1 But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.
2 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.
3 So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
4 And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?
5 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.
6 And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine.
7 But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
8 Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.
9 And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.
10 And the Lord said, You had pity on the vine, for which you did no work and for the growth of which you were not responsible; which came up in a night and came to an end in a night;
11 And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?
1 约拿对这事非常不高兴， 并且发起怒来，
2 就向耶和华祷告， 说： "耶和华啊！ 我还在本国的时候， 不是这样说过吗？我知道你是有恩典有怜悯的 神， 不轻易发怒， 并且有丰盛的慈爱， 转意不降灾祸， 所以我才急忙逃往他施去。
3 耶和华啊！ 现在求你取去我的性命吧， 因为我死了比活着还好。"
4 耶和华回答说： "你这样发怒对不对呢？"
5 约拿出了城， 在城东坐下； 他在那里搭了一座棚， 坐在棚荫之下， 要看看那城究竟怎样。
6 耶和华 神安排一棵蓖麻， 使它长起来高过约拿， 成了阴影遮盖他的头， 免他受苦； 约拿因这棵蓖麻， 就大大欢畅。
7 次日黎明的时候， 神安排一条虫子， 蛀蚀这棵蓖麻， 蓖麻就枯槁了。
8 日出的时候， 神又安排炎热的东风。烈日晒在约拿的头上， 以致发昏， 他就为自己求死， 说： "我死了比活着还好。"
9 神问约拿： "你因这棵蓖麻这样发怒， 对不对呢？"约拿说： "我发怒以至于死都是对的。"
10 耶和华说： "这棵蓖麻， 不是你栽种的， 也不是你使它长大的， 一夜长成， 一夜死去， 你尚且爱惜它，
11 何况这尼尼微大城， 其中不晓得分辨左右手的有十二万多人， 并且有许多牲畜， 我怎能不爱惜呢？"