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Jonah 4
World English Bible
Jonah 4
World English Bible
4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm. 3 Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
5 Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city. 6 Yahweh God prepared a vine and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine. 7 But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered. 8 When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
9 God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?”
He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.”
10 Yahweh said, “You have been concerned for the vine, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night and perished in a night. 11 Shouldn’t I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can’t discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also many animals?”
Giona 4
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Giona 4
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Irritazione di Giona; rimproveri del Signore
4 (A)*Giona ne provò gran dispiacere, e ne fu irritato. 2 Allora pregò e disse: «O Signore, non era forse questo che io dicevo, mentre ero ancora nel mio paese? Perciò mi affrettai a fuggire a Tarsis. Sapevo infatti che tu sei un Dio misericordioso, pietoso, lento all'ira e di gran bontà e che ti penti del male minacciato. 3 Perciò, Signore, ti prego, riprenditi la mia vita; poiché per me è meglio morire piuttosto che vivere».
4 Il Signore gli disse: «Fai bene a irritarti cosí?»
5 Poi Giona uscí dalla città e si mise seduto a oriente della città; là si fece una capanna e si riparò alla sua ombra, per poter vedere quello che sarebbe successo alla città. 6 Dio, il Signore, per calmarlo della sua irritazione, fece crescere un ricino che salí al di sopra di Giona per fare ombra sul suo capo. Giona provò una grandissima gioia a causa di quel ricino.
7 L'indomani, allo spuntar dell'alba, Dio mandò un verme a rosicchiare il ricino e questo seccò. 8 Dopo che il sole si fu alzato, Dio fece soffiare un soffocante vento orientale e il sole picchiò sul capo di Giona cosí forte da farlo venir meno. Allora egli chiese di morire, dicendo: «È meglio per me morire che vivere».
9 Dio disse a Giona: «Fai bene a irritarti cosí a causa del ricino?» Egli rispose: «Sí, faccio bene a irritarmi cosí, fino a desiderare la morte». 10 Il Signore disse: «Tu hai pietà del ricino per il quale non ti sei affaticato, che tu non hai fatto crescere, che è nato in una notte e in una notte è perito; 11 e io non avrei pietà di *Ninive, la gran città, nella quale si trovano piú di centoventimila persone che non sanno distinguere la loro destra dalla loro sinistra, e tanta quantità di bestiame?»
Jonah 4
New International Version
Jonah 4
New International Version
Jonah’s Anger at the Lord’s Compassion
4 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.(A) 2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew(B) that you are a gracious(C) and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,(D) a God who relents(E) from sending calamity.(F) 3 Now, Lord, take away my life,(G) for it is better for me to die(H) than to live.”(I)
4 But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”(J)
5 Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. 6 Then the Lord God provided(K) a leafy plant[a] and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. 7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.(L) 8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die,(M) and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”
9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”(N)
“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”
10 But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 And should I not have concern(O) for the great city of Nineveh,(P) in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”
Footnotes
- Jonah 4:6 The precise identification of this plant is uncertain; also in verses 7, 9 and 10.
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