LXX Jonah

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, son of Amathi saying,
1:1Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρὸς Ιωναν τὸν τοῦ Αμαθι λέγων
aor

Raise up and go to the great city of Niniveh and proclaim in it

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Ἀνάστηθι καὶ πορεύθητι εἰς Νινευη τὴν πόλιν τὴν μεγάλην καὶ κήρυξον ἐν αὐτῇ,
ἀνίστημι κηρύσσω
(to raise) = (to proclaim)
nd
2 aor, act, impv =

For the cry of its wickedness has come up to me

ὅτι ἀνέβη ἡ κραυγὴ τῆς κακίας αὐτῆς πρός με.
Aor (cry)

and Jonah raised to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord and went down to Joppen
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καὶ ἀνέστη Ιωνας τοῦ φυγεῖν εἰς Θαρσις ἐκ προσώπου κυρίου καὶ κατέβη εἰς Ιοππην
φεύγω

and he found a ship going to Tharsis and paid his fair

καὶ εὗρεν πλοῖον βαδίζον εἰς Θαρσις καὶ ἔδωκεν τὸ ναῦλον αὐτοῦ
εὑρίσκω βαδίζω (to go) ναῦλον (ship-fare)
3rd sg, aor, act, ind ptc, pres, acc

And went up into it to sail with them to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord
καὶ ἐνέβη εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦ πλεῦσαι μετ᾿ αὐτῶν εἰς Θαρσις ἐκ προσώπου κυρίου.
ἐμβαίνω πλέω (to sail)
(to embark)

and the Lord raised up a wind on the sea

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καὶ κύριος ἐξήγειρεν πνεῦμα εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν,
ἐξεγείρω
(to raise up)

and a great wave came on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken
καὶ ἐγένετο κλύδων μέγας ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ τὸ πλοῖον ἐκινδύνευεν συντριβῆναι.
κλύδων κινδυνεύω συντρίβω
(wave) (to be in danger) (to crush)
rd
3 sg, impf, act, ind inf, aor, pass

And the sailors were afraid each crying to their God

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καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν οἱ ναυτικοὶ καὶ ἀνεβόων ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν θεὸν αὐτῶν
φοβέω ἀναβοάω
rd
3 pl, aor, pass, ind (to cry)

Throwing out the wares which were in the ship

καὶ ἐκβολὴν ἐποιήσαντο τῶν σκευῶν τῶν ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ
ἐκβολή σκεῦος
(expulsion) (vessel)
Into the sea that it might be lightened of them
εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν τοῦ κουφισθῆναι ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν·
κουφίζω
(to lighten)

Jonas went down into the belly of the ship, slept and snored
Ιωνας δὲ κατέβη εἰς τὴν κοίλην τοῦ πλοίου καὶ ἐκάθευδεν καὶ ἔρρεγχεν.
καθεύδω ῥέγχω
(to sleep) (to snore?)
3rd sg, impf, act, in

And the shipmaster came to him and said to him, Why do you snore?
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καὶ προσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ πρωρεὺς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί σὺ ῥέγχεις;
πρωρεύς
(ship’s bow officer)

Raise up and call on to your God, so that the God might save us and we might not perish
ἀνάστα καὶ ἐπικαλοῦ τὸν θεόν σου, ὅπως διασώσῃ ὁ θεὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ μὴ ἀπολώμεθα.
ἐπικαλέω s.c. διασῴζω ἀπόλλυμι
(to call on) (to rescue) 1st pl, aor, mid, subj
3rd sg, aor, act, subj

And each man said to each other, Behold, we may throw lots
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καὶ εἶπεν ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ Δεῦτε βάλωμεν κλήρους
Adverb 1st pl, aor, act, subj κλῆρος
(+gen) near; neighbour (portion, lot)

And find out for whose sake this evil is upon us. They cast lots
καὶ ἐπιγνῶμεν τίνος ἕνεκεν ἡ κακία αὕτη ἐστὶν ἐν ἡμῖν. καὶ ἔβαλον κλήρους,
find out prep (gen)
(because of)

And the lot fell on Jonas.

καὶ ἔπεσεν ὁ κλῆρος ἐπὶ Ιωναν.
πίπτω
3rd sg, aor, act, ind

And he said to him: Tell us because of why this calamity has come upon us
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καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν Ἀπάγγειλον ἡμῖν τίνος ἕνεκεν ἡ κακία αὕτη ἐστὶν ἐν ἡμῖν.
2nd sg, aor, act, impv prep (gen)
Because of

What is the work of you? and where do you come from? from which country? From which nation are
you?
τίς σου ἡ ἐργασία ἐστίν; καὶ πόθεν ἔρχῃ, καὶ ἐκ ποίας χώρας καὶ ἐκ ποίου λαοῦ εἶ σύ;
(work, gain, profit) adv ἔρχομαι (what kind) adj (country)
(from where) 2nd sg, pres, mid, ind
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He said to them: slave of the lord I am and the Lord God of Heaven I worship
9 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς Δοῦλος κυρίου ἐγώ εἰμι καὶ τὸν κύριον θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐγὼ σέβομαι,

(to worship)

Who made the sea and the earth

ὃς ἐποίησεν τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηράν.
(dry)

And the men were in great fear and said to him: what is that you have done?
10 καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν οἱ ἄνδρες φόβον μέγαν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν Τί τοῦτο ἐποίησας;

For the men knew that he he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he has told them
διότι ἔγνωσαν οἱ ἄνδρες ὅτι ἐκ προσώπου κυρίου ἦν φεύγων, ὅτι ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς.
s.c. ἀπαγγέλλω
(to tell)
3rd sg, aor, act, ind

And they said to him what shall we do to you, that the sea may stop against us
11 καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν Τί σοι ποιήσωμεν καὶ κοπάσει ἡ θάλασσα ἀφ᾿ ἡμῶν;

Aor subj κοπάζω

(to stop)
fut

for the sea was going and the wave increased more
ὅτι ἡ θάλασσα ἐπορεύετο καὶ ἐξήγειρεν μᾶλλον κλύδωνα.
Impf, mid aor κλύδων
(wave, raging water)
acc

And Jonas said to them: Take me up and throw me to the sea

12 καὶ εἶπεν Ιωνας πρὸς αὐτούς Ἄρατέ με καὶ ἐμβάλετέ με εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν,

ἄιρω (to take up) aor

2nd impv aor

Then the sea will quiet down for you

καὶ κοπάσει ἡ θάλασσα ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν·
κοπάξω (to stop)
fut

for I know that because of me this great wave has come to you
διότι ἔγνωκα ἐγὼ ὅτι δι᾿ ἐμὲ ὁ κλύδων ὁ μέγας οὗτος ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς ἐστιν.

And the men were pressing to return to the earth but there were not able
13 καὶ παρεβιάζοντο οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς τὴν γῆν καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο,

παραβιάζομαι ἐπιστρέφω (to return) δύναμαι

(to defy, press, persuade) 3rd pl, impf, mid, ind
rd
3 pl, impf, mid

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 For the sea was going and the increased more against them
ὅτι ἡ θάλασσα ἐπορεύετο καὶ ἐξηγείρετο μᾶλλον ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς.

And they cried out to the Lord and said “by no means, Lord”
14 καὶ ἀνεβόησαν πρὸς κύριον καὶ εἶπαν Μηδαμῶς, κύριε,

ἀναβοάω adv
(to cry out) (by no means)
rd
3 pl, aor, act ind

Let us perish on account of this man’s life, and do not make us guilty of innocent blood;
μὴ ἀπολώμεθα ἕνεκεν τῆς ψυχῆς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου, καὶ μὴ δῷς ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς αἷμα δίκαιον,
mid. subj gen prep (because of) 2nd aor, subj

for you, Lord, have done as you have wished.

ὅτι σύ, κύριε, ὃν τρόπον ἐβούλου πεποίηκας.
(manner, custom) βούλομαι 2nd sg, pf, act, ind
(to will)
2nd sg, impf, mid, ind

And they took Jonas and cast him into the sea,
15 καὶ ἔλαβον τὸν Ιωναν καὶ ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν,

λαμβάνω
(take, receive)

And the sea ceased from its restlessness

καὶ ἔστη ἡ θάλασσα ἐκ τοῦ σάλου αὐτῆς.
ἵστημι σάλος (seawave)
(to stand, place)
3rd sg, aor, act, ind

and the men feared the Lord in great fear

16 καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν οἱ ἄνδρες φόβῳ μεγάλῳ τὸν κύριον

They sacrificed a sacrifice to the Lord and vowed vows

καὶ ἔθυσαν θυσίαν τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ εὔξαντο εὐχάς.
θύω εὔχομαι εὐχή (vow)
(to sacrifice) (to pray, vow)
3rd pl, aor, act, ind

And the Lord commanded a great sea monster to swallow Jonas

2:1 Καὶ προσέταξεν κύριος κήτει μεγάλῳ καταπιεῖν τὸν Ιωναν·
προστάσσω κῆτος καταπίνω
(to command) (sea monster) (to swallow)
(3rd sg, aor, act, ind) dat, sg, ms inf, aor, act

And Jonas was inside the belly of the sea monster for three day and three nights
καὶ ἦν Ιωνας ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ τοῦ κήτους τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας.

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and Jonas prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the sea monster
2 καὶ προσηύξατο Ιωνας πρὸς κύριον τὸν θεὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας τοῦ κήτους

προσεύχομαι
(to pray)
3rd sg, aor, mid, ind

And said
3 καὶ εἶπεν

I cried out in my affliction to the Lord my God and He heard me

Ἐβόησα ἐν θλίψει μου πρὸς κύριον τὸν θεόν μου, καὶ εἰσήκουσέν μου·
βοάω εἰσακούω
(to cry out) (to hear)
1st sg, aor, act, ind 3rd sg, aor, act, ind

Out of the belly of Hades you hear my cry, my voice

ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου κραυγῆς μου ἤκουσας φωνῆς μου.
ᾅδης (cry)
(Hades)
gen

and threw me out to the depths of the heart of the sea, and streams surrounded me
4 ἀπέρριψάς με εἰς βάθη καρδίας θαλάσσης, καὶ ποταμοί με ἐκύκλωσαν·

ἀπορίπτω βάθος ποταμός κυκλόω

(to throw out) (depth) (river) to surround
2nd sg, aor, act, ind acc, pl, nt 3rd sg, aor, act, ind
And all your surges and your billows passed over me
πάντες οἱ μετεωρισμοί σου καὶ τὰ κύματά σου ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ διῆλθον.
μετεωρισμός κῦμα διέρχομαι
(wave) (wave) (pass through)

And I said, I have been cast away from your eyes

5 καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπα Ἀπῶσμαι ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν σου·

ἀπωθέω
(cast away)
1st sg, pf, pass, ind

Then shall I add to look at your holy shrine

ἆρα προσθήσω τοῦ ἐπιβλέψαι πρὸς τὸν ναὸν τὸν ἅγιόν σου;
particle (then) προστίθημι ἐπιβλέπω (temple, shrine)
(to put) (to look on with care)
Inf, aor, act

the water was poured around me as far as my life

6 περιεχύθη ὕδωρ μοι ἕως ψυχῆς,

περιχέω gen (until, as far as, when, etc)

(to pour around)
3rd sg, aor, pass, ind
The deepest abyss surrounded me
ἄβυσσος ἐκύκλωσέν με ἐσχάτη,
fem (last)
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 my head sank into crevices of the mountains
ἔδυ ἡ κεφαλή μου εἰς σχισμὰς ὀρέων.
δύω σχισμὰς ὄρος (mountain)
(to sink) (crack, split)
rd
3 sg, aor, act, ind

I went down to the land, whose bars are everlasting barriers

7 κατέβην εἰς γῆν, ἧς οἱ μοχλοὶ αὐτῆς κάτοχοι αἰώνιοι,

καταβαίνω μοχλός κάτοχος

1st sg, aor, act, ind (bar, bolt) (barrier)

And let the corruption of life go up, oh Lord my God.

καὶ ἀναβήτω φθορὰ ζωῆς μου, κύριε ὁ θεός μου.
ἀναβαίνω φθορά (corruption, decay)
3rd sg, aor, act, impv

As my life was failing me, I remembered the Lord

8 ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ τὴν ψυχήν μου τοῦ κυρίου ἐμνήσθην,

ἐκλείπω μιμνῄσκομαι
(to fail, desert) (to remember)
1st sg, aor, pass, ind

And my prayer might go to you into your holy shrine

καὶ ἔλθοι πρὸς σὲ ἡ προσευχή μου εἰς ναὸν ἅγιόν σου.
ἔρχομαι
(to come, go)
3rd aor, act, opt

Guarding empty and false things, they forgot the mercy their mercy
9 φυλασσόμενοι μάταια καὶ ψευδῆ ἔλεος αὐτῶν ἐγκατέλιπον.

φυλάσσω μάταιος ψευδής ἐγκαταλείπω

(to guard) (empty, vain) (to forsake)
ptc, pres, mid, nom, pl, ms acc, pl, nt 3rd pl, aor, act, ind

but with a voice of praise and confession I will sacrifice to you

10 ἐγὼ δὲ μετὰ φωνῆς αἰνέσεως καὶ ἐξομολογήσεως θύσω σοι·

αἴνεσις ἐξομολόγησις θύω

(praise) (confession, thanksgiving) (to sacrifice)
Fut

as much as I have vowed I will pay back to the Lord for my deliverance
ὅσα ηὐξάμην, ἀποδώσω σοι σωτηρίου τῷ κυρίῳ.
(as many as) εὔχομαι (to pay back) σωτήριον
Acc, pl, nt (wish, vow) fut
1st sg, aor, mid, ind
Rel pron

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And the sea monster was ordered to cast out Jonas upon dry land
11 καὶ προσετάγη τῷ κήτει, καὶ ἐξέβαλεν τὸν Ιωναν ἐπὶ τὴν ξηράν.
προστάσσω κῆτος (dry)
(to command) (sea monster)
3rd sg, aor, pass, ind
And a word of the Lord came to Jonas a second time, saying,
3:1 Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρὸς Ιωναν ἐκ δευτέρου λέγων

Raise up and go to Ninive the great city

2 Ἀνάστηθι καὶ πορεύθητι εἰς Νινευη τὴν πόλιν τὴν μεγάλην

and proclaim in it according to the previous proclamation, which I spoke to you

καὶ κήρυξον ἐν αὐτῇ κατὰ τὸ κήρυγμα τὸ ἔμπροσθεν, ὃ ἐγὼ ἐλάλησα πρὸς σέ.
Prep (gen) before

and Jonas got up and went to Niniveh, as the spoke

3 καὶ ἀνέστη Ιωνας καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Νινευη, καθὼς ἐλάλησεν κύριος·

s.c.

and Ninive was a great city to God, of about three days journey
ἡ δὲ Νινευη ἦν πόλις μεγάλη τῷ θεῷ ὡσεὶ πορείαν ὁδοῦ ἡμερῶν τριῶν.
Particle (as)

And Jonas began to go to the city of about one day’s journey

4 καὶ ἤρξατο Ιωνας τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν πόλιν ὡσεὶ πορείαν ἡμέρας μιᾶς

ἄρχομαι
(to begin)
3rd aor, mid, ind

And he proclaimed and said: still three days and Nineue shall be
καὶ ἐκήρυξεν καὶ εἶπεν Ἔτι τρεῖς ἡμέραι καὶ Νινευη καταστραφήσεται.
Adv καταστρέφω
(until, still, yet) (to be overthrow)
3rd sg, fut, pass, ind

and the men of Niniveh trusted in the Lord and proclaimed a fast
5 καὶ ἐνεπίστευσαν οἱ ἄνδρες Νινευη τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐκήρυξαν νηστείαν

ἐμπιστεύω (fast)
(to trust in)
3rd pl, aor, act, ind

And put on sackcloth from the great among them as far as the small among them
καὶ ἐνεδύσαντο σάκκους ἀπὸ μεγάλου αὐτῶν ἕως μικροῦ αὐτῶν.
ἐνδύω σάκκος gen (until, as far as)
(to wear) (sackcloth)
3rd aor, mid, ind

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And the word came near the king of Niniveh
6 καὶ ἤγγισεν ὁ λόγος πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα τῆς Νινευη,

ἐγγίζω
(to bring/come near)
3rd sg, aor, act, ind

And he rose from his throne and took away his clothing from himself
καὶ ἐξανέστη ἀπὸ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ καὶ περιείλατο τὴν στολὴν αὐτοῦ ἀφ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ
ἐξανίστημι περιαιρέω (clothing, robe)
(to raise/rise up) (to take away)
3rd sg aor, act, ind 3rd aor, mid, ind

And he put on a sackcloth and sat on ashes

καὶ περιεβάλετο σάκκον καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ σποδοῦ.
περιβάλλω καθίζω (ashes)
(to put on, clothe) (to sit, set, place)
3rd sg, aor, act, ind

And it was preached and said in Niniveh from the king and this noble saying:
7 καὶ ἐκηρύχθη καὶ ἐρρέθη ἐν τῇ Νινευη παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ παρὰ τῶν μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ λέγων

λέγω (+gen) from, by; (+dat) with; (+acc) beside μεγιστάν

rd
3 sg, aor, pass, ind (noble)

Do not let the men, the animals, the cows, and the sheep taste
Οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ τὰ κτήνη καὶ οἱ βόες καὶ τὰ πρόβατα μὴ γευσάσθωσαν
κτῆνος βοῦς γεύω
(animal) (ox, cow) (to taste)
3rd pl, aor, act, mid, impv

Anything or feed or drink water

μηδὲν μηδὲ νεμέσθωσαν μηδὲ ὕδωρ πιέτωσαν.
Indef particle νέμω πίνω
Pron (nor) (to feed) (drink)
(no; no one) 3 pl, aor, mid, impv 3rd pl, aor, act, impv
rd

And the men and the animals put on sack-clothes, and they cried out to God earnestly,
8 καὶ περιεβάλοντο σάκκους οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ τὰ κτήνη, καὶ ἀνεβόησαν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐκτενῶς·

περιβάλλω ἀναβοάω adv

(to clothe) (to cry out) (earnestly)
3rd pl, aor, mid, ind 3rd pl, aor, act, ind

And they turned away, each of his evil way

καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν ἕκαστος ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὐτοῦ τῆς πονηρᾶς
ἀποστρέφω
(to turn away)
3rd pl, aor, act, ind

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And from the injustice in their hands saying
καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίας τῆς ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν λέγοντες
χειρ

Who knows if God will repent and turn way from the anger of his wrath and we may not perish?
9 Τίς οἶδεν εἰ μετανοήσει ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἀποστρέψει ἐξ ὀργῆς θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀπολώμεθα;

Fut fut wrath 1st pl, aor, mid, subj

And God saw their deeds, that they turned away from their evil ways
10 καὶ εἶδεν ὁ θεὸς τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἀπέστρεψαν ἀπὸ τῶν ὁδῶν αὐτῶν τῶν πονηρῶν,

And God repented at the calamity, by which he spoke to do to them, and he did not do it.
καὶ μετενόησεν ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ τῇ κακίᾳ, ᾗ ἐλάλησεν τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτοῖς, καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησεν.

Jonas was in great grief and was confused

4:1 Καὶ ἐλυπήθη Ιωνας λύπην μεγάλην καὶ συνεχύθη.
λυπέω συγχέω
(to grieve) (to confuse)
3rd sg, aor, pass, ind 3rd sg, aor, pass, ind

And he prayed to the Lord and said:

2 καὶ προσεύξατο πρὸς κύριον καὶ εἶπεν

Oh Lord, were these not my words while I was still in my land

Ὦ κύριε, οὐχ οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι μου ἔτι ὄντος μου ἐν τῇ γῇ μου;
(yet, still)
Adv ptc, pres, act, ind, gen, sg, ms

Because of this I escaped to Tharsis, for I knew that you are merciful and compassionate
διὰ τοῦτο προέφθασα τοῦ φυγεῖν εἰς Θαρσις, διότι ἔγνων ὅτι σὺ ἐλεήμων καὶ οἰκτίρμων,
προφθάνω adj adj (compassionate)
(out run, come before)

Patient and with great mercy and one who repents at calamities.
μακρόθυμος καὶ πολυέλεος καὶ μετανοῶν ἐπὶ ταῖς κακίαις.
(patient) (great mercy)
Ptc, pres, act, ind, nom, sg, ms

And now, Oh sovereign Lord, take my soul from me, because it is better to die for me than to live
3 καὶ νῦν, δέσποτα κύριε, λαβὲ τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι καλὸν τὸ ἀποθανεῖν με ἢ ζῆν με.

δεσπότης λαμβάνω ἀποθνῄσκω c.c.

nd
voc 2 sg, aor, act, impv (to die)
inf, aor, act inf, pres, act
and the Lord said to Jonas: are you exceedingly grieved
4 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Ιωναν Εἰ σφόδρα λελύπησαι σύ;

adv 2nd sg, pf, pass, ind

(very much)
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And Jonas went out from the city and sat against the city
5 καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ιωνας ἐκ τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἀπέναντι τῆς πόλεως·

(to sit)
Prep (gen)
(against)

And he made there a tabernacle and he sat under it in the shade

καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ ἐκεῖ σκηνὴν καὶ ἐκάθητο ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς ἐν σκιᾷ,
adv (tabernacle) κάθημαι prep (gen) (shadow)
(there) (sit) (under)
3rd sg, impf, act, ind

Until he should see what would become of the city

ἕως οὗ ἀπίδῃ τί ἔσται τῇ πόλει.
ἀφοράω (fut)
(to look away, up to)
3rd sg, aor, act, subj

And the Lord God commanded a gourd

6 καὶ προσέταξεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς κολοκύνθῃ,

προστάσσω (gourd, pumpkin)

(to command)
3rd sg, aor, act, ind

And came up for the head of Jonah to be a shadow

καὶ ἀνέβη ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς τοῦ Ιωνα τοῦ εἶναι σκιὰν

over his head to shade him of his miseries

ὑπεράνω τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ τοῦ σκιάζειν αὐτῷ ἀπὸ τῶν κακῶν αὐτοῦ·
(gen)
Far above,
From now on,

Jonas rejoiced at (about) the gourd with great joy

καὶ ἐχάρη Ιωνας ἐπὶ τῇ κολοκύνθῃ χαρὰν μεγάλην.
χαίρω (gourd, pumpkin)
(to rejoice)
3rd sg, aor, act, ind

And God commanded the worm early the next morning

καὶ προσέταξεν ὁ θεὸς σκώληκι ἑωθινῇ τῇ ἐπαύριον,
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σκώληξ ἑωθινός adv

(worm) (in the morning) (tomorrow)
Dat, ms dat, fem

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And struck the gourd, and it withered
καὶ ἐπάταξεν τὴν κολόκυνθαν, καὶ ἀπεξηράνθη.
πατάσσω (gourd) ἀποξηραίνω
(to strike) (to dty up, scorch)
rd
3 sg, aor, act, ind 3rd sg, aor, pass, ind

And it came to pass as the sun rose, God commanded a scorching wind of heat,
8 καὶ ἐγένετο ἅμα τῷ ἀνατεῖλαι τὸν ἥλιον καὶ προσέταξεν ὁ θεὸς πνεύματι καύσωνος συγκαίοντι,

Prep (dat) ἀνατέλλω καύσων συγκαίω

(Together) (to rise, to grow) (burning heat) (to burn)
Aor gen ptc, pres, act, dt, sg, nt

And the struck on the head of Jonas

καὶ ἐπάταξεν ὁ ἥλιος ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Ιωνα·

and he was discouraged and renounced his life, and said it is better for me to die than to live
καὶ ὠλιγοψύχησεν καὶ ἀπελέγετο τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν Καλόν μοι ἀποθανεῖν με ἢ ζῆν.
ὀλιγοψυχέω ἀπολέγομαι
(to be discouraged) (to renounce)
3rd sg, aor, act, ind 3rd sg, impf, mid, ind

And the Lord said to Jonas: are you exceedingly grieved over the gourd?
9 καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Ιωναν Εἰ σφόδρα λελύπησαι σὺ ἐπὶ τῇ κολοκύνθῃ;

Adv.
(very much) (to grieve)
Inf, aor, pass, ind

And the he said I am grieved until death

καὶ εἶπεν Σφόδρα λελύπημαι ἐγὼ ἕως θανάτου.
Pf, pass?

And the Lord said, you had consideration over the gourd, and you did not suffer hardship for it
10 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος Σὺ ἐφείσω ὑπὲρ τῆς κολοκύνθης, ὑπὲρ ἧς οὐκ ἐκακοπάθησας ἐπ᾿ αὐτὴν

φείδομαι κακοπαθέω
(to spare) (to suffer hardship)
2nd sg, aor, mid, ind 2nd sg, aor, act, ind

And you did not nourish it, which came into being towards nightfall and perished towards nightfall
καὶ οὐκ ἐξέθρεψας αὐτήν, ἣ ἐγενήθη ὑπὸ νύκτα καὶ ὑπὸ νύκτα ἀπώλετο.
ἐκτρέφω ἀπόλλυμι
(to nourish) 3rd sg, aor, mid, ind

And I will not have consideration for the great city of Niniveh
11 ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ φείσομαι ὑπὲρ Νινευη τῆς πόλεως τῆς μεγάλης,

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In which dwell more than twelve thousand men
ἐν ᾗ κατοικοῦσιν πλείους ἢ δώδεκα μυριάδες ἀνθρώπων,
κατοικέω πολύς (adv or adj)
(to settle, dwell) (many) nom, pl
3rd pl, pres, act, ind adj

Who did not know their right from their left hand,
οἵτινες οὐκ ἔγνωσαν δεξιὰν αὐτῶν ἢ ἀριστερὰν αὐτῶν, καὶ κτήνη πολλά;
ὅστις (left hand) κτῆνος
nom, pl, ms (animals)
nom, pl, nt

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