रसन्न बनायो र तिनी धेरै रिसाए ।
But this displeased Jonah and he became very angry.
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 ।
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 यसकारण, अब हे परमप्रभु, तपाईंसँग म बिन्ती गर्छु, मबाट मेरो प्राण लिनुहोस्, किनकि मेरो निम्ति जिउनुभन्दा मर्नु नै असल छ ।”
Therefore now, Yahweh, I beg you, 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?”
Yahweh said, “Is it good that you are so angry?”
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।
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 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 ।
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 तर अर्को बिहानीको सुर्योदयमा परमप्रभुले एउटा कीरा खटाउनुभयो । त्यो बिरुवालाई त्यसले काटिदियो, र त्यो बिरुवा सुक्यो ।
But God prepared a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.
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 ।”
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 तब परमप्रभुले योनालाई भन्नुभयो, “के तँ यो बिरुवाको निम्ति धेरै रिसाउनु ठिक हुन्छ र?” तब योनाले भने, “म मरुन्जेलसम्म पनि रिसाउन ठिक हुन्छ ।”
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 परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “तैंले मेहनत नै नगरेको, र तैंले नहुर्काएको बिरुवाको तँलाई यति धेरै माया लाग्यो । त्यो एक रातमै बढ्यो र एक रातमै मर्यो ।
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 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?”
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?”
