| | | Abbé Crampon | |
| 1 | But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. | Jonas en éprouva un vif chagrin, et il fut irrité. | But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. |
| 2 | 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. | Il fit une prière à Yahweh et dit : "Ah ! Yahweh, n'est-ce pas là ce que je disais lorsque j'étais encore dans mon pays ? C'est pourquoi je me suis d'abord enfui à Tharsis ; car je savais que vous êtes un Dieu miséricordieux et clément, lent à la colère, riche en grâce et vous repentant du mal. | And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil. |
| 3 | Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. | Maintenant, Yahweh, retirez donc de moi mon âme, car la mort vaut mieux pour moi que la vie." | Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. |
| 4 | Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? | Et Yahweh répondit : "Fais-tu bien de t'irriter ?" | And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry? |
| 5 | 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. | Et Jonas sortit de la ville et s'assit à l'orient de la ville ; là il se fit une hutte et s'assit dessous à l'ombre, jusqu'à ce qu'il vit ce qui arriverait dans la ville. | Then 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 shade, till he might see what would become of the city. |
| 6 | 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. | Et Yahweh-Dieu fit pousser un ricin qui s'éleva au-dessus de Jonas pour qu'il y eût de l'ombre sur sa tête, afin de le délivrer de son mal; et Jonas éprouva une grande joie à cause du ricin. | And Jehovah God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his evil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd. |
| 7 | But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. | Mais Yahweh fit venir, au lever de l'aurore, le lendemain, un ver qui piqua le ricin; et il sécha. | But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. |
| 8 | 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. | Et quand le soleil se leva, Yahweh fit venir un vent brûlant d'orient; et le soleil donna sur la tête de Jonas, au point qu'il défaillit. Il demanda de mourir et dit : "La mort vaut mieux pour moi que la vie." | And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. |
| 9 | 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. | Alors Dieu dit à Jonas : "Fais-tu bien de t'irriter à cause du ricin ?"Il répondit : "Je fais bien de m'irriter jusqu'à la mort." | 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. |
| 10 | 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: | Et Yahweh dit : "Tu t'affliges au sujet du ricin pour lequel tu n'as pas travaillé et que tu n'as pas fait croître, qui est venu en une nuit et qui a péri en une nuit; | And Jehovah said, Thou hast had regard for the gourd, for which thou hast not labored, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: |
| 11 | And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? | et moi, Je ne m'affligerais pas au sujet de Ninive, la grande ville, dans laquelle il y a plus de cent vingt mille hommes qui ne distinguent pas leur droite de leur gauche, et des animaux en grand nombre ! " | and should not I have regard for 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? |
