Jonah 4

1 But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.

Mais Jonas trouva [cela] très mauvais, et il fut irrité.

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.

Et il pria l’Éternel, et dit: Éternel, je te prie, n’était-ce pas là ma parole, quand j’étais encore dans mon pays? C’est pourquoi j’ai d’abord voulu m’enfuir à Tarsis, car je savais que tu es un Dieu qui fais grâce et qui es miséricordieux, lent à la colère et grand en bonté et qui te repens du mal [dont tu as menacé];

3 So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.

et maintenant, Éternel, je t’en prie, prends-moi ma vie, car mieux me vaut la mort que la vie.

4 And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?

Et l’Éternel dit: Fais-tu bien de t’irriter?

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.

Et Jonas sortit de la ville, et s’assit à l’orient de la ville; et il se fit là une cabane, et s’assit dessous à l’ombre, jusqu’à ce qu’il voie ce qui arriverait à la ville.

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.

Et l’Éternel Dieu prépara un kikajon et le fit monter au-dessus de Jonas, pour faire ombre sur sa tête, pour le délivrer de sa misère, et Jonas se réjouit d’une grande joie à cause du kikajon.

7 But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.

Et Dieu prépara un ver le lendemain, au lever de l’aurore, et il rongea le kikajon, et il sécha.

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.

Et il arriva que, quand le soleil se leva, Dieu prépara un doux vent d’orient, et le soleil frappa la tête de Jonas, et il défaillait, et il demanda la mort pour son âme, et dit: Mieux me vaut la mort que la vie.

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.

Et Dieu dit à Jonas: Fais-tu bien de t’irriter à cause du kikajon? Et il dit: Je fais bien de m’irriter jusqu’à la mort.

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;

Et l’Éternel dit: Tu as pitié du kikajon pour lequel tu n’as pas travaillé, et que tu n’as pas fait croître; qui, né en une nuit, a péri en une nuit;

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?

et moi, je n’aurais pas pitié de Ninive, la grande ville, dans laquelle il y a plus de 120 000 êtres humains qui ne savent pas distinguer entre leur droite et leur gauche, et [aussi] beaucoup de bétail!