Yona 4
1 Lakini hili lilimchukiza Yona naye akakasirika.
And it is grievous unto Jonah — a great evil — and he is displeased at it;
2 Basi Yona akamwomba Bwana akasema, “Ee, Bwana, hiya sio yale niliyosema wakati niliporudi katika nchi yangu? Ndiyo maana nilifanya haraka na kujaribu kukimbia Tarshishi-kwa sababu nilijua kuwa wewe ni Mungu mwenye neema, mwenye huruma, si meingi wa hasira, mwingi kwa uaminifu, na hughairi maafa.
and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, 'I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land — therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish — that I have known that Thou [art] a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil?
3 Kwa hiyo sasa, Bwana, nakuomba, uniondoe uhai wangu, kwa maana ni bora kwangu kufa kuliko kuishi.”
And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better [is] my death than my life.'
4 Bwana akasema, Je, ni vema kwamba umekasirika?”
And Jehovah saith, 'Is doing good displeasing to thee?'
5 Kisha Yona akaondoka mjini akaketi upande wa mashariki wa jiji. Huko alifanya makao na akaketi chini yake katika kivuli ili aweze kuona mji utakuwaje.
And Jonah goeth forth from the city, and sitteth on the east of the city, and maketh to himself there a booth, and sitteth under it in the shade, till that he seeth what is in the city.
6 Bwana Mungu aliandaa mmea na kuukuza juu ya Yona ili uwe kivuli juu ya kichwa chake ili kupunguza dhiki yake. Yona alikuwa na furaha kubwa kwa sababu ya mmea.
And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd [with] great joy.
7 Lakini Mungu aliandaa mdudu kulipopambazuka asubuhi iliyofuata. Alishambulia mmea na mmea ukapooza.
And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.
8 Ikawa wakati jua lilipochomoza asubuhi, Mungu aliandaa upepo mkali wa mashariki. Pia, jua lilipiga kichwa cha Yona na akaanguka. Kisha Yona alitamani kufa. Akajiambia, “Ni bora kwangu kufa kuliko kuishi.”
And it cometh to pass, about the rising of the sun, that God appointeth a cutting east wind, and the sun smiteth on the head of Jonah, and he wrappeth himself up, and asketh his soul to die, and saith, 'Better [is] my death than my life.'
9 Kisha Mungu akamwambia Yona, “Je, ni vema wewe kuwa na hasira juu ya mmea?” Yona akasema, Ni vyema kuwa nimekasirika hata kufa.
And God saith unto Jonah: 'Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, 'To do good is displeasing to me — unto death.'
10 Bwana akasema, Umeuhurumia mmea, ambao haukuufanyia kazi wala haukukua. Uliomea katika usiku na kufa usiku.
And Jehovah saith, 'Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou didst not labour, neither didst thou nourish it, which a son of a night was, and a son of a night perished,
11 Kwa hiyo mimi, haikunipassa kuuhurumia Ninawi, mji mkuu, ambalo kuna watu zaidi ya mia na ishirini elfu ambao hawajui tofauti kati ya mkono wao wa kulia na mkono wao wa kushoto, na pia ng'ombe wengi?
and I — have not I pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than twelve myriads of human beings, who have not known between their right hand and their left — and much cattle!'
