Книга пророка Ионы 4
1 И опечалися Иона печалию великою и смутися,
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly; and he was wroth.
2 и помолися ко Господу и рече: о Господи, не сия ли убо словеса моя, яже глаголах, еще сущу ми на земли моей? Сего ради предварих бежати в Фарсис, зане разумех, яко милостив Ты еси и щедр, долготерпелив и многомилостив, и каяйся о злобах (человеческих):
And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my word, while I was yet in my own country? Therefore made I haste to fly unto Tharshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and repentant of the evil.
3 и ныне, Владыко Господи, приими душу мою от мене, яко уне ми умрети, нежели жити.
And now, O Lord, take, I pray thee, my soul from me; because it is better for me to die, than to live.
4 И рече Господь ко Ионе: аще зело опечалился еси ты?
And the Lord said, Art thou very wroth?
5 И изыде Иона из града и седе прямо града, и сотвори себе кущу и седяще под нею в сени, дондеже увидит, что будет граду.
Now Jonah was gone out of the city, and dwelt on the east side of the city; and he had made himself there a booth, and sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city.
6 И повеле Господь Бог тыкве, и возрасте над главою его, еже осенити его от злых его. И возрадовася Иона о тыкве радостию великою.
And the Lord God made ready a gourd, and it grew up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to relieve him from his affliction. And Jonah rejoiced because of the gourd exceedingly.
7 И повеле Господь Бог червию раннему во утрие, и подяде тыкву, и изсше.
But God made ready a worm when the morning dawned on the morrow, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
8 И бысть вкупе внегда возсияти солнцу, и повеле Бог ветру знойну жегущу, и порази солнце на главу Ионину, и малодушствоваше и отрицашеся души своея и рече:
And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God made ready a hot east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he became faint; and he wished for himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
9 уне ми умрети, нежели жити. И рече Господь Бог ко Ионе: зело ли опечалился еси ты о тыкве? И рече (Иона): зело опечалихся аз даже до смерти.
And God said unto Jonah, Art thou very wroth for the gourd? And he said, I am very wroth, even unto death.
10 И рече Господь: ты оскорбился еси о тыкве, о нейже не трудился еси, ни воскормил еси ея, яже родися об нощь и об нощь погибе:
And the Lord said, Thou wouldst have spared the gourd, for which thou hadst not labored, neither hadst thou made it grow; which came up in one night, and perished in one night;
11 Аз же не пощажду ли Ниневии града великаго, в немже живут множайшии неже дванадесять тем человек, иже не познаша десницы своея, ниже шуйцы своея, и скоти их мнози?
And shall I not spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than twelve times ten thousand persons, who know not how to discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?
