1 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?
Jonas dusmas
1 Bet Jonam tas briesmīgi derdzās, viņš aizsvilās dusmās 2 un lūdzās Kungu: “Ak, Kungs! Vai es to nesacīju, būdams vēl savā zemē? Tādēļ es steidzos bēgt uz Taršīšu! Es zināju, ka tu esi žēlīgs un līdzcietīgs Dievs, gauss dusmās, bet dāsns žēlastībā, un ka tu atstājies no ļauna! 3 Kungs, atņem jel man dvēseli, jo man labāk mirt nekā dzīvot!”
4 Un Kungs teica: “Vai tev piedien dusmot?” 5 Jona devās projām no pilsētas, apsēdās pilsētas austrumu pusē, darināja sev pajumi, apsēdās tās ēnā, lai redzētu, kas pilsētā notiks. 6 Un Kungs Dievs sūtīja ricinus stādu, lai tas aug pār Jonu, ka ēna kristu viņam uz galvas un paglābtu viņu no grūtuma, un Jona priecājās par šo ricinus stādu ar lielu prieku. 7 Bet nākamās dienas ausmā Dievs sūtīja tārpu, lai dur ricinus stādu, ka tas nokalst. 8 Kad uzlēca saule, Dievs sūtīja svelošu austrumvēju, un saule dūra Jonas galvu, un tas pagura un lūdzās savu dvēseli, lai tā mirtu, sacīdams: “Labāk man mirt nekā dzīvot!”
Dieva atbilde
9 Un Dievs teica Jonam: “Vai tev piedien dusmot ricinus stāda dēļ?” Un Jona teica: “Piedien man dusmot, ka mirstu!” 10 Un Kungs teica: “Tev žēl ricinus stāda, kura dēļ tu neesi pūlējies un ko neesi audzējis, kas izdīga vienā naktī un nākamajā naktī iznīka, – 11 un man lai nebūtu žēl lielās pilsētas Ninives, kur ir vairāk cilvēku nekā divpadsmit reiz desmit tūkstoši, kas nezina atšķirt savu labo roku no kreisās, un daudz lopu?!”
