Testing_ABC_en_tn/jon/04/10.md

## Yahweh said ##

"Yahweh said to Jonah"

## perished ##

"died"

## should I not have compassion for Nineveh, that great city ##

God used this question to emphasize his claim that he should have compassion on Nineveh. In some languages it is more natural to use a statement to express the emphasis: "I certainly should have compassion for Nineveh, that important city." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## in which there are more ##

This can also be the beginning of a new sentence. "There are more" or "It has more."

## 120 thousand people ##

120,000 people (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

## cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ##

This may be a way of saying "cannot discern between right and wrong."

## cannot discern between ##

"cannot tell which is" (UDB) or "do not know which is"

## and also many cattle? ##

"and there are also many cattle."