1 ¶ But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

فَانْزَعَجَ يُونانُ كَثِيراً وَغَضِبَ.

2 A nd he prayed unto the LORD and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was this not what I said when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hastened to flee unto Tarshish, for I knew that thou art a gracious God and full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great mercy, and dost repent when thou art come to take punishment.

وَاشتَكَى 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.

3 T herefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for I would rather die than live.

وَالآنَ يا اللهُ ، أمِتْنِي، فَأنا أفَضِّلُ المَوْتَ عَلَى الحَياةِ!»

4 T hen the LORD said, Art thou so angry?

قالَ اللهُ: «أيَحِقُّ لَكَ أنْ تَغضَبَ لِأنِّي لَمْ أُهلِكْ هَؤُلاءِ النّاسَ؟»

5 ¶ And Jonah went out of the city and sat towards the east side of the city, and there made him a booth and sat under it in the shade until he might see what would become of the city.

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

6 A nd the LORD God prepared a gourd and made it to come up over Jonah that it might be a shadow over his head to deliver him from his evil. So Jonah was exceeding glad for the gourd.

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

7 B ut God also prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd so that it withered.

لَكِنْ عِندَ فَجرِ اليَومِ التّالِي، سَلَّطَ اللهُ دُودَةً عَلَى نَبتَةِ اليَقطِينِ فَجَفَّتْ.

8 A nd it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah that he fainted and wished in his soul to die and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

وَعِندَما 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.»

9 A nd God said to Jonah, Art thou so angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

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

10 T hen the LORD said, Thou hast had pity on the gourd for which thou hast not laboured, neither didst thou make it grow; which came up in a night and perished in a night:

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

11 A nd shall I not spare Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and many animals?

فَلِماذا 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؟»