Jonas 4
Nova Versão Transformadora
A ira de Jonas por causa da misericórdia do Senhor
4 Isso tudo deixou Jonas aborrecido e muito irado. 2 Então, orou ao Senhor: “Antes de eu sair de casa, não foi isso que eu disse que tu farias, ó Senhor? Por esse motivo fugi para Társis! Sabia que és Deus misericordioso e compassivo, lento para se irar e cheio de amor. Estás pronto a voltar atrás e não trazer calamidade. 3 Agora tira minha vida, Senhor! Para mim é melhor morrer que viver desse modo”.
4 O Senhor respondeu: “Você acha certo ficar tão irado assim?”.
5 Então Jonas foi até um lugar a leste de Nínive e construiu um abrigo para sentar-se à sua sombra enquanto esperava para ver o que aconteceria à cidade. 6 O Senhor Deus fez crescer ali uma planta, que logo espalhou suas folhas grandes sobre a cabeça de Jonas e o protegeu do sol. Isso aliviou o desconforto de Jonas, e ele ficou muito grato pela planta.
7 No dia seguinte, porém, ao amanhecer, Deus também mandou uma lagarta. Ela comeu o talo da planta, que secou. 8 Quando o calor do sol se intensificou, Deus mandou um vento leste quente soprar sobre Jonas. O sol bateu em sua cabeça até ele sentir-se tão fraco que desejou morrer. “Para mim é melhor morrer que viver desse modo”, disse ele.
9 Deus perguntou a Jonas: “Você acha certo ficar tão irado por causa da planta?”.
Jonas respondeu: “Sim, acho certo ficar tão irado a ponto de querer morrer!”.
10 Então o Senhor disse: “Você tem compaixão de uma planta, embora não tenha feito coisa alguma para que ela crescesse. Ela depressa apareceu e depressa murchou. 11 Nínive, porém, tem mais de 120 mil pessoas que não sabem decidir entre o certo e o errado,[a] sem falar de muitos animais. Acaso não devo ter compaixão dessa grande cidade?”.
Footnotes
- 4.11 Em hebraico, pessoas que não sabem distinguir a mão direita da mão esquerda.
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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