The Prophet's Education
1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
Lakini jambo hili lilimchukiza Yona sana, naye akakasirika.
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.
Akamwomba Bwana, akasema, Nakuomba, Ee Bwana; sivyo hivyo nilivyosema, hapo nilipokuwa katika nchi yangu? Hii ndiyo sababu nalifanya haraka kukimbilia Tarshishi; kwa maana nalijua ya kuwa wewe u Mungu mwenye neema, umejaa huruma, si mwepesi wa hasira, u mwingi wa rehema, nawe waghairi mabaya.
3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Basi, sasa, Ee Bwana, nakuomba, uniondolee uhai wangu; maana ni afadhali nife mimi kuliko kuishi.
4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
Naye Bwana akasema, Je! Unatenda vema kukasirika?
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.
Ndipo Yona akatoka mjini, akaketi upande wa mashariki wa mji, akajifanyia kibanda huko, akakaa chini yake uvulini, hata aone mji ule utakuwaje.
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.
Na Bwana Mungu aliweka tayari mtango, akaufanya ukue juu ya Yona, ili uwe kivuli juu ya kichwa chake, na kumponya katika hali yake mbaya. Basi Yona akafurahi sana kwa sababu ya ule mtango.
7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Lakini siku ya pili kulipopambazuka, Mungu akaweka tayari buu, nalo likautafuna ule mtango, ukakatika.
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.
Basi ikawa, jua lilipopanda juu, Mungu akaweka tayari upepo wa mashariki, wenye hari nyingi; jua likampiga Yona kichwani, hata akazimia, naye akajitakia kufa, akasema, Ni afadhali nife mimi kuliko kuishi.
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.
Mungu akamwambia Yona, Je! Unatenda vema kukasirika kwa ajili ya mtango? Naye akasema, Ndiyo, natenda vema kukasirika hata kufa.
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:
Bwana akamwambia, Wewe umeuhurumia mtango, ambao hukuufanyia kazi, wala kuuotesha; uliomea katika usiku mmoja, na kuangamia katika usiku mmoja;
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?
na mimi, je! Haikunipasa kuuhurumia Ninawi, mji ule mkubwa; ambao ndani yake wamo watu zaidi ya mia na ishirini elfu, wasioweza kupambanua katika mkono wao wa kulia na mkono wao wa kushoto; tena wamo wanyama wa kufugwa wengi sana?
