Yona 4
1 Lakini Yona alichukizwa sana akakasirika.
But this displeased Jonah and he became very angry.
2 Akamwomba Bwana, “Ee Bwana, hili si lile nililolisema nilipokuwa ningali nyumbani? Hii ndiyo sababu niliharikisha kukimbilia Tarshishi. Nikifahamu kuwa wewe ni Mungu mwenye neema na huruma, si mwepesi wa hasira na umejaa upendo, ni Mungu ambaye hughairi katika kupeleka maafa.
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 Sasa, Ee Bwana, niondolee uhai wangu, kwa kuwa ni afadhali mimi nife kuliko kuishi.”
Therefore now, Yahweh, I beg you, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 Lakini Bwana akamjibu, “Je unayo haki yoyote kukasirika?”
Yahweh said, “Is it good that you are so angry?”
5 Yona akatoka nje akaketi mahali upande wa mashariki wa mji. Hapo akajitengenezea kibanda, akaketi kwenye kivuli chake na kungojea ni nini kitakachotokea katika mji.
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 Ndipo Bwana, Mungu akaweka tayari mzabibu na kuufanya uote, kumpa Yona kivuli kilichomfunika kichwa ili kuondoa taabu yake, naye Yona akafurahi sana kwa ajili ya ule mzabibu.
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 Lakini kesho yake asubuhi na mapema Mungu akaamuru buu, autafune mzabibu huo nao ukanyauka.
But God prepared a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.
8 Wakati jua lilipochomoza, Mungu akautuma upepo wa hari wa mashariki, nalo jua likawaka juu ya kichwa cha Yona mpaka akazimia. Akatamani kufa, naye akasema, “Ni afadhali mimi nife kuliko kuishi.”
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 Lakini Mungu alimwambia Yona, “Je, unayo haki kukasirika kuhusu mzabibu huo?” Akasema, “Ndiyo, ninayo haki. Nimekasirika kiasi cha kufa.”
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 Lakini Bwana akamwambia, “Wewe unakasirika kwa ajili ya mzabibu huu, nawe hukuusababisha kuota wala kuutunza. Uliota usiku mmoja, nao ukafa usiku mmoja.
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 Lakini Ninawi ina zaidi ya watu 120,000 ambao hawawezi kupambanua kulia au kushoto, pamoja na ngʼombe wengi. Je, hainipasi kufikiri juu ya mji ule mkubwa?”
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?”
