Jonas 4
1 Mas Jonas se desgostou muito, e se encheu de ira.
But Jonah was very distressed [that God had not destroyed Nineveh]. He became very angry. [The people of Nineveh were non-Jews, and Jonah did not think that God should act mercifully toward anyone who was not a Jew].
2 E orou ao SENHOR, e disse: Ah, SENHOR, não foi isto o que eu dizia enquanto ainda estava em minha terra? Por isso me preveni fugindo a Társis; porque sabia eu que tu és Deus gracioso e misericordioso, que demoras a te irar, tens grande misericórdia, e te arrependes do mal.
He prayed to Yahweh, “O Yahweh, what you have done is what I thought that you would do, before I left home [RHQ]. That is why I [decided] immediately to run away, and go to Tarshish [city], because I knew that you, O God, act very kindly and compassionately [toward all people]. You do not quickly become angry with people who do evil things. You love people very much, and you change your mind about punishing [people who sin].
3 Agora pois, ó SENHOR, peço-te que me mates, porque é melhor para mim morrer do que viver.
[So] now, O Yahweh, [since you will not destroy Nineveh city as you said you would], allow me to die, because it would be better for me to die than to [continue to] live.”
4 E o SENHOR lhe disse: É correta essa tua ira?
Yahweh replied, “(Why is it right for you to be angry [about my not destroying the city]?/It is not right for you to be angry [about my not destroying the city]!) [RHQ]”
5 E Jonas saiu da cidade, e se sentou ao oriente da cidade, e fez para si ali uma barraca, e se sentou debaixo dela à sombra, até ver o que seria da cidade.
Jonah [did not reply]. He went out of the city to the east [side of it]. He made a small shelter in order that he could sit under it and be protected from the sun. He sat under the shelter and waited to see what would happen to the city.
6 E o SENHOR Deus preparou uma planta, e a fez crescer sobre Jonas para que fizesse sombra sobre sua cabeça, e lhe aliviasse de seu mal-estar; e Jonas se alegrou grandemente por causa da planta.
Then Yahweh God caused a vine to grow up [immediately] to shade Jonah’s head from the sun and make him [feel] more comfortable. Jonah was very happy about [having] the vine [over his head].
7 Mas Deus preparou uma lagarta no dia seguinte ao amanhecer, a qual feriu a planta, e ela se secou.
But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.
8 E aconteceu que, ao levantar do sol, Deus preparou um quente vento oriental; e o sol feriu a Jonas na cabeça, de modo que ele se desmaiava, e desejava a morte, dizendo: Melhor é para mim morrer do que viver.
Then, when the sun rose [high in the sky], God sent a very hot wind from the east, and the sun shone very strongly on Jonah’s head, with the result that he felt faint. He wanted to die, and he said, “It would be better for me to die than to [continue to] live!”
9 Então Deus disse a Jonas: É correta a tua ira pela planta? E ele respondeu: É correto eu me irar até a morte.
But God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about [what happened to] the vine?” Jonah replied, “[Yes], it is right! [Now] I am very angry and I want to die!”
10 E o SENHOR disse: Tu tiveste pena da planta, na qual não trabalhaste, nem tu a fizeste crescer, que em uma noite nasceu, e em outra noite pereceu;
But Yahweh said [to him], “You have been concerned about my [causing] that vine [to wither], even though you did not take care of it, and you did not make it grow. It just grew up during one night, and it completely withered [at the end of] the next night.
11 E não teria eu pena de Nínive, aquela grande cidade onde há mais de cem e vinte mil pessoas que não sabem a diferença entre sua mão direita e a esquerda, e muitos animais?
But there are more than 120,000 people in Nineveh who [are very young, and because of that], they cannot tell which is their right hand and which is their left hand, and there are also many cattle, [and none of these have done anything to displease me]. So (is it not right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city, [and not want to destroy them]?/it is certainly right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city [and not want to destroy them]!) [RHQ]”
