Jonah 4
1 But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.
Joni bi veoma krivo i rasrdi se.
2 And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.
I ovako se pomoli Jahvi: “Ah, Jahve, nisam li ja to slutio dok još u svojoj zemlji bijah? Zato sam htio prije pobjeći u Taršiš; jer znao sam da si ti Bog milostiv i milosrdan, spor na gnjev i bogat milosrđem i da se nad nesrećom brzo sažališ.
3 So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
Sada, Jahve, uzmi moj život, jer mi je bolje umrijeti nego živjeti.”
4 And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?
Jahve odgovori: “Srdiš li se ti s pravom?”
5 Then Jonah went out of the town, and took his seat on the east side of the town and made himself a roof of branches and took his seat under its shade till he saw what would become of the town.
Jona iziđe iz grada i sjede s istoka gradu; načini ondje kolibu i sjede pod njom u hlad da vidi što će biti od grada.
6 And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine.
A Jahve Bog učini da izraste bršljan nad Jonom i pruži sjenu njegovoj glavi te da ga izliječi od zlovolje. Jona se bršljanu veoma obradova.
7 But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
Ali sutradan, u osvit zore, Bog zapovjedi crvu da podgrize bršljan, i on usahnu.
8 Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.
Kad je ogranulo sunce, posla Bog vruć istočni vjetar; sunce je palilo glavu Joninu te je sasvim klonuo. Poželje umrijeti i reče: “Bolje mi je umrijeti nego živjeti.”
9 And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.
Bog upita Jonu: “Srdiš li se s pravom zbog bršljana?” On odgovori: “Da, s pravom sam ljut nasmrt.”
10 And the Lord said, You had pity on the vine, for which you did no work and for the growth of which you were not responsible; which came up in a night and came to an end in a night;
Jahve mu reče: “Tebi je žao bršljana oko kojega se nisi trudio, nego je u jednu noć nikao i u jednu noć usahnuo.
11 And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?
A meni da ne bude žao Ninive, grada velikoga, u kojem ima više od sto i dvadeset tisuća ljudi koji ne znaju razlikovati desno i lijevo, a uz to i mnogo životinja!”
