And Jonah was grieved distress and was confounded.
And he prayed to and he said, O these my words still being in my land? Because of this to flee unto Tarshish. Because I knew that you and pitying, lenient and full of mercy, and one to change his mind over the evils.
And now, master, O lord, take my soul from me, for for me to die than live!
And Jonah went forth from out of the city, and he sat before the city, and he made for himself there a tent, and he sat down underneath it, unto of which he could look over what will be of the city.
And assigned a gourd, and it ascended above of Jonah, to be shading up above his head, to shade him from his hurts. And Jonah rejoiced over the gourd joy
And God assigned a worm for early morning the next day, and it struck the gourd, and it was dried up.
And it came to pass at the same time as the rising of the sun, and God assigned wind to burn; and struck upon the head of Jonah, and he became faint-hearted, and resigned of his life, and said, Better for me to die than live.
And said to Jonah, Are exceedingly over the gourd? And he said, exceedingly unto death.
And You indeed spared for the gourd, for which you suffered no hardship over it, nor nourished it; which came up during and during
But I, shall I not spare for Nineveh the city in which dwells in it more than twelve myriads of men, who do not know their right hand or their left, and cattle