Jonas 4

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1 Jonas ficou profundamente indignado com isso e, muito irritado,	1 And Jonah was afflicted with a great affliction, and he was angry.
2 dirigiu ao Senhor esta prece: Ah, Senhor, era bem isto que eu dizia quando estava ainda na minha terra! É por isso que eu tentei esquivar-me, fugindo para Társis, porque sabia que sois um Deus clemente e misericordioso, de coração grande, de muita benignidade e compaixão pelos nossos males.	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 Agora, Senhor, toma a minha alma, porque me é melhor a morte que a vida.	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 O Senhor respondeu-lhe: {Julgas que} tens razão para te afligires assim?	4 And the Lord said, “Do you really think you are right to be angry?”
5 Então saiu Jonas da cidade e fixou-se a oriente da mesma cidade. Fez uma cabana para si e lá permaneceu, à sombra, esperando para ver o que aconteceria à cidade.	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 O Senhor Deus fez crescer um pé de mamona, que se levantou acima de Jonas, para fazer sombra à sua cabeça e curá-lo de seu mau humor. Jonas alegrou-se grandemente com aquela mamoneira.	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 Mas, no dia seguinte, ao romper da manhã, mandou Deus um verme que roeu a raiz da mamona, e esta secou.	7 And God prepared a worm, when dawn approached on the next day, and it struck the ivy, and it dried up.
8 Quando o sol se levantou, Deus fez soprar um vento ardente do oriente, e o sol dardejou seus raios sobre a cabeça de Jonas, de forma que o profeta, desfalecido, desejou a morte, dizendo: Prefiro a morte à vida.	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 O Senhor disse a Jonas: {Julgas que} fazes bem em te irritares por causa de uma planta? Jonas respondeu: Sim, tenho razão de me irar até a morte.	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 Tiveste compaixão de um arbusto, replicou-lhe o Senhor, pelo qual nada fizeste, que não fizeste crescer, que nasceu numa noite e numa noite morreu.	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 E então, não hei de ter compaixão da grande cidade de Nínive, onde há mais de cento e vinte mil seres humanos, que não sabem discernir entre a sua mão direita e a sua mão esquerda, e uma inumerável multidão de animais?...	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?”