Jonah, Chapter 4
Introduction
This entry meets the strict three-criteria standard of the Theosis Library, with the manuscript text drawn directly from the same source as the scan:
- Manuscript scan: The actual folio of Codex Sinaiticus containing this passage, from the Codex Sinaiticus Project (codexsinaiticus.org). Library folio reference: 76.
- Original text: The verbatim transcription of the Sinaiticus manuscript from the Codex Sinaiticus Project, preserving uncial forms, lunate sigma, nomina sacra (e.g. ⟨θϲ⟩ = θεός), and scribal marks. Nomina sacra are shown in angle brackets to indicate the manuscript's sacred-name abbreviations.
- English translation: The King James Version (1611), retrieved verbatim from the public-domain bible-api.com endpoint.
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1και ελυπηθη ϊωναϲ λυπην μεγαλην · και ϲυνεχυθη · 2και προϲηυξατο προϲ κν κ(αι) ειπεν ω κε · ουχ ουτοι οι λογοι μου ετι οντοϲ μου ε τη γη μου · δια τουτο προεφθαϲα του φυγειν ειϲ θαρϲειϲ διοτι εγνων οτι ϲυ ελεημων και οικτιρμων μακροθυμοϲ και πολυελεοϲ · και μετανοων επι τεϲ κακιαιϲ · 3και νυν δεϲποτα κε λαβε την ψυχην μου απ εμου · οτι καλο το αποθανειν με ει ζην με · 4και ειπεν κϲ προϲ ϊωναν . ϊ ϲφοδρα ϲυ λελυπηϲαι ϲυ · 5και εξηλθεν ϊωναϲ εκ τηϲ πολεωϲ · και εκαθιϲεν απεναντι τηϲ πολεωϲ · και εποιηϲεν εαυτω εκι ϲκηνην · και εκαθητο ϋποκατω αυτηϲ εν ϲκια ˙ εωϲ ου απιδη · τι εϲτε εν τη πολι ·
1But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 2And 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. 3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. 4Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? 5So 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.
6και προϲεταξεν κϲ ο θϲ κολοκυνθη · και ανεβη ϋπερ καιφαληϲ του ϊωνα του εινε ϲκια ϋπερανω τηϲ κεφαληϲ αυτου · του ϲκιαζιν αυτω απο των κακων αυτων · και εχαρη ϊωναϲ επι τη κολοκυνθη · χαραν μεγαλη 7 8και εγενετο αμα τω ανατιλαι το ηλιον · και προϲεταξεν ο θϲ πνι καυϲωνοϲ ϲυνκαιοντι · και επαταξεν ο ηλιοϲ επι την καιφαλη ϊωνα · και ολιγοψυχηϲεν και απελεγετο την ψυχη αυτου · και ειπεν καλον μοι αποθανειν ˙ η ζην · 9και ειπε ο θϲ προϲ ϊωνα · ει ϲφοδρα λελυπηϲε ϲυ · επι τη κολοκυνθη · και ειπεν ϲφοδρα λελυπημε εγω · εωϲ θανατου : 10και ειπεν κϲ · ϲυ εφιϲω ϋπερ τηϲ κολοκυνθηϲ · υπερ ηϲ ουκ αικακοπαθηϲαϲ επ αυτηϲ και ουκ εξεθρεψαϲ αυτην · η εγενηθη ϋπο νυκτα · και υ̇πο νυκτα απωλετο ˙
6And 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. 7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8And 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. 9And 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. 10Then 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:
11εγω δε ου φιϲομαι ϋπερ νινευη τηϲ πολεωϲ τηϲ μεγαληϲ · εν η κατοικουϲιν πλιου δωδεκα μυριαδεϲ ανων · οιτινεϲ ουκ αιγνωϲαν δεξιαν αυτων · η αριϲτεραν αυτων · και κτηνη πολʼλα ·
11And 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?
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Source & Cross-References
- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + KJV (bible-api.com) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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