Giona (يونان) 4

SMITH VAN DYKE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 فغمّ ذلك يونان غمّا شديدا فاغتاظ	1 And Jonah was afflicted with a great affliction, and he was angry.
2 وصلى الى الرب وقال آه يا رب أليس هذا كلامي اذ كنت بعد في ارضي. لذلك بادرت الى الهرب الى ترشيش لاني علمت انك اله رؤوف ورحيم بطيء الغضب وكثير الرحمة ونادم على الشر.	2 And he prayed to the Lord, and he said, “I beg you, Lord, was this not my word, when I was still in my own land? Because of this, I knew beforehand to flee into Tarshish. For I know that you are a lenient and merciful God, patient and great in compassion, and forgiving despite ill will.
3 فالآن يا رب خذ نفسي مني لان موتي خير من حياتي.	3 And now, Lord, I ask you to take my life from me. For it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 فقال الرب هل اغتظت بالصواب	4 And the Lord said, “Do you really think you are right to be angry?”
5 وخرج يونان من المدينة وجلس شرقي المدينة وصنع لنفسه هناك مظلّة وجلس تحتها في الظل حتى يرى ماذا يحدث في المدينة.	5 And Jonah went out of the city, and he sat opposite the east of the city. And he made himself a shelter there, and he was sitting under it in the shadow, until he might see what would befall the city.
6 فاعدّ الرب الاله يقطينة فارتفعت فوق يونان لتكون ظلا على راسه لكي يخلّصه من غمّه. ففرح يونان من اجل اليقطينة فرحا عظيما	6 And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it ascended over the head of Jonah so as to be a shadow over his head, and to protect him (for he had labored hard). And Jonah rejoiced because of the ivy, with great rejoicing.
7 ثم اعدّ الله دودة عند طلوع الفجر في الغد فضربت اليقطينة فيبست.	7 And God prepared a worm, when dawn approached on the next day, and it struck the ivy, and it dried up.
8 وحدث عند طلوع الشمس ان الله اعدّ ريحا شرقية حارّة فضربت الشمس على راس يونان فذبل فطلب لنفسه الموت وقال موتي خير من حياتي	8 And when the sun had risen, the Lord ordered a hot and burning wind. And the sun beat down on the head of Jonah, and he burned. And he petitioned for his soul that he might die, and he said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
9 فقال الله ليونان هل اغتظت بالصواب من اجل اليقطينة. فقال اغتظت بالصواب حتى الموت.	9 And the Lord said to Jonah, “Do you really think that you are right to be angry because of the ivy?” And he said, “I am right to be angry even unto death.”
10 فقال الرب انت شفقت على اليقطينة التي لم تتعب فيها ولا ربّيتها التي بنت ليلة كانت وبنت ليلة هلكت.	10 And the Lord said, “You grieve for the ivy, for which you have not labored and which you did not cause to grow, though it had been born during one night, and during one night perished.
11 أفلا اشفق انا على نينوى المدينة العظيمة التي يوجد فيها اكثر من اثنتي عشرة ربوة من الناس الذين لا يعرفون يمينهم من شمالهم وبهائم كثيرة	11 And shall I not spare Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand men, who know the difference between their right and their left, and many beasts?”