Jonah 4 (MSY2020)

1Jona, Ikiavɨra Itir God, Niniven gumazamizibar apangkuvizir arazir kamɨn osemegha, navim an ikufi.Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.

2Egha a kamaghɨn Ikiavɨra Itir God ko mɨgɨa ghaze, “Ekiam, nɨ nan akam barakigh. Kɨ tɨghar nguibam ataghɨraghamin dughiamɨn, kɨ fo, arazir nɨ amizir kam nɨ a damuam. Kamaghɨn amizɨ, kɨ arɨ mangasa, egha ara Tarsisɨn zui. Kɨ fo, nɨ gumazamiziba bar me gifongegha, bar men apangkufi. Egha nɨ zuamɨrama atarir pu. Puvatɨ. Nɨn apangkuvim bar moghɨram en ekefe. Egha nɨ zurara uan nɨghnɨzim gɨghasa ifongeghavɨra ikia, egha gumazamizibar arazir kuraba ikarvazir puvatɨ.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.

3Aria, Ikiavɨra Itir God, nɨ ikɨrɨmɨrir kɨ datɨrɨghɨn itim agɨfagh. Kɨ oveghtɨ, kamaghɨn deragham. Kɨ oveghan koghtɨ, kamaghɨn ti deraghan kogham.”And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

4Ezɨ Ikiavɨra Itir God an akam kamaghɨn a ikaragha ghaze, “Jona, adarir arazir nɨ amir kam a deras, o? Bar puvatɨ!”But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”

5Ezɨ Jona nguibar ekiam ategha ghua aruem anadi naghɨn apera. Egha a purirpenir mamɨn ingarigha an aven aperaghav iti. Egh an an ikɨ nguibar ekiamɨn ganasa, bizir tizimram a bativam.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.

6Ezɨ Ikiavɨra Itir Godɨn Gavgavim, kamaghɨn Jona gɨnɨghnɨsi, aruem an mɨkarzim dapongan koghtɨma a deravɨra ikiam. Kamaghɨn, a ruarimɨn ikarɨzir mam gamizɨma an aghua, Jonan purirpenimɨn ava Jona avara. Ezɨ Jona ikarɨzir kam bagha bar akonge.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.

7Ezɨ amɨnim tirazɨ amɨmzaraghan mɨzaraghara, God apizir kurar mam amadazɨma, a ikarɨzir kam bagha izegha anemezɨ, ikarɨzim mɨsɨngi.When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

8Ezɨ gɨn aruem anadima, God amɨnir bar puvɨra feim amadazɨma, an aruem anadi naghɨn izi. Ezɨ aruem Jonan dapanim gaboi, an damaziba an sɨrima a irasava ami. Ezɨ Jona kamaghɨn nɨghnɨgha God mɨgei, “Kɨ aremeka. Kɨ aremeghtɨ, kamaghɨn deragham. Kɨ aremeghan koghtɨ, kamaghɨn deraghan kogham.”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.”

9Ezɨ God kamaghɨn Jona mɨgei, “Ikarɨzir kam mɨsigha gɨvazɨma, nɨ atari. Nɨn adarim ti arazir aghuim, o? Bar puvatɨ.” Kamaghɨn amizɨ, Jona bar God basemegha ghaze, “Guizbangɨra, nan adarim arazir aghuim. Nan adarim bar ekefe, a na damightɨ, kɨ aremeghtɨ deragham.”Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

10Ezɨ Ekiam kamaghɨn a mɨgei, “Ikarɨzir kam dɨmagarir vamɨran aghuava ekefe, egha dɨmagarir igharazimɨn a mɨsɨngi. Nɨ tong an ingarizir puvatɨ, egha nɨ a gamizɨ an ekevezir puvatɨ. Egha bar bizir muziarir kam, nɨ an apangkufi.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.

11Kɨ uaghan apangkuvir ekiam Niniven nguibar bar ekiamɨn iti. An aven, arazir kuratam gamizir puvatɨzir borir avɨriba iti, men dɨbobonim 120 tausen gafira. Egha uaghan bulmakaun bar avɨriba iti.”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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