Jonah 4

فَغَمَّ ذلِكَ يُونَانَ غَمًّا شَدِيدًا، فَاغْتَاظَ.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

وَصَلَّى إِلَى الرَّبِّ وَقَالَ: «آهِ يَا رَبُّ، أَلَيْسَ هذَا كَلاَمِي إِذْ كُنْتُ بَعْدُ فِي أَرْضِي؟ لِذلِكَ بَادَرْتُ إِلَى الْهَرَبِ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ، لأَنِّي عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ إِلهٌ رَؤُوفٌ وَرَحِيمٌ بَطِيءُ الْغَضَبِ وَكَثِيرُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَنَادِمٌ عَلَى الشَّرِّ.

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

فَالآنَ يَا رَبُّ، خُذْ نَفْسِي مِنِّي، لأَنَّ مَوْتِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ حَيَاتِي».

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «هَلِ اغْتَظْتَ بِالصَّوَابِ؟».

Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?

وَخَرَجَ يُونَانُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَجَلَسَ شَرْقِيَّ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَصَنَعَ لِنَفْسِهِ هُنَاكَ مَظَلَّةً وَجَلَسَ تَحْتَهَا فِي الظِّلِّ، حَتَّى يَرَى مَاذَا يَحْدُثُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ.

So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

فَأَعَدَّ الرَّبُّ الإِلهُ يَقْطِينَةً فَارْتَفَعَتْ فَوْقَ يُونَانَ لِتَكُونَ ظِلاُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، لِكَيْ يُخَلِّصَهُ مِنْ غَمِّهِ. فَفَرِحَ يُونَانُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْيَقْطِينَةِ فَرَحًا عَظِيمًا.

And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

ثُمَّ أَعَدَّ اللهُ دُودَةً عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ في الْغَدِ، فَضَرَبَتِ الْيَقْطِينَةَ فَيَبِسَتْ.

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

وَحَدَثَ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ أَنَّ اللهَ أَعَدَّ رِيحًا شَرْقِيَّةً حَارَّةً، فَضَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى رَأْسِ يُونَانَ فَذَبُلَ. فَطَلَبَ لِنَفْسِهِ الْمَوْتَ، وَقَالَ: «مَوْتِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ حَيَاتِي».

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

فَقَالَ اللهُ لِيُونَانَ: «هَلِ اغْتَظْتَ بِالصَّوَابِ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْيَقْطِينَةِ؟» فَقَالَ: «اغْتَظْتُ بِالصَّوَابِ حَتَّى الْمَوْتِ».

And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «أَنْتَ شَفِقْتَ عَلَى الْيَقْطِينَةِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَتْعَبْ فِيهَا وَلاَ رَبَّيْتَهَا، الَّتِي بِنْتَ لَيْلَةٍ كَانَتْ وَبِنْتَ لَيْلَةٍ هَلَكَتْ.

Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

أَفَلاَ أَشْفَقُ أَنَا عَلَى نِينَوَى الْمَدِينَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ الَّتِي يُوجَدُ فِيهَا أَكْثَرُ مِنِ اثْنَتَيْ عَشَرَةَ رِبْوَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ يَمِينَهُمْ مِنْ شِمَالِهِمْ، وَبَهَائِمُ كَثِيرَةٌ؟».

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?