Ion 4:1Et afflīctus est Jōnās afflīctiōne magnā, et īrātus est: et ōrāvit ad Dominum, et dīxit: Obsecrō, Domine, numquid nōn hoc est verbum meum cum adhūc essem in terrā meā?And Jonah was afflicted with a great affliction, and was angry: and he prayed to the Lord, and said: "I beg, Lord, is not this my word, when I was still in my own land? Ion 4:2Propter hoc praeoccupāvī ut fugerem in Tharsis: sciō enim quia tū Deus clēmēns et misericors es, patiēns et multae miserātiōnis, et ignōscēns super malitiā.For this reason I hastened to flee into Tarshish: for I know that you are a God gracious and merciful, patient and of much compassion, and forgiving concerning evil. Ion 4:3Et nunc, Domine, tolle, quaesō, animam meam ā mē, quia melior est mihi mors quam vīta.And now, Lord, take, I beg, my life from me, because death is better for me than life." Ion 4:4Et dīxit Dominus: Putāsne bene īrāsceris tū?And the Lord said: "Do you think you are rightly angry?" Ion 4:5Et ēgressus est Jōnās dē cīvitāte, et sēdit contrā orientem cīvitātis: et fēcit sibimet umbrāculum ibi, et sedēbat subter illud in umbrā, dōnec vidēret quid accideret cīvitātī.And Jonah went out from the city, and sat opposite the east of the city: and he made for himself a little shelter there, and was sitting under it in the shade, until he might see what would happen to the city.
Ion 4:6Et praeparāvit Dominus Deus hederam, et ascendit super caput Jōnae, ut esset umbra super caput ejus, et prōtegeret eum (labōrāverat enim): et laetātus est Jōnās super hederā laetitiā magnā.And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it went up over Jonah's head, to be a shade over his head, and to protect him (for he had been labouring): and Jonah rejoiced over the ivy with a great joy. Ion 4:7Et parāvit Deus vermem ascēnsū dīlūculī in crāstinum: et percussit hederam, et exāruit.And God prepared a worm at the rising of dawn on the morrow: and it struck the ivy, and it withered. Ion 4:8Et cum ortus fuisset sōl, praecēpit Dominus ventō calidō et ūrentī: et percussit sōl super caput Jōnae, et aestuābat: et petīvit animae suae ut morerētur, et dīxit: Melius est mihi morī quam vīvere.And when the sun had risen, the Lord commanded a hot and burning wind: and the sun struck upon Jonah's head, and he was sweltering: and he asked for his soul that he might die, and said: "It is better for me to die than to live." Ion 4:9Et dīxit Dominus ad Jōnam: Putāsne bene īrāsceris tū super hederā?And the Lord said to Jonah: "Do you think you are rightly angry over the ivy?"
Ion 4:9Et dīxit: Bene īrāscor ego ūsque ad mortem.And he said: "I am rightly angry, even unto death." Ion 4:10Et dīxit Dominus: Tū dolēs super hederam in quā nōn labōrāstī, neque fēcistī ut crēsceret;And the Lord said: "You grieve over the ivy, on which you did not labour, nor did you make it grow; Ion 4:10Quae sub ūnā nocte nāta est, et sub ūnā nocte periit: et ego nōn parcam Ninivē, cīvitātī magnae, in quā sunt plūs quam centum vīgintī mīllia hominum quī nesciunt quid sit inter dexteram et sinistram suam, et jūmenta multa?which in one night was born, and in one night perished: and shall I not spare Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know what is between their right hand and their left, and many beasts?"