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Jonah 4

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4:1

καὶ ἐλυπήθη Ιωνας λύπην μεγάλην καὶ συνεχύθη

And Jonah was greatly grieved, and he was distraught.

約拿就大大憂愁，心裡煩亂。

4:2

καὶ προσεύξατο πρὸς κύριον καὶ εἶπεν ὦ κύριε οὐχ οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι μου ἔτι ὄντος μου ἐν τῇ γῇ μου διὰ τοῦτο προέφθασα τοῦ φυγεῖν εἰς Θαρσις διότι ἔγνων ὅτι σὺ ἐλεήμων καὶ οἰκτίρμων μακρόθυμος καὶ πολυέλεος καὶ μετανοῶν ἐπὶ ταῖς κακίαις

And he prayed to the Lord and said, "O Lord, were these not my words while I was still in my own land? That is why I hurried to flee to Tharsis; for I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, patient and abounding in mercy, and one who relents over disasters.

他禱告耶和華說：「主啊，我還在本國的時候，不就說過這話嗎？因此我急忙逃往他施去，因為我知道你是有恩典、有憐憫的神，不輕易發怒，有豐盛的慈愛，並且後悔不降災禍。

4:3

καὶ νῦν δέσποτα κύριε λαβὲ τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ὅτι καλὸν τὸ ἀποθανεῖν με ἢ ζῆν με

And now, Sovereign Lord, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live."

耶和華主宰啊，現在求你取走我的性命；因為我死了比活著還好。」

4:4

καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Ιωναν εἰ σφόδρα λελύπησαι σύ

And the Lord said to Jonah, "Are you so deeply grieved?"

耶和華對約拿說：「你這樣大大憂愁嗎？」

4:5

καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ιωνας ἐκ τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἀπέναντι τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ ἐκεῖ σκηνὴν καὶ ἐκάθητο ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς ἐν σκιᾷ ἕως οὗ ἀπίδῃ τί ἔσται τῇ πόλει

And Jonah went out of the city and sat down opposite the city, and there he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would happen to the city.

約拿出城，坐在城的對面，在那裡為自己搭了一座棚，坐在棚下的蔭涼處，要看看城裡會發生什麼事。

4:6

καὶ προσέταξεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς κολοκύνθῃ καὶ ἀνέβη ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς τοῦ Ιωνα τοῦ εἶναι σκιὰν ὑπεράνω τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ τοῦ σκιάζειν αὐτῷ ἀπὸ τῶν κακῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐχάρη Ιωνας ἐπὶ τῇ κολοκύνθῃ χαρὰν μεγάλην

And the Lord God appointed a gourd, and it came up over Jonah's head to be a shade above his head, to shade him from his troubles. And Jonah rejoiced over the gourd with great joy.

耶和華神吩咐一棵葫蘆，它就長起來高過約拿的頭，在他頭上成了蔭涼，為他遮蔽苦楚。約拿因這葫蘆大大歡喜。

4:7

καὶ προσέταξεν ὁ θεὸς σκώληκι ἑωθινῇ τῇ ἐπαύριον καὶ ἐπάταξεν τὴν κολόκυνθαν καὶ ἀπεξηράνθη

And at dawn the next day God appointed a worm, and it struck the gourd, and it withered.

次日黎明，神卻吩咐一條蟲子來咬這葫蘆，葫蘆就枯乾了。

4:8

καὶ ἐγένετο ἅμα τῷ ἀνατεῖλαι τὸν ἥλιον καὶ προσέταξεν ὁ θεὸς πνεύματι καύσωνος συγκαίοντι καὶ ἐπάταξεν ὁ ἥλιος ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Ιωνα καὶ ὠλιγοψύχησεν καὶ ἀπελέγετο τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν καλόν μοι ἀποθανεῖν με ἢ ζῆν

And when the sun rose, God appointed a burning, scorching wind; and the sun beat down on Jonah's head, and he grew faint and gave up on his life and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

日頭出來的時候，神又吩咐一陣灼熱焚燒的風；日頭曝曬在約拿的頭上，他就發昏，求死，說：「我死了比活著還好。」

4:9

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Ιωναν εἰ σφόδρα λελύπησαι σὺ ἐπὶ τῇ κολοκύνθῃ καὶ εἶπεν σφόδρα λελύπημαι ἐγὼ ἕως θανάτου

And God said to Jonah, "Are you so deeply grieved over the gourd?" And he said, "I am deeply grieved, even to death."

神對約拿說：「你為這葫蘆這樣大大憂愁嗎？」他說：「我大大憂愁，甚至於死。」

4:10

καὶ εἶπεν κύριος σὺ ἐφείσω ὑπὲρ τῆς κολοκύνθης ὑπὲρ ἧς οὐκ ἐκακοπάθησας ἐπ’ αὐτὴν καὶ οὐκ ἐξέθρεψας αὐτήν ἣ ἐγενήθη ὑπὸ νύκτα καὶ ὑπὸ νύκτα ἀπώλετο

And the Lord said, "You spared the gourd, for which you did not labor nor did you make it grow, which came up in a night and in a night perished.

耶和華說：「這葫蘆你並沒有為它勞苦，也沒有栽培它，它一夜長成，一夜死去，你尚且愛惜它；

4:11

ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ φείσομαι ὑπὲρ Νινευη τῆς πόλεως τῆς μεγάλης ἐν ᾗ κατοικοῦσιν πλείους ἢ δώδεκα μυριάδες ἀνθρώπων οἵτινες οὐκ ἔγνωσαν δεξιὰν αὐτῶν ἢ ἀριστερὰν αὐτῶν καὶ κτήνη πολλά

And shall I not spare Nineveh, the great city, in which there dwell more than twelve myriads of people who do not know their right hand from their left, and many cattle?"

何況尼尼微這座大城，其中居住的人超過十二萬，他們不能分辨左右手，並有許多牲畜，我豈能不愛惜呢？」

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