1 ف َانْزَعَجَ يُونانُ كَثِيراً وَغَضِبَ.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly and he was very angry.

2 و َاشتَكَى يُونانُ إلَى اللهِ وَقالَ: «آهِ يا اللهُ! عَرَفْتُ أنَّ هَذا سَيَحْدُثُ. فَحِينَ كَلَّمْتَنِي فِي أرْضِي بِأنْ آتِي إلَى هُنا، هَرَبْتُ إلَى تَرْشِيشَ لأنِّي عَلِمْتُ أنَّكَ إلَهٌ رَؤُوفٌ وَرَحِيمٌ وَصَبُورٌ وَمُحِبٌّ، تَعدِلُ عَنْ العِقابِ الَّذِي حَكَمْتَ بِهِ.

And he prayed to the Lord and said, I pray You, O Lord, is not this just what I said when I was still in my country? That is why I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and You revoke the evil against them.

3 و َالآنَ يا اللهُ ، أمِتْنِي، فَأنا أفَضِّلُ المَوْتَ عَلَى الحَياةِ!»

Therefore now, O Lord, I beseech You, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

4 ق الَ اللهُ: «أيَحِقُّ لَكَ أنْ تَغضَبَ لِأنِّي لَمْ أُهلِكْ هَؤُلاءِ النّاسَ؟»

Then said the Lord, Do you do well to be angry?

5 و َخَرَجَ يُونانُ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ، وَجَلَسَ شَرقَها. وَهُناكَ صَنَعَ لِنَفسِهِ مِظَلَّةً وَجَلَسَ فِي ظِلِّها لِيرَى ما سَيَحصُلُ لِلمَدِينَةِ. نبتةُ اليَقطِينِ وَالدُودة

So Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city, and he made a booth there for himself. He sat there under it in the shade till he might see what would become of the city.

6 و َأنبَتَ اللهُ نَبتَةَ يَقطِينٍ، وَنَمَتْ بِسُرعَةٍ فَوقَ يُونانَ لِتُظَلِّلَ رَأسَهُ وَلِتُخَفِّفَ عَلِيهِ انزِعاجَهُ، فَفَرِحَ يُونانُ كَثِيراً بِنَبتَةِ اليَقطِينِ.

And the Lord God prepared a gourd and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his evil situation. So Jonah was exceedingly glad of the gourd.

7 ل َكِنْ عِندَ فَجرِ اليَومِ التّالِي، سَلَّطَ اللهُ دُودَةً عَلَى نَبتَةِ اليَقطِينِ فَجَفَّتْ.

But God prepared a cutworm when the morning dawned the next day, and it smote the gourd so that it withered.

8 و َعِندَما ارتَفَعَتِ الشَّمسُ فِي السَّماءِ، سَلَّطَ اللهُ رِيحاً شَرقِيَّةً حارَّةً، فاشتَدَّتْ حَرارَةُ الشَّمسِ عَلَى رَأسِ يُونانَ، فَذَبُلَ وَطَلَبَ لِنَفسِهِ المَوتَ وَقالَ: «خَيرٌ لِي أنْ أموُتَ مِنْ أنْ أحيا.»

And when the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he fainted and wished in himself to die and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

9 ف َقالَ اللهُ لِيُونانَ: «أيَحِقُّ لَكَ أنْ تَغضَبَ عَلَى نَبتَةِ اليَقطِينِ؟» فَقالَ يُونانُ: «نَعَمْ، يَحِقُّ لِي أنْ أغضَبَ حَتَّى المَوتِ!»

And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the loss of the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die!

10 ف َقالَ اللهُ: «لَقَدِ اهتَمَمتَ لِأمرِ النَّبتَةِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ شَأنٌ بِإنباتِها. لَقَدْ نَمَتْ فِي لَيلَةٍ، وَفِي لَيلَةٍ ماتَتْ.

Then said the Lord, You have had pity on the gourd, for which you have not labored nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night.

11 ف َلِماذا لا أهتَمُّ أنا لِأمْرِ المَدِينَةِ الكَبِيرَةِ نِينَوَى الَّتِي يَسكُنُها أكثَرُ مِنْ مِئَةٍ وَعِشرِينَ ألفَ إنسانٍ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يُمَيِّزُونَ يَمِينَهُمْ مِنْ شِمالِهِمْ. وَكَذَلِكَ الكَثِيرُ مِنَ الحَيَواناتِ؟»

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120, 000 persons not know their right hand from their left, and also many cattle ?