Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their evil has come up before Me.

And the chief of the seaman came to him and said to him, What is it to you, O sound sleeper? Arise, call upon your God! It may be that our god will notice us, and we will not perish.

And they said, each one to his fellow, Come and let us cast lots, so that we may know who has caused this evil to occur to us. And they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

Then they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? For the sea was going on and being stormy.

And he said to them, Take me up and throw me out into the sea. And the sea shall be calm to you; for I know that this great storm has come on you for my sake.

and he said, I cried to Jehovah from my distress. And He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help, and You heard my voice.

For You cast me into the depths of the seas, and the current surrounded me. All Your breakers and Your waves passed over me.

Waters encompassed me, even to the soul; the depth closed around me; the seaweed was bound to my head.

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was around me forever; yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; and my prayer came in to You, into Your holy temple.

Who knows? He may repent, and God may have pity and turn away from the glow of His anger, so that we do not perish.

And he prayed to Jehovah and said, Please, O Jehovah, was this not my saying when I was still in my land? On account of this I fled before to Tarshish. For I knew that You are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and One who repents over calamity.

And now, O Jehovah, I beseech You, take my life from me. For better is my death than my life.

And it happened when the sun shone, God ordained a scorching east wind. And the sun beat on the head of Jonah, so that he fainted. And he asked for his life to die. And he said, Better is my death than my life.

And God said to Jonah, Is your anger rightly kindled over the plant? And he said, My anger is rightly kindled, even to death.