Jonah 44JonahJonah's anger and God's compassionMashi Bible

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1. 1SHRErhi Nnâmahanga àbà amâbabalira Ninive, ebyo byashologorha Yônà hôfi kucîniga n’oburhè.BSBBSB: Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
2. 2SHRAnaciyâkûza, erhi: «Ntarhenga omu iderhero, waliha! K’arhali birya naderhaga erhi nciri omu cihugo cîrhu ebi! Co cànarhumaga ncîlibirhira kuhika e Tarsisi, bulya nalinyôsire mmanyire oku we Nyamuzinda w’obwonjo n’ow’olukogo, orharukûza, we mugale mwimâna, Orhakwîrirwa bubî.BSBBSB: 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. 3SHRMâshi Yâgirwa, mpêka buno, yanka guno mûka, bulya olufù lwo lukulu aha kalamo emwâni buno».BSBBSB: And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4. 4SHRNnâmahanga amushuza erhi: «Cici cirhumire wakaliha okungan’aho?»BSBBSB: But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
5. 5SHRYônà arhenga muli cirya cishagala, aciyungulira ebushoshôkero bw’izûba, ayûbakayo ecifumba, adêkerera, alingûsa ebyâbà omu cishagala.BSBBSB: 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. 6SHROkuhandi, Nnâmahanga àmumezaho olubonobono, lwakula, lwakâmujirira ecîhôho, lwakâmucikirira omu malibuko. Yônà asîma bwenêne olwo lubonobono.BSBBSB: 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. 7SHRCi kwône erhi bugendica sêzi, lukula arhanda, Nnâmahanga àgeza shumbwe muli lulya lubonobono, lwanaciyûma.BSBBSB: When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
8. 8SHRE­erhi izûba lishoshôka, Nyamuzinda azûsa empûsi yâyôca, lirya izûba lyabasha­ kwo Yônà, okuhandi ajogonokerwa. Kandi acîfinja olufù, aderha, erhi: «Aye! Okufà kwo kukulu aha kulama ntya».BSBBSB: 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. 9SHRNnâmahanga àmushuza, erhi: «Cankarhuma wadwîra omu nda nk’ihiri, olwo lubonobono obêrîre burhè, ka lwâwe?» Naye, erhi: «Yâgirwa, kurhi ntankabà burhè mâshi!»BSBBSB: 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. 10SHRNnâmahanga ashubîrira, amubwîra, erhi: «W’oyu, olubonobono orhakoleraga, orhanaluyuhiriraga, luli lwakuvuna, budufu buguma lwameraga, budufu buguma lwayumire.BSBBSB: 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. 11SHRNâni nie obwînage oku ntankafà mungo kuli Ninive, ecishagala cinene cirimwo bihumbi igana na makumi abirhi, ciru na kulusha, ga bantu barhishi okulyo kwâbo, barhishi okulembe kwâbo, cirimwo n’obusò bw’ebintu!»BSBBSB: 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?”