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| 4:1 | And Jonas was turmentid with greet turment, and was wrooth. |
| 4:2 | And he preiede the Lord, and seide, Lord, Y biseche, whether this is not my word, whanne Y was yit in my lond? For this thing Y purposide, for to fle in to Tharsis; for Y woot, that thou, God, art meke and merciful, pacient, and of merciful doyng, and foryyuynge on malice. |
| 4:3 | And now, Lord, Y preie, take my soule fro me; for deth is betere to me than lijf. |
| 4:4 | And the Lord seide, Gessist thou, whether thou art wel wrooth? |
| 4:5 | And Jonas wente out of the citee, and sat ayens the eest of the citee, and made to hym a schadewyng place there; and sat vndur it in schadewe, til he sai what bifelle to the citee. |
| 4:6 | And the Lord God made redy an yuy, and it stiede vp on the heed of Jonas, that schadewe were on his heed, and kyueride hym; for he hadde trauelid. And Jonas was glad on the yuy, with greet gladnesse. |
| 4:7 | And God made redi a worm, in stiyng up of grei dai on the morewe; and it smoot the yuy, and it driede up. |
| 4:8 | And whanne the sunne was risun, the Lord comaundide to the hoot wynd and brennyng; and the sunne smoot on the heed of Jonas, and he swalide. And he axide to his soule that he schulde die, and seide, It is betere to me for to die, than for to lyue. |
| 4:9 | And the Lord seide to Jonas, Gessist thou, whether thou art wel wrooth on the yuy? And he seide, Y am wel wrooth, til to the deth. |
| 4:10 | And the Lord seide, Thou art sori on the yuy, in which thou trauelidist not, nether madist that it wexide, which was growun vndur o nyyt, and perischide in o nyyt. |
| 4:11 | And schal Y not spare the grete citee Nynyue, in which ben more than sixe score thousynde of men, which witen not what is betwixe her riyt half and left, and many beestis? |
| 4:1 | Therefore it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was angry. |
| 4:2 | And he prayed vnto the Lord, and saide, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my countrey? therefore I preuented it to flee vnto Tarshish: for I knewe that thou art a gratious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindnes, and repentest thee of the euill. |
| 4:3 | Therefore nowe O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue. |
| 4:4 | Then saide the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry? |
| 4:5 | So Ionah went out of the citie and sate on the East side of the citie, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadowe till he might see what should be done in the citie. |
| 4:6 | And the Lord God prepared a gourde, and made it to come vp ouer Ionah, that it might be a shadowe ouer his head and deliuer him from his griefe. So Ionah was exceeding glad of the gourde. |
| 4:7 | But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. |
| 4:8 | And when the sunne did arise, God prepared also a feruent East winde: and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that he fainted, and wished in his heart to die, and said, It is better for me to dye, then to liue. |
| 4:9 | And God said vnto Ionah, Doest thou well to be angrie for the gourde? And he said, I doe well to be angrie vnto the death. |
| 4:10 | Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it growe, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night, |
| 4:11 | And shoulde not I spare Nineueh that great citie, wherein are sixe score thousande persons, that cannot discerne betweene their right hand, and their left hand, and also much cattell? |
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