Jonás 4
1 Pero esto disgustó mucho a Jonás, y se enojó.
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 Oró a Yahvé y dijo: “Por favor, Yahvé, ¿no fue esto lo que dije cuando todavía estaba en mi país? Por eso me apresuré a huir a Tarsis, porque sabía que eres un Dios clemente y misericordioso, lento para la ira y abundante en bondades amorosas, y que renuncias a hacer daño.
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 Por eso ahora, Yahvé, te ruego que me quites la vida, pues es mejor para mí morir que vivir.”
[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 Yahvé dijo: “¿Está bien que te enojes?”
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 Entonces Jonás salió de la ciudad y se sentó en el lado oriental de la ciudad, y allí se hizo una caseta y se sentó bajo ella a la sombra, hasta que viera lo que iba a ser de la ciudad.
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 El Señor Dios preparó una parra y la hizo subir sobre Jonás, para que fuera una sombra sobre su cabeza y lo librara de su malestar. Y Jonás se alegró mucho por la vid.
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 Pero Dios preparó un gusano al amanecer del día siguiente, y éste masticó la vid de modo que se marchitó.
But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.
8 Cuando salió el sol, Dios preparó un viento bochornoso del este; y el sol golpeó la cabeza de Jonás, de modo que se desmayó y pidió para sí la muerte. Dijo: “Es mejor para mí morir que vivir”.
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 Dios le dijo a Jonás: “¿Está bien que te enojes por la vid?” Dijo: “Tengo derecho a enfadarme, incluso hasta la muerte”.
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 El Señor dijo: “Te has preocupado por la vid, por la que no has trabajado ni la has hecho crecer, que surgió en una noche y pereció en una noche.
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 ¿No deberíapreocuparme por Nínive, esa gran ciudad en la que hay más de ciento veinte mil personas que no saben discernir entre su mano derecha y su mano izquierda, y también muchos animales?”
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]”
