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.
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