約拿書 4	Jonah 4
約拿書 4:1 ^ 這事約拿大大不悅、且甚發怒。	Jonah 4:1 ^ But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.
約拿書 4:2 ^ 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。	Jonah 4:2 ^ 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.
約拿書 4:3 ^ 耶和華阿、現在求你取我的命罷．因為我死了比活著還好。	Jonah 4:3 ^ So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
約拿書 4:4 ^ 耶和華說、你這樣發怒合乎理麼。	Jonah 4:4 ^ And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?
約拿書 4:5 ^ 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。	Jonah 4:5 ^ 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.
約拿書 4:6 ^ 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。	Jonah 4:6 ^ 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.
約拿書 4:7 ^ 次日黎明、　神卻安排一條蟲子、咬這蓖麻、以致枯槁。	Jonah 4:7 ^ But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
約拿書 4:8 ^ 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。	Jonah 4:8 ^ 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.
約拿書 4:9 ^ 　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。	Jonah 4:9 ^ 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.
約拿書 4:10 ^ 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．	Jonah 4:10 ^ 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;
約拿書 4:11 ^ 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。	Jonah 4:11 ^ 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?