2He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.
ወጸለየ ዮናስ ኀበ እግዚአብሔር ወይቤ። እግዚኦ ኣይቴኑ ዘይብል አልቦኑ ዘይብል እመ እምቅድመ ርኅቀ እምኔየ። ወበእንተዝ ፈጠንኩ እግይም ኀበ ተርሴስ። እስመ አእመርኩከ ከመ አንተ አምላክ መሐሪ ወመስተሥርይ። ወዘይክል ዕሩመ ቍጣ። ወብዙኀ ምሕረት። ወትትናሳሕ እምእኩይ።