The prophet lamenteth for that he was commanded to preach otherwise than it came to pass. 5. Going forth he stayeth near the city to see the end; 6. an ivy growing covereth his head from the sun; 7. but withereth the next day; 8. and he lamenting desireth to die; 10. and God sheweth that it is more meet to save Ninive than the ivy.The prophet lamenteth for that he was commanded to preach otherwise then it came to passe. 5. Going forth he stayeth nere the citie to see the end; 6. an yuie growing couereth his head from the sunne; 7. but withereth the next day; 8. & he lamenting desireth to dye; 10. and God sheweth that it is more meete to saue Niniue then the yuie.✦
And Jonas was afflicted with great affliction, and was angry:AND Ionas a was afflicted with great affliction, and was * angrie:✦Et afflictus est Jonas afflictione magna, et iratus est :
2And he prayed to our Lord, and said: I beseech thee O Lord, Why, is not this my word, when I was yet in my country? for this did I praeoccupavi: went before, anticipated, forestalled, not the modern hinder to flee into Tharsis. For I know that thou art a clement, and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and forgiving upon the evil.and he prayed to our Lord, and sayd: I besech thee ô Lord, Why, is not this my word, when I was yet in my countrie? for this did I preuent to flee into Tharsis. For I know that thou art a clement, and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and forgeuing vpon the euil.et oravit ad Dominum, et dixit : Obsecro, Domine, numquid non hoc est verbum meum cum adhuc essem in terra mea ? propter hoc præoccupavi ut fugerem in Tharsis : scio enim quia tu Deus clemens et misericors es, patiens et multæ miserationis, et ignoscens super malitia.
3And now Lord take I beseech thee my soul from me: because better is death to me than life.And now Lord take I besech thee my soule from me: because better is death to me then life.Et nunc, Domine, tolle, quæso, animam meam a me, quia melior est mihi mors quam vita.
4And our Lord said: Art thou angry well thinkest thou?And our Lord sayd: Art thou angrie wel thinkest thou?Et dixit Dominus : Putasne bene irasceris tu ?
5And Jonas went out of the city, and sate against the East part of the city: and he made himself a umbraculum: a leafy booth, a shelter of branches there, and he sate under it in the shadow, till he might see what would befall to the city.And Ionas went out of the citie, and sate against the East part of the citie: and he made himself a bowre there, and he sate vnder it in the shadow, til he might see what would befal to the citie.✦Et egressus est Jonas de civitate, et sedit contra orientem civitatis : et fecit sibimet umbraculum ibi, et sedebat subter illud in umbra, donec videret quid accideret civitati.
6And our Lord God prepared an ivy tree, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, and to cover him: for he had laboured: and Jonas rejoiced upon the ivy with great joy.And our Lord God prepared an iuie tree, & it came vp ouer the head of Ionas, to be a shadow ouer his head, and to couer him: for he had laboured: and Ionas reioyced vpon the iuie with great ioy.✦Et præparavit Dominus Deus hederam, et ascendit super caput Jonæ, ut esset umbra super caput ejus, et protegeret eum (laboraverat enim) : et lætatus est Jonas super hedera lætitia magna.
7And God prepared a worm in the rising of the morning against the morrow: and it stroke the ivy, and it withered.And God prepared a worme in the rysing of the morning against the morrow: and it stroke the iuie, and it withered.✦Et paravit Deus vermen ascensu diluculi in crastinum : et percussit hederam, et exaruit.
8And when the sun was risen, our Lord commanded a hot, and burning wind: and the sun beat upon the head of Jonas, and he aestuabat: was scorched, parched with the heat for heat: and he desired for his soul to die, and said: It is better for me to die than to live.And when the sunne was risen, our Lord commanded an hotte, and burning winde: and the sunne beate vpon the head of Ionas, and he broyled for heate: and he desired for his soule to dye, and sayd: It is better for me to dye then to liue.✦Et cum ortus fuisset sol, præcepit Dominus vento calido et urenti : et percussit sol super caput Jonæ, et æstuabat : et petivit animæ suæ ut moreretur, et dixit : Melius est mihi mori quam vivere.
9And our Lord said to Jonas: Art thou angry well, thinkest thou, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry well even unto death.And our Lord sayd to Ionas: Art thou angrie wel, thinkest thou, for the iuie? And he sayd: b I am * angrie wel euen vnto death.✦Et dixit Dominus ad Jonam : Putasne bene irasceris tu super hedera ? Et dixit : Bene irascor ego usque ad mortem.
10And our Lord said: Thou art sorry for the ivy, wherein thou hast not laboured, nor made it to grow, which in one night came forth, and in one night is perished.And our Lord sayd: Thou art sorie for the iuie, wherin thou hast not laboured, nor made it to grow, which in one night came forth, and in one night is perished.✦Et dixit Dominus : Tu doles super hederam in qua non laborasti, neque fecisti ut cresceret ; quæ sub una nocte nata est, et sub una nocte periit :
11And shall not I spare Ninive the great city, wherein are more than a hundred twenty thousand men, that know not what is between their right hand and their left, and many beasts?And shal not I spare Niniue the great citie, wherin are more then a hundred twentie thousand men, that know not what is betwen their right hand and their left, and manie beastes?✦et ego non parcam Ninive, civitati magnæ, in qua sunt plus quam centum viginti millia hominum qui nesciunt quid sit inter dexteram et sinistram suam, et jumenta multa ?
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.