Jonas 4
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Nagalit si Jonas Dahil sa Pagkahabag ng Panginoon
4 Sumama ang loob ni Jonas dahil sa pagpapatawad ng Panginoon sa Nineve, at galit na galit siya. 2 Sinabi niya sa Panginoon nang siya ay manalangin, “O Panginoon, talagang hindi ako nagkamali nang sabihin ko noong naroon pa ako sa aming lugar na kaaawaan mo ang mga taga-Nineve kung magsisisi sila, dahil alam ko na mahabagin kang Dios at mapagmalasakit. Mapagmahal ka at hindi madaling magalit. At handa kang magbago ng isip na hindi na magpadala ng parusa. Iyan ang dahilan kung bakit tumakas ako papuntang Tarshish. 3 Kaya Panginoon, kunin mo na lang ako, dahil mas mabuti pang mamatay ako kaysa mabuhay.” 4 Sumagot ang Panginoon, “May karapatan ka bang magalit sa ginawa ko sa Nineve?”
5 Lumabas si Jonas sa lungsod at umupo sa gawing silangan nito. Gumawa siya ng masisilungan at sumilong doon habang hinihintay kung ano ang mangyayari sa lungsod. 6 Pero naiinitan pa rin si Jonas, kaya pinatubo ng Panginoong Dios ang isang malagong halaman na lampas tao upang maliliman siya. At labis namang ikinagalak iyon ni Jonas. 7 Pero kinabukasan nang maaga pa, ipinakain ng Dios sa uod ang halamang iyon at nalanta ito.
8 Pagsikat ng araw, pinaihip ng Dios ang mainit na hangin mula sa silangan. Halos mahimatay si Jonas nang masikatan ng araw ang ulo niya. Nais niyang mamatay na lang, kaya sinabi niya, “Mas mabuti pang mamatay ako kaysa mabuhay.” 9 Sinabi ng Dios sa kanya, “May karapatan ka bang magalit dahil sa nangyari sa halaman?” Sumagot siya, “Oo, mayroon akong karapatang magalit, kaya mas mabuti pang mamatay na lang ako.” 10 Sinabi sa kanya ng Panginoon, “Nanghinayang ka nga sa halamang iyon na tumubo sa loob lamang ng isang gabi at nalanta rin agad sa loob din ng isang gabi, kahit na hindi ikaw ang nagtanim o nagpatubo. 11 Ako pa kaya ang hindi manghinayang sa malaking lungsod ng Nineve na may mahigit 120,000 tao na walang alam tungkol sa aking mga kautusan[a] at marami ring mga hayop?”
Footnotes
- 4:11 na walang alam … mga kautusan: sa literal, na hindi alam kung alin ang kanilang kanan o kaliwang kamay.
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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