Jonah 4

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1 And Jonah was afflicted with a great affliction, and he was angry.	1 Et afflictus est Ionas afflictione magna et iratus est;
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.	2 etoravit ad Dominum et dixit: “ Obsecro, Domine, numquid non hoc est verbummeum, cum adhuc essem in terra mea? Propter hoc praeoccupavi ut fugerem inTharsis. Sciebam enim quia tu Deus clemens et misericors es, longanimis etmultae miserationis et ignoscens super malitia.
3 And now, Lord, I ask you to take my life from me. For it is better for me to die than to live.”	3 Et nunc, Domine, tolle,quaeso, animam meam a me, quia melior est mihi mors quam vita”.
4 And the Lord said, “Do you really think you are right to be angry?”	4 Et dixitDominus: “ Putasne bene irasceris tu? ”.
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.	5 Et egressus est Ionas de civitate et sedit contra orientem civitatis et fecitsibimet umbraculum ibi et sedebat subter illud in umbra, donec videret quidaccideret in civitate.
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.	6 Et praeparavit Dominus Deus hederam, et ascendit superIonam, ut esset umbra super caput eius et protegeret eum ab afflictione sua. Etlaetatus est Ionas super hedera laetitia magna.
7 And God prepared a worm, when dawn approached on the next day, and it struck the ivy, and it dried up.	7 Et paravit Deus vermem, cum surgeret aurora in crastinum, et percussithederam, quae exaruit.
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.”	8 Et, cum ortus fuisset sol, praecepit Deus ventoorientali calido; et percussit sol super caput Ionae, et elanguit; et petivitanimae suae, ut moreretur, et dixit: “ Melius est mihi mori quam vivere ”
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.”	9 Et dixit Deus ad Ionam: “ Putasne bene irasceris tu super hedera? ”. Etdixit: “ Bene irascor ego usque ad mortem ”.
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.	10 Et dixit Dominus: “ Tudoles super hederam, in qua non laborasti neque fecisti, ut cresceret, quae subuna nocte nata est et sub una nocte periit.
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?”	11 Et ego non parcam Nineve civitatimagnae, in qua sunt plus quam centum viginti milia hominum, qui nesciunt quidsit inter dexteram et sinistram suam, et iumenta multa? ”.