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].
Et cela fut pour Jonas un très grand déplaisir, et il se dépita.
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].
Et il pria l'Éternel et dit: Ah! Éternel, n'est-ce pas ce que je disais, quand j'étais encore dans mon pays? Aussi me suis-je hâté de fuir à Tarsis; car je savais que tu es un Dieu clément et miséricordieux, plein de longanimité et d'amour et regrettant de punir.
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.”
Et maintenant, Éternel, ôte-moi donc ma vie, car mieux vaut pour moi mourir que de vivre.
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]”
Mais l'Éternel dit: Fais-tu bien de te dépiter?
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.
Alors Jonas sortit de la ville, et s'assit à l'orient de la ville et il se fit là une cabane, et s'y assit à l'ombre, jusqu'à ce qu'il vît ce qui arriverait dans la ville.
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].
Alors l'Éternel Dieu fit croître un ricin qui s'éleva au-dessus de Jonas pour qu'il y eût de l'ombre sur sa fête et pour le délivrer de son mal. Et Jonas se réjouit à cause du ricin, et sa joie fut grande.
7 But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.
Et Dieu fit venir à l'arrivée de l'aurore le lendemain un ver qui piqua le ricin, de sorte qu'il sécha.
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!”
Et il arriva au lever du soleil que Dieu fit venir un vent d'orient sourd, et le soleil frappa la tête de Jonas, de sorte qu'il défaillait. Alors il demanda sa mort et il dit: Mieux vaut pour moi mourir que de vivre.
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!”
Mais Dieu dit à Jonas: Fais-tu bien de te dépiter à cause du ricin? Et il dit: Je fais bien de me dépiter jusqu'à la mort.
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.
Et l'Éternel dit: Tu as pitié d'un ricin pour lequel tu n'as pris aucune peine et que tu n'as pas élevé, qui enfant d'une nuit a crû et enfant d'une nuit a péri:
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]”
et moi je n'aurais point pitié de Ninive la grande ville, dans laquelle il y a plus de cent vingt mille hommes qui ne savent pas distinguer leur droite de leur gauche, et des animaux en grand nombre!
