Jonah約拿書-4－愛薇塔樂學英文

Jonah約拿書-4

4:1	[hb5]	這事約拿大大不悅、且甚發怒。
	[kjv]	But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
	[bbe]	But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.
4:2	[hb5]	就禱告耶和華說、耶和華阿、我在本國的時候、豈不是這樣說麼．我知道你是有恩典、有憐憫的　神、不輕易發怒、有豐盛的慈愛、並且後悔不降所說的災．所以我急速逃往他施去。
	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.
4:3	[hb5]	耶和華阿、現在求你取我的命罷．因為我死了比活著還好。
	[kjv]	Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
	[bbe]	So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
4:4	[hb5]	耶和華說、你這樣發怒合乎理麼。
	[kjv]	Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
	[bbe]	And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?
4:5	[hb5]	於是約拿出城、坐在城的東邊、在那裡為自己搭了一座棚、坐在棚的蔭下、要看看那城究竟如何。
	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	Then Jonah went out of the town, and took his seat on the east side of the town and made himself a roof of branches and took his seat under its shade till he saw what would become of the town.
4:6	[hb5]	耶和華　神安排一棵蓖麻、使其發生高過約拿、影兒遮蓋他的頭、救他脫離苦楚．約拿因這棵蓖麻大大喜樂。
	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine.
4:7	[hb5]	次日黎明、　神卻安排一條蟲子、咬這蓖麻、以致枯槁。
	[kjv]	But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
	[bbe]	But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
4:8	[hb5]	日頭出來的時候、　神安排炎熱的東風．日頭曝曬約拿的頭、使他發昏、他就為自己求死、說、我死了比活著還好。
	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.
4:9	[hb5]	神對約拿說、你因這棵蓖麻發怒合乎理麼．他說、我發怒以至於死、都合乎理。
	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.
4:10	[hb5]	耶和華說、這蓖麻不是你栽種的、也不是你培養的．一夜發生、一夜乾死你尚且愛惜．
	[kjv]	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:
	[bbe]	And the Lord said, You had pity on the vine, for which you did no work and for the growth of which you were not responsible; which came up in a night and came to an end in a night;
4:11	[hb5]	何況這尼尼微大城、其中不能分辨左手右手的有十二萬多人、並有許多牲畜、我豈能不愛惜呢。
	[kjv]	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?
	[bbe]	And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?