Jonah 4

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

Et Jonas fut affligé d'une grande tristesse, et il fut confondu,

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 le Seigneur, et il dit: Seigneur, n'est-ce pas là ce que je disais, quand j'étais encore en mon pays? Je m'étais hâté de fuir à Tharsis, parce que je Te sais plein de clémence et de compassion, patient et abondant en miséricorde, et que Tu Te repens du mal que Tu voulais faire aux hommes.

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

Maintenant donc, Seigneur mon maître, prends-moi ma vie; car il vaut mieux pour moi mourir que vivre.

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

Et le Seigneur dit à Jonas: Pourquoi es-tu si vivement contristé?

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 Ninive, et il s'assit en face de la ville, et là il se fit une tente et il s'y établit, jusqu'à ce qu'il eut vu de loin 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 le Seigneur Dieu donna ordre à une gourde, et sa tige et ses feuilles montèrent au-dessus de la tête de Jonas pour l'ombrager et le préserver de tout mal. Et Jonas eut une grande joie de cette gourde.

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 donna ordre dès l'aurore à un ver qui rongea la gourde, et elle se dessécha.

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, aux premiers rayons du soleil, que Dieu donna ordre à un vent chaud et ardent, et le soleil frappa sur la tête de Jonas, et celui-ci défaillit, et il désespéra de sa vie, et il dit: Mieux vaut pour moi mourir que vivre.

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 le Seigneur dit à Jonas: Est-ce à cause de la gourde que tu es si fortement contristé? Et il répondit: Je suis triste 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 le Seigneur dit: Tu as grande pitié pour une gourde qui ne t'avait donné aucune peine, que tu n'avais point cultivé, qui était venue en une nuit, et qui en une nuit a été détruite.

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'épargnerai pas Ninive la grande ville, où demeurent plus de douze myriades d'hommes, qui ne savent pas distinguer leur main droite de leur main gauche; et des troupeaux si nombreux!