Jonah 4
1 Ṣùgbọ́n ó ba Jona nínú jẹ́ gidigidi, ó sì bínú púpọ̀.
And it is grievous unto Jonah — a great evil — and he is displeased at it;
2 Ó sì gbàdúrà sí Olúwa, ó sì wí pé, “Èmí bẹ̀ ọ́, Olúwa, ǹjẹ́ ọ̀rọ̀ ti mo sọ kọ́ ni èyí nígbà tí mo wà ní ilẹ̀ mi? Nítorí èyí ni mo ṣé sálọ sí Tarṣiṣi ní ìṣáájú: nítorí èmi mọ̀ pé, Ọlọ́run olóore-ọ̀fẹ́ ní ìwọ, àti aláàánú, O lọ́ra láti bínú, O sì ṣeun púpọ̀, O sì ronúpìwàdà ibi náà.
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 Ǹjẹ́ báyìí, Olúwa, èmi bẹ̀ ọ, gba ẹ̀mí mi kúrò lọ́wọ́ mi nítorí ó sàn fún mi láti kú ju àti wà láààyè lọ.”
And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better [is] my death than my life.'
4 Nígbà náà ni Olúwa wí pé, “Ìwọ́ ha ni ẹ̀tọ́ láti bínú bí?”
And Jehovah saith, 'Is doing good displeasing to thee?'
5 Jona sì jáde kúrò ní ìlú náà, ó sì jókòó níhà ìlà-oòrùn ìlú náà. Ó sì pa àgọ́ kan níbẹ̀ fún ara rẹ̀, ó sì jókòó ni òjìji ní abẹ́ rẹ̀ títí yóò fi rí ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ sí ìlú náà.
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 Olúwa Ọlọ́run sì pèsè ìtàkùn kan, ó ṣe é kí ó gòkè wá sórí Jona; kí ó lè ṣe ìji bò ó lórí; láti gbà á kúrò nínú ìbànújẹ́ rẹ̀. Jona sì yọ ayọ̀ ńlá nítorí ìtàkùn náà.
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 Ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run pèsè kòkòrò kan nígbà tí ilẹ̀ mọ́ ní ọjọ́ kejì, ó sì jẹ ìtàkùn náà ó sì rọ.
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 Ó sì ṣe, nígbà tí oòrùn yọ, Ọlọ́run pèsè ẹ̀fúùfù gbígbóná tí ìlà-oòrùn; oòrùn sì pa Jona lórí tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí ó fi rẹ̀ ẹ́. Ó sì fẹ́ nínú ara rẹ̀ láti kú, ó sì wí pé, “Ó sàn fún mi láti kú ju àti wà láààyè lọ.”
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 Ọlọ́run sì wí fún Jona pé, “O ha tọ́ fún ọ láti bínú nítorí ìtàkùn náà?” Òun sì wí pé, “Mo ni ẹ̀tọ́, o tọ́ fún mi láti bínú títí dé ikú.”
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 Nígbà náà ni Olúwa wí pé, “Ìwọ kẹ́dùn ìtàkùn náà, nítorí èyí tí ìwọ kò ṣiṣẹ́ fun, tí ìwọ kò mu dàgbà; tí ó hù jáde ní òru kan tí ó sì kú ni òru kan.
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 Ṣùgbọ́n Ninefe ní jù ọ̀kẹ́ mẹ́fà ènìyàn nínú rẹ̀, tí wọn kò mọ ọwọ́ ọ̀tún wọn yàtọ̀ sí ti òsì, àti ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ohun ọ̀sìn pẹ̀lú. Ṣé èmí kò ha ní kẹ́dùn nípa ìlú ńlá náà?”
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!'
