2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
2 Akamwomba Bwana, akasema, Nakuomba, Ee Bwana; sivyo hivyo nilivyosema, hapo nilipokuwa katika nchi yangu? Hii ndiyo sababu nalifanya haraka kukimbilia Tarshishi; kwa maana nalijua ya kuwa wewe u Mungu mwenye neema, umejaa huruma, si mwepesi wa hasira, u mwingi wa rehema, nawe waghairi mabaya.