4:1 [hgb] 这 事 约 拿 大 大 不 悦 ， 且 甚 发 怒 。
[kjv] but it displeased jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
[bbe] but this seemed very wrong to jonah, and he was angry.
4:2 [hgb] 就 祷 告 耶 和 华 说 ， 耶 和 华 阿 ， 我 在 本 国 的 时 候 ， 岂 不 是 这 样 说 吗 ？ 我 知 道 你 是 有 恩 典 ， 有 怜 悯 的 神 ， 不 轻 易 发 怒 ， 有 丰 盛 的 慈 爱 ， 并 且 后 悔 不 降 所 说 的 灾 ， 所 以 我 急 速 逃 往 他 施 去 。
[kjv] and he prayed unto the lord, and said, i pray thee, o lord, was not this my saying, when i was yet in my country? therefore i fled before unto tarshish: for i knew that thou art a gracious god, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
[bbe] 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.
4:3 [hgb] 耶 和 华 阿 ， 现 在 求 你 取 我 的 命 吧 。 因 为 我 死 了 比 活 着 还 好 。
[kjv] therefore now, o lord, take, i beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
[bbe] so now, o lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
4:4 [hgb] 耶 和 华 说 ， 你 这 样 发 怒 合 乎 理 吗 ？
[kjv] then said the lord, doest thou well to be angry?
[bbe] and the lord said, have you any right to be angry?
4:5 [hgb] 于 是 约 拿 出 城 ， 坐 在 城 的 东 边 ， 在 那 里 为 自 己 搭 了 一 座 棚 ， 坐 在 棚 的 荫 下 ， 要 看 看 那 城 究 竟 如 何 。
[kjv] so jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
[bbe] 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.
4:6 [hgb] 耶 和 华 神 安 排 一 棵 蓖 麻 ， 使 其 发 生 高 过 约 拿 ， 影 儿 遮 盖 他 的 头 ， 救 他 脱 离 苦 楚 。 约 拿 因 这 棵 蓖 麻 大 大 喜 乐 。
[kjv] and the lord god prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. so jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
[bbe] 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.
4:7 [hgb] 次 日 黎 明 ， 神 却 安 排 一 条 虫 子 咬 这 蓖 麻 ， 以 致 枯 槁 。
[kjv] but god prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
[bbe] but early on the morning after, god made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
4:8 [hgb] 日 头 出 来 的 时 候 ， 神 安 排 炎 热 的 东 风 。 日 头 曝 晒 约 拿 的 头 ， 使 他 发 昏 ， 他 就 为 自 己 求 死 ， 说 ， 我 死 了 比 活 着 还 好 。
[kjv] and it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that god prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, it is better for me to die than to live.
[bbe] 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.
4:9 [hgb] 神 对 约 拿 说 ， 你 因 这 棵 蓖 麻 发 怒 合 乎 理 吗 ？ 他 说 ， 我 发 怒 以 至 于 死 都 合 乎 理 。
[kjv] and god said to jonah, doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? and he said, i do well to be angry, even unto death.
[bbe] 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.
4:10 [hgb] 耶 和 华 说 ， 这 蓖 麻 不 是 你 栽 种 的 ， 也 不 是 你 培 养 的 。 一 夜 发 生 ， 一 夜 干 死 ， 你 尚 且 爱 惜 。
[kjv] then said the lord, thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
[bbe] 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;
4:11 [hgb] 何 况 这 尼 尼 微 大 城 ， 其 中 不 能 分 辨 左 手 右 手 的 有 十 二 万 多 人 ， 并 有 许 多 牲 畜 。 我 岂 能 不 爱 惜 呢 ？
[kjv] and should not i spare nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
[bbe] 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?