¹And it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

¹[Ny nimonomononan'i Jona, sy ny nananaran'Andriamanitra azy] Fa tsy sitrak'i Jona indrindra izany, ka nirehitra ny fahatezerany.

²And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Ah, Jehovah, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I was minded to flee at first unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious ùGod, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

²Dia nivavaka tamin'i Jehovah izy ka nanao hoe: Mifona aminao aho, Jehovah ô, tsy izao ihany va no efa nolazaiko fony aho mbola tany amin'ny taniko? Fa ny andrao hisy toy izao no nandosirako ho any Tarsisy, satria fantatro fa Hianao dia Andriamanitra mamindra fo sy miantra, mahari-po sady be famindram-po ary manenina ny amin'ny loza.

³And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

³Koa mifona aminao aho ankehitriny, Jehovah ô, esory ny aiko; fa aleoko ho faty toy izay ho velona.

⁴And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?

⁴Fa hoy Jehovah: Moa mety va izao firehitry ny fahatezeranao izao?

⁵And Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city.

⁵Dia nivoaka ny tanàna Jona ka nipetraka teo atsinanan-tanàna; ary nanao trano rantsan-kazo ho azy teo izy ka nipetraka teo ambanin'ny alokalony ambara-pahitany izay hiafaran'ny tanàna.[Na: ary Jona efa nivoaka ny tanàna]

⁶And Jehovah Elohim prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his trouble. And Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.

⁶Ary Jehovah Andriamanitra nanomana tanantanamanga, ka nampaniriny hanalokaloka an'i Jona izany ho alokaloky ny lohany, hanafaka ny alahelony. Ka dia nahafaly an'i Jona indrindra ny tanantanamanga.

⁷But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

⁷Kanjo nony ampitso maraina dia nanomana fositra koa Andriamanitra, ka namely ilay tanantanamanga iny, dia nalazo io.

⁸And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, so that he fainted; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

⁸Ary nony niposaka ny masoandro, Andriamanitra dia nanomana rivotra mahamay avy any atsinanana, ary dia namely ny lohan'i Jona ny masoandro, dia ana izy ka nangataka ny ho faty, nanao hoe: Aleoko ho faty toy izay ho velona.

⁹And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, unto death.

⁹Fa hoy Andriamanitra tamin'i Jona: Moa mety va izao firehitry ny fahatezeranao ny amin'ny tanantanamanga izao ? Ary hoy izy: Mety ny hahatezerako na dia mandra-pahafatiko aza.

¹⁰And Jehovah said, Thou hast pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

¹⁰Dia hoy Jehovah: Hianao malahelo ny tanantanamanga izay tsy nisasaranao na nampanirinao, dia ilay naniry indray alina monja ary maty indray alina koa;ka moa Izaho tsy mba halahelo an'i Ninive, ilay tanàna lehibe va. izay misy olona tsy omby roa alina sy iray hetsy, izay tsy mahafantatra ny havanany sy ny haviany, sady be biby fiompy koa?

¹¹and I, should not I have pity on Nineveh, the great city, wherein are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

¹¹ka moa Izaho tsy mba halahelo an'i Ninive, ilay tanàna lehibe va. izay misy olona tsy omby roa alina sy iray hetsy, izay tsy mahafantatra ny havanany sy ny haviany, sady be biby fiompy koa?