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Jonah
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Jonah 4
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Jonah
Jonah's anger and God's compassion
Gofa
Jonah
, person
Tarshish
, place
Nineveh
, place
Gofa
Berean Standard Bible
1
GOFE
ሽን ሄስ ዮናሳ ዳሮ ኡፋይስቤና። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ እ ይሎትስ።
BSB
BSB:
Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
2
GOFE
ጎዳኮ፥ “አቤት ጎዳዉ ታኒ ኮይሮ ታ ቢታን ደአሸ ግዳይስ ሀይሳ ግደኔ? ታኒ ነ ስንꬃፈ በታዳ ታርሰሳ ባናዉ ኤለስዳይ ሀይሳሳ። ኔኒ ቃይነ ማሮት ኩምዳ ፆሲ ግደይሳ፥ ሀንቆስ ኤለሶናይሳነ ዉሮና ሲቆን ኩምዳይሳ፥ ቃስ ኤሀና ግዳ ኢታባካ ቃታዳ አግያ ፆሲ ግደይሳ ታኒ ካሰካ ኤራይስ።
BSB
BSB:
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
GOFE
ሀእ አቤት ጎዳዉ፥ ሀያና ታና ዎꬋ፤ ደኦፐ ታዉ ሀይቆይ ሎኦ” ያግድ ዎስስ።
BSB
BSB:
And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4
GOFE
ጎዳይ እያኮ፥ “ኔኒ ሀይሳꬆ ሸነታናዉ በሲ?” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
5
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ዮናስ ካታማፐ ጋፃ ከይድ ዶሎሀ ባጋን ኡትስ። ሄሳን ባዉ ሻቃራ ሻቃርድ እ ኩያን ኡትድ ካታማ ቦላ ጋካናዉ ደእያባ ባአናዉ ናጌስ።
BSB
BSB:
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
GOFE
አዋ ሱላፐ ዮናሳ አሻና መላ ጎዳይ እስ ጎሰ ዶልስስ። ሄ ጎሰ ሀይꬃይ ዮናሳ ሁጰ ቦላ ባጋራ ኩያ ግዳና መላ ኦꬅስ። ዮናስ ሄ ጎሰ ጋሶን ዳሮ ኡፋይትስ።
BSB
BSB:
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
GOFE
ሽን ዎንተꬃ ጋላስ ዎንታ ጉራ ፆሳይ ጉፁነ ጊግስስ። ሄ ጉፁንያ ጎሰይ መላና ጋካናዉ ማሱ።
BSB
BSB:
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
8
GOFE
አዋይ ከይያ ዎደ ፆሳይ ዶሎሀ ባጋፈ ምሻ ጫርኮ የድስ። ዮናስ ላባናና ጋካናዉ አዋይ ዮናሳ ሁጵያ ፁግስ። ያትን እ፥ “ደኦፐ ታዉ ሀይቆይ ሎኦ” ያግድ ሀይቆስ ዎስስ።
BSB
BSB:
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
GOFE
ፆሳይ ዮናሳኮ፥ “ኔኒ ሀ ጎሰ ግሾ ይሎታናዉ በሲ?” ያግስ። ዮናስ፥ “ኤ በሴስ፤ ኡባራካ ሀይቃና ጋካናዉ ይሎታናዉ ታዉ በሴስ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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
GOFE
ያትን ፆሳይ ዮናሳኮ፥ “ዝነ ዶላዳ ሀች መልዳ ጎሴስ፥ ነ ዳቡሮናርስ፥ ነ ድቾናርስ ሀይሳ መላ ቃታዳሳ።
BSB
BSB:
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
GOFE
ሽን ኡሻችነ ሀድርስ ሻክድ ኤሮና ፄታነ ላታሙ ሙኩሉ አስነ ዳሮ መሄይ ደእያ ሀ ግታ ካታማ ናናወስ ታኒ ቃታናዉ በሰኔ?” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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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Gofa. Copyright © 2024 The Word for the World International. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Text from eBible.org; verses renumbered to the KJV scheme where they differ, otherwise unchanged.
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