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NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Et afflictus est Ionas afflictione magna et iratus est;	1 But this was greatly displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry.
2 etoravit ad Dominum et dixit: “ Obsecro, Domine, numquid non hoc est verbummeum, cum adhuc essem in terra mea? Propter hoc praeoccupavi ut fugerem inTharsis. Sciebam enim quia tu Deus clemens et misericors es, longanimis etmultae miserationis et ignoscens super malitia.	2 "I beseech you, LORD," he prayed, "is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I fled at first to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, rich in clemency, loathe to punish.
3 Et nunc, Domine, tolle,quaeso, animam meam a me, quia melior est mihi mors quam vita”.	3 And now, LORD, please take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
4 Et dixitDominus: “ Putasne bene irasceris tu? ”.	4 But the LORD asked, "Have you reason to be angry?"
5 Et egressus est Ionas de civitate et sedit contra orientem civitatis et fecitsibimet umbraculum ibi et sedebat subter illud in umbra, donec videret quidaccideret in civitate.	5 Jonah then left the city for a place to the east of it, where he built himself a hut and waited under it in the shade, to see what would happen to the city.
6 Et praeparavit Dominus Deus hederam, et ascendit superIonam, ut esset umbra super caput eius et protegeret eum ab afflictione sua. Etlaetatus est Ionas super hedera laetitia magna.	6 And when the LORD God provided a gourd plant, that grew up over Jonah's head, giving shade that relieved him of any discomfort, Jonah was very happy over the plant.
7 Et paravit Deus vermem, cum surgeret aurora in crastinum, et percussithederam, quae exaruit.	7 But the next morning at dawn God sent a worm which attacked the plant, so that it withered.
8 Et, cum ortus fuisset sol, praecepit Deus ventoorientali calido; et percussit sol super caput Ionae, et elanguit; et petivitanimae suae, ut moreretur, et dixit: “ Melius est mihi mori quam vivere ”	8 And when the sun arose, God sent a burning east wind; and the sun beat upon Jonah's head till he became faint. Then he asked for death, saying, "I would be better off dead than alive."
9 Et dixit Deus ad Ionam: “ Putasne bene irasceris tu super hedera? ”. Etdixit: “ Bene irascor ego usque ad mortem ”.	9 But God said to Jonah, "Have you reason to be angry over the plant?" "I have reason to be angry," Jonah answered, "angry enough to die."
10 Et dixit Dominus: “ Tudoles super hederam, in qua non laborasti neque fecisti, ut cresceret, quae subuna nocte nata est et sub una nocte periit.	10 Then the LORD said, "You are concerned over the plant which cost you no labor and which you did not raise; it came up in one night and in one night it perished.
11 Et ego non parcam Nineve civitatimagnae, in qua sunt plus quam centum viginti milia hominum, qui nesciunt quidsit inter dexteram et sinistram suam, et iumenta multa? ”.	11 And should I not be concerned over Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot distinguish their right hand from their left, not to mention the many cattle?"