Jonas 4

1 Tas rieba Jonam ar gaužu riebšanu, un viņa dusmība iedegās.

But this displeased Jonah and he became very angry.

2 Un viņš pielūdza To Kungu un sacīja: ak Kungs, vai es tā nesacīju, kad es vēl biju savā zemē? Tāpēc es papriekš steidzos bēgt uz Taršišu, jo es zināju, ka Tu esi žēlīgs un žēlsirdīgs Dievs, lēnprātīgs un no lielas žēlastības, kam paliek žēl par to ļaunumu.

So Jonah prayed to Yahweh and said, “Ah, Yahweh, is this not just what I said when I was back in my own country? That is why I acted first and tried to flee to Tarshish—because I knew that you are a gracious God, compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in covenant faithfulness, and you hold back from sending disaster.

3 Tad nu, Kungs, ņem manu dvēseli no manis, jo man ir labāki mirt nekā dzīvot.

Therefore now, Yahweh, I beg you, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

4 Bet Tas Kungs sacīja: vai tu gan dusmo pareizi?

Yahweh said, “Is it good that you are so angry?”

5 Un Jona izgāja no pilsētas un apsēdās pret rīta pusi no pilsētas un tur sev taisīja būdiņu un apsēdās tur pavēnī, tiekams redzētu, kas ar to pilsētu būs.

Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made a shelter and sat under it in the shade so that he could see what might become of the city.

6 Tad Dievs Tas Kungs deva rīcinus stādu (ar lielām lapām); tas uzauga pār Jonu, lai viņam būtu ēna pār galvu un lai viņu atsvabinātu no viņa ļaunuma; un Jona priecājās par to rīcinus stādu ar lielu prieku.

Yahweh God prepared a plant and made it grow up over Jonah so that it might be a shade over his head to relieve his distress. Jonah was very glad because of the plant.

7 Bet Dievs deva tārpu otrā dienā, kad saule uzlēca, tas dūra to rīcinus stādu, ka tas nokalta.

But God prepared a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.

8 Un kad saule uzlēca, tad Dievs deva sausu rīta vēju, un saule spieda Jonam uz galvu, ka tas kļuva gurdens, un viņš savai dvēselei vēlēja mirt un sacīja: labāk man būtu mirt nekā dzīvot.

It came about that when the sun rose the next morning, God prepared a hot east wind. Also, the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he became faint. Then Jonah wished that he might die. He said to himself, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

9 Tad Dievs sacīja uz Jonu: vai tev šķiet, ka tu pareizi dusmo par to rīcinus stādu? Un viņš sacīja: gan pareizi es dusmoju līdz pat nāvei.

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it good that you are so angry about the plant?” Then Jonah said, “It is good that I am angry, even to death.”

10 Bet Tas Kungs sacīja: tev ir žēl tā rīcinus stāda, pie kā tu neesi ne strādājis ne to audzinājis, kas vienā naktī cēlies un vienā naktī nozudis.

Yahweh said, “You have had compassion for the plant, for which you have not labored, nor did you make it grow. It grew up in a night and died in a night.

11 Un Man nebija žēlot to lielo pilsētu Ninivi, kur iekšā daudz vairāk nekā simts un divdesmit tūkstoši cilvēku, kas nezin izšķirt labo no kreisās rokas, un daudz lopu?

So as for me, should I not have compassion for Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know the difference between their right hand and their left hand, and also many cattle?”