约拿书 4章
Jonah 4 · 中文英皇钦定本第二版 / 中文公认文本书集 / 和合本 / KJV
- 1
这事约拿大大不悦,他很发怒,
但这事让约拿极其不高兴,并且他非常生气。
这事约拿大大不悦,且甚发怒,
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
- 2
就祷告耶和华说,耶和华啊,我在本国求你的时候难道不是这样说吗?我知道你是有恩典、有怜悯的神,慢慢地发怒,有极大的仁慈,并且后悔不降所说的灾,所以我逃往他施去。
他就向主请求,说,我请求你,主啊,当我还在我的故乡时,难道不是这样说的吗?因我知道你是一位有恩典的神,有怜悯,并且慢慢地发怒,又有极大的仁慈,你还会后悔这坏事;因此我就逃到他实示去。
就祷告耶和华说:“耶和华啊,我在本国的时候岂不是这样说吗?我知道你是有恩典、有怜悯的 神,不轻易发怒,有丰盛的慈爱,并且后悔不降所说的灾,所以我急速逃往他施去。
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
耶和华啊,现在求你取我的命吧。因为我死了比活着还好。
因此,主啊,现在我恳请你拿走我的生命吧;因我死了比活着更好。
耶和华啊,现在求你取我的命吧!因为我死了比活着还好。”
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
- 4
耶和华说,你这样发怒好吗?
于是主说,你这样生气好吗?
耶和华说:“你这样发怒合乎理吗?”
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
- 5
于是约拿出城,坐在城的东边,在那里为自己搭了一座棚,坐在棚的荫下,要看看那城究竟如何。
所以约拿出了城,就坐在城的东边,并在那里为自己搭了一个棚子,然后坐在它的阴凉下,直到他可以看到这城市会变成什么样。
于是约拿出城,坐在城的东边,在那里为自己搭了一座棚,坐在棚的荫下,要看看那城究竟如何。
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
耶和华神预备一棵蓖麻,使其发生高过约拿,影儿遮盖他的头,救他脱离苦楚;约拿因这棵蓖麻大大喜乐。
然后主神准备了一棵葫芦,使它上来到约拿的上面,这样它就可以在他的头上作一个阴蔽,为要从他的忧伤中救他。所以约拿就为这棵葫芦极其高兴。
耶和华 神安排一棵蓖麻,使其发生高过约拿,影儿遮盖他的头,救他脱离苦楚;约拿因这棵蓖麻大大喜乐。
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
次日黎明,神却预备一条虫子咬这蓖麻,以致枯干。
但当第二天早晨起来时,神准备了一条虫,并且它击打了这葫芦,使它枯萎了。
次日黎明, 神却安排一条虫子咬这蓖麻,以致枯槁。
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
- 8
太阳出来的时候,神预备炎热的东风,太阳曝晒约拿的头,使他发昏,他就为自己求死,说,我死了比活着还好。
然后这样发生了,当太阳升起来的时候,神就准备了一阵强烈的东风;太阳就击打在约拿头上,使他昏软,他里面就想要死,说,我死了比活着更好。
日头出来的时候, 神安排炎热的东风,日头曝晒约拿的头,使他发昏,他就为自己求死,说:“我死了比活着还好!”
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
神对约拿说,你因这棵蓖麻发怒好吗?他说,我发怒以至于死,作得好。
然后神对约拿说,你因这葫芦这样生气好吗?他说,我生气甚至去死都好。
神对约拿说:“你因这棵蓖麻发怒合乎理吗?”他说:“我发怒以至于死,都合乎理!”
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
耶和华说,这蓖麻不是你栽种的,也不是你培养的;一夜发生,一夜干死,你尚且同情;
于是主说,你既没有为这葫芦付出过劳动,也没有使它生长;它在一夜里上来,又在一夜里灭亡,你就已经对它有了怜悯;
耶和华说:“这蓖麻不是你栽种的,也不是你培养的;一夜发生,一夜干死,你尚且爱惜;
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
何况这尼尼微大城,其中不能分辨左手右手的有十二万多人,并有许多牲畜,我难道不爱惜吗?
那伟大的城市尼尼微,其中不能分辨自己右手和左手的就有十二万多人;并且也有许多牲畜;难道我不应该饶恕?
何况这尼尼微大城,其中不能分辨左手右手的有十二万多人,并有许多牲畜,我岂能不爱惜呢?”
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?