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Jonah 4
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Jonah
Jonah's anger and God's compassion
Guji Oromo Bible
Jonah
, person
Tarshish
, place
Nineveh
, place
Guji Oromo Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
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Yoonaas ammoo marroo waan kanaa guddoo gaddee aare.
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Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
2
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Inni gara Mootii Waan Maraa daadimatee, «Mootii Waan Maraa kiyya, adoo biyya tiyya jiruu, wonni ani dubbadhe tanumaa motii ree? Ani tanaaf dafee gara biyya Tarshiishii baqadhe. Ati Waaqa arjaa, mararaa, ka aari'iif hin ariifannee fi ka jaalala bara baraa guddaa qaddu, waan hantuu fidiisaaf murteeffattelle ka lakkittu akka teete beekeera.
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So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
3
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Amma Mootii Waan Maraa kiyya, lubbuu tiyya fudhadhu. Jiraatu'uu mannaa du'uu naa woyya» jedhe.
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And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4
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Mootiin Waan Maraa ammoo deebisee, «Aariis keeti sirri'ii?» jedheen.
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But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
5
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Yoonaas qachaa keessaa bayee gara aduun baatutti tee'e. Achitti gosee midhaaffattee, waan qachaan sun te'u dhaggiisaaf gaaddisa jala tee'e.
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Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.
6
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Achiin duuba Mootiin Waan Maraa akka Yoonaas aarii ifii caffatu buqqii lachisiisee, isaan gubba'atti gaaddisa godheef. Yoonaasille buqqii latte sanitti guddoo gammade.
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So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
7
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Boruyyaa ammoo gara ganamaatitti, Waaqi akka corroxxi buqqii san nyaattu ajaje; buqqiille godde.
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When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
8
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Yennaa aduun baate, Waaqi qilleensa o'aa ka gara aduun baatuu erge; o'i adu'uulle mataa Yoonaasii waan gubeef gaggabe. Maarre inni, «Jiraatu'uu manna du'uu naa woyya» jedhee du'u halche.
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As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
9
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Waaqi ammoo Yoonaasiin, «Ati marroo buqqi'iitiif aariis keeti sirri'ii?» jennaan, Inni deebisee, «Ani haga du'aatitti aariisa qaba» jedhe.
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Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
10
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Mootiin Waan Maraa ammoo, «Ati buqqii itti dadhaddee hin guddisin, ta halkan tokkotti guddattee, halkan tokkotti godde saniif gadditeerta.
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But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
11
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Qachaa guddaa Nanawwe'ee ka namooti kuma dhibba tokkoo fi diddam, ka middaa fi bitaa ifii addaan hin beenne, horiin hedduulle keessa ka le'u kanaaf guddoo nayuu hin qabu ree?» jedhe.
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So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
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