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1 Zhè shì Yuēná dàdà bù yuè , qiĕ shén fānù .
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But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.
2 Jiù dǎogào Yēhéhuá shuō , Yēhéhuá a , wǒ zaì bĕn guó de shíhou , qǐbù shì zhèyàng shuō ma . wǒ zhīdào nǐ shì yǒu ēndiǎn , yǒu liánmǐn de shén , bú qīngyì fānù , yǒu fēngshèng de cíaì , bìngqiĕ hòuhuǐ bú jiàng suǒ shuō de zāi , suǒyǐ wǒ jísù taó wǎng Tāshī qù .
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He prayed to the LORD, “Isn’t this what I said, LORD, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.
3 Yēhéhuá a , xiànzaì qiú nǐ qǔ wǒde méng ba . yīnwei wǒ sǐ le bǐ huó zhe hái hǎo .
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Now, LORD, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐ zhèyàng fānù héhū lǐ ma .
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But the LORD replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
5 Yúshì Yuēná chū chéng , zuò zaì chéng de dōngbiān , zaì nàli wèi zìjǐ dā le yī zuò péng , zuò zaì péng de yīn xià , yào kàn kàn nà chéng jiūjìng rúhé .
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Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city.
6 Yēhéhuá shén ānpái yī kē bì má , shǐ qí fāshēng gāo guō Yuēná , yǐngér zhēgaì tāde tóu , jiù tā tuōlí kǔchǔ . Yuēná yīn zhè kē bì má dàdà xǐlè .
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Then the LORD God provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant.
7 Cì rì límíng , shén què ānpái yī tiaó chóngzi yǎo zhè bì má , yǐzhì kū gǎo .
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But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.
8 Rìtou chūlai de shíhou , shén ānpái yán rè de dōng fēng . rìtou bào shaì Yuēná de tóu , shǐ tā fā hūn , tā jiù wèi zìjǐ qiú sǐ , shuō , wǒ sǐ le bǐ huó zhe hái hǎo .
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When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”
9 Shén duì Yuēná shuō , nǐ yīn zhè kē bì má fānù héhū lǐ ma . tā shuō , wǒ fānù yǐ zhìyú sǐ héhū lǐ .
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But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”
10 Yēhéhuá shuō , zhè bì má bú shì nǐ zāizhòng de , yĕ bú shì nǐ péiyǎng de . yī yè fāshēng , yī yè gān sǐ , nǐ shàngqiĕ aìxī .
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But the LORD said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight.
11 Hékuàng zhè Níníwēi dà chéng , qízhōng bùnéng fēnbiàn zuǒshǒu yòushǒu de yǒu shí èr wàn duō rén , bìng yǒu xǔduō shēngchù . wǒ qǐnéng bú aìxī ne .
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And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”
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