Prophetia Ionae, 4
1. Et afflictus est Ionas afflictione magna et iratus est;
1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
2. et oravit ad Dominum et dixit: “Obsecro, Domine, numquid non hoc est verbum meum, cum adhuc essem in terra mea? Propter hoc praeoccupavi ut fugerem in Tharsis. Sciebam enim quia tu Deus clemens et misericors es, longanimis et multae miserationis et ignoscens super malitia.
2. And he prayed to the LORD and said, "I pray thee, LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil.
3. Et nunc, Domine, tolle, quaeso, animam meam a me, quia melior est mihi mors quam vita”.
3. Therefore now, O LORD, take my life from me, I beseech thee, for it is better for me to die than to live."
4. Et dixit Dominus: “Putasne bene irasceris tu?”.
4. And the LORD said, "Do you do well to be angry?"
5. Et egressus est Ionas de civitate et sedit contra orientem civitatis et fecit sibimet umbraculum ibi et sedebat subter illud in umbra, donec videret quid accideret in civitate.
5. Then Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city, and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city.
6. Et praeparavit Dominus Deus hederam, et ascendit super Ionam, ut esset umbra super caput eius et protegeret eum ab afflictione sua. Et laetatus est Ionas super hedera laetitia magna.
6. And the LORD God appointed a plant, and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.
7. Et paravit Deus vermem, cum surgeret aurora in crastinum, et percussit hederam, quae exaruit.
7. But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm which attacked the plant, so that it withered.
8. Et, cum ortus fuisset sol, praecepit Deus vento orientali calido; et percussit sol super caput Ionae, et elanguit; et petivit animae suae, ut moreretur, et dixit: “Melius est mihi mori quam vivere”
8. When the sun rose, God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he was faint; and he asked that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."
9. Et dixit Deus ad Ionam: “Putasne bene irasceris tu super hedera?”. Et dixit: “Bene irascor ego usque ad mortem”.
9. But God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the plant?" And he said, "I do well to be angry, angry enough to die."
10. Et dixit Dominus: “Tu doles super hederam, in qua non laborasti neque fecisti, ut cresceret, quae sub una nocte nata est et sub una nocte periit.
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. Et ego non parcam Nineve civitati magnae, in qua sunt plus quam centum viginti milia hominum, qui nesciunt quid sit inter dexteram et sinistram suam, et iumenta multa?”.
11. And should not I pity Nin'eveh, 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 much cattle?"
