Jonás 4
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Queja de Jonás y respuesta de Dios
4 Pero esto desagradó a Jonás en gran manera, y se enojó(A). 2 Y oró al Señor(B): «¡Ah Señor! ¿No era esto lo que yo decía cuando aún estaba en mi tierra? Por eso me anticipé a huir a Tarsis(C). Porque yo sabía que Tú eres un Dios clemente y compasivo, lento para la ira y rico en misericordia, y que te arrepientes del mal anunciado(D). 3 Y ahora, oh Señor, te ruego que me quites la vida(E), porque mejor me es la muerte que la vida(F)». 4 Y el Señor dijo: «¿Tienes acaso razón para enojarte?».
5 Entonces salió Jonás de la ciudad y se sentó al oriente de la misma. Allí se hizo un cobertizo y se sentó bajo la sombra de él, hasta ver qué sucedería en la ciudad(G). 6 Y el Señor Dios dispuso que una planta creciera sobre Jonás para que hiciera sombra sobre su cabeza y lo librara de su incomodidad. Y Jonás se alegró grandemente por la planta. 7 Pero al rayar el alba del día siguiente Dios dispuso que un gusano atacara la planta, y esta se secó(H). 8 Y sucedió que al salir el sol, Dios dispuso un sofocante viento del este(I), y el sol hirió la cabeza de Jonás, así que él desfallecía(J), y con toda su alma deseaba morir, y decía: «Mejor me es la muerte que la vida(K)».
9 Entonces Dios le preguntó a Jonás: «¿Tienes acaso razón para enojarte por causa de la planta?». «Tengo mucha razón para enojarme hasta la muerte», le respondió. 10 Entonces el Señor le dijo: «Tú te apiadaste de la planta por la que no trabajaste ni hiciste crecer, que nació en una noche y en una noche pereció, 11 ¿y no he de apiadarme Yo de Nínive(L), la gran ciudad, en la que hay más de 120,000 personas que no saben distinguir entre su derecha y su izquierda(M), y también muchos animales(N)?».
Jonah 4
King James Version
4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
2 And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
3 Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
4 Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?
5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
6 And 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 grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
10 Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Jonah 4
English Standard Version
Jonah's Anger and the Lord's Compassion
4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly,[a] and (A)he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? (B)That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a (C)gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and (D)relenting from disaster. 3 (E)Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, (F)for it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 And the Lord said, (G)“Do you do well to be angry?”
5 Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and (H)made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. 6 Now the Lord God appointed a plant[b] and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort.[c] So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. 7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching (I)east wind, (J)and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he (K)was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, (L)“It is better for me to die than to live.” 9 But God said to Jonah, (M)“Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.” 10 And the Lord said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity (N)Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much (O)cattle?”
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