Jonas 4
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Nagalit si Jonas Dahil sa Pagkahabag ng Diyos
4 Ngunit dahil dito, nalungkot si Jonas at siya'y nagalit sapagkat hindi niya nagustuhan ang pagpapatawad ng Diyos sa Nineve. 2 Kaya't(A) siya'y nanalangin, “O Yahweh, hindi ba bago pa ako magpunta rito ay sinabi kong ganito nga ang gagawin ninyo? At ito ang dahilan kaya ako tumakas patungong Tarsis! Alam kong kayo ay Diyos na mahabagin at mapagmahal, hindi madaling magalit at wagas ang pag-ibig. Alam kong lagi kayong handang magpatawad. 3 Mabuti(B) pang mamatay na lang ako, Yahweh. Mas gugustuhin ko pang mamatay kaysa mabuhay.”
4 Sumagot si Yahweh, “Anong ikinagagalit mo, Jonas?” 5 Pagkasabi nito, lumakad si Jonas papunta sa silangan ng lunsod at naupo. Gumawa siya ng isang silungan at doon hinintay kung ano ang mangyayari sa lunsod. 6 Pinatubo ng Diyos na si Yahweh sa may tabi ni Jonas ang isang malagong halaman na nagbibigay ng lilim sa kanya. Labis naman itong ikinagalak ni Jonas. 7 Ngunit kinabukasan, ang halaman ay ipinasira ng Diyos sa isang uod at ito'y natuyo. 8 Sumikat nang matindi ang araw at umihip ang nakakapasong hangin; halos mahilo si Jonas sa tindi ng init. Kaya sinabi niya, “Mabuti pang mamatay na ako.”
9 Sinabi sa kanya ng Diyos, “Dapat ka bang magalit dahil sa nangyari sa halaman?”
Sumagot siya, “Opo, nagagalit po ako. Gusto ko nang mamatay.”
10 Sinabi ni Yahweh, “Tumubo ang halamang iyon, lumago sa loob ng magdamag, at namatay kinabukasan. Wala kang hirap diyan ngunit nalungkot ka nang iyan ay mamatay. 11 Ako pa kaya ang hindi malulungkot sa kalagayan ng Nineve? Ito'y isang malaking lunsod na tinitirhan ng mahigit na 120,000 taong hindi alam kung ano ang mabuti o ang masama, bukod pa sa maraming kawan!”
Jonah 4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jonah’s Anger
4 But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry.(A) 2 He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning, for I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from punishment.(B) 3 And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”(C) 4 And the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”(D) 5 Then Jonah went out of the city and sat down east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, waiting to see what would become of the city.(E)
6 The Lord God appointed a bush and made it come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort, so Jonah was very happy about the bush. 7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Jonah Is Reproved
9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.” 10 Then the Lord said, “You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left and also many animals?”(F)
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