Jonah 4
1 But Jonah was very distressed [that God had not destroyed Nineveh]. He became very angry. [The people of Nineveh were non-Jews, and Jonah did not think that God should act mercifully toward anyone who was not a Jew].
Mutta Joona pahastui tästä kovin, ja hän vihastui.
2 He prayed to Yahweh, “O Yahweh, what you have done is what I thought that you would do, before I left home [RHQ]. That is why I [decided] immediately to run away, and go to Tarshish [city], because I knew that you, O God, act very kindly and compassionately [toward all people]. You do not quickly become angry with people who do evil things. You love people very much, and you change your mind about punishing [people who sin].
Ja hän rukoili Herraa ja sanoi: "Voi Herra! Enkö minä sitä sanonut, kun olin vielä omassa maassani? Siksihän minä ehätin pakenemaan Tarsiiseen. Sillä minä tiesin, että sinä olet armahtavainen ja laupias Jumala, pitkämielinen ja armosta rikas, ja että sinä kadut pahaa.
3 [So] now, O Yahweh, [since you will not destroy Nineveh city as you said you would], allow me to die, because it would be better for me to die than to [continue to] live.”
Ja nyt, Herra, ota minun henkeni, sillä kuolema on minulle parempi kuin elämä."
4 Yahweh replied, “(Why is it right for you to be angry [about my not destroying the city]?/It is not right for you to be angry [about my not destroying the city]!) [RHQ]”
Mutta Herra sanoi: "Onko vihastumisesi oikea?"
5 Jonah [did not reply]. He went out of the city to the east [side of it]. He made a small shelter in order that he could sit under it and be protected from the sun. He sat under the shelter and waited to see what would happen to the city.
Niin Joona lähti kaupungista ja asettui kaupungin itäpuolelle. Hän teki itsellensä sinne lehtimajan ja kävi istumaan sen alle varjoon, kunnes näkisi, miten kaupungin oli käyvä.
6 Then Yahweh God caused a vine to grow up [immediately] to shade Jonah’s head from the sun and make him [feel] more comfortable. Jonah was very happy about [having] the vine [over his head].
Mutta Herra Jumala toimitti risiinikasvin kasvamaan Joonan pään ylitse, varjostamaan hänen päätänsä ja päästämään häntä hänen mielipahastaan. Ja Joona iloitsi suuresti risiinikasvista.
7 But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.
Mutta seuraavana päivänä, aamun sarastaessa, Jumala toimitti madon kalvamaan risiinikasvia, niin että se kuivui.
8 Then, when the sun rose [high in the sky], God sent a very hot wind from the east, and the sun shone very strongly on Jonah’s head, with the result that he felt faint. He wanted to die, and he said, “It would be better for me to die than to [continue to] live!”
Ja auringon noustua Jumala toimitti tulikuuman itätuulen, ja aurinko paahtoi Joonaa päähän, niin että häntä näännytti. Niin hän toivotti itsellensä kuolemaa ja sanoi: "Parempi on minulle kuolema kuin elämä".
9 But God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about [what happened to] the vine?” Jonah replied, “[Yes], it is right! [Now] I am very angry and I want to die!”
Mutta Jumala sanoi Joonalle: "Onko vihastumisesi risiinikasvin tähden oikea?" Tämä vastasi: "Oikea on vihastumiseni kuolemaan asti".
10 But Yahweh said [to him], “You have been concerned about my [causing] that vine [to wither], even though you did not take care of it, and you did not make it grow. It just grew up during one night, and it completely withered [at the end of] the next night.
Niin Herra sanoi: "Sinä armahdat risiinikasvia, josta et ole vaivaa nähnyt ja jota et ole kasvattanut, joka yhden yön lapsena syntyi ja yhden yön lapsena kuoli.
11 But there are more than 120,000 people in Nineveh who [are very young, and because of that], they cannot tell which is their right hand and which is their left hand, and there are also many cattle, [and none of these have done anything to displease me]. So (is it not right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city, [and not want to destroy them]?/it is certainly right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city [and not want to destroy them]!) [RHQ]”
Enkö siis minä armahtaisi Niiniveä, sitä suurta kaupunkia, jossa on enemmän kuin sata kaksikymmentä tuhatta ihmistä, jotka eivät vielä tiedä, kumpi käsi on oikea, kumpi vasen, niin myös paljon eläimiä?"
