,,the ,,story ,,of ,,the ,,prophet      
,,jonas4  ,william ,tyndale #aeca       
translation4  ,spelling has been        
modernized1 but nothing else altered4   
,note3      ,the first ,chapter4  ,the  
word of the ,lord came unto the prophet 
,jonas the son of ,amithai saying3 rise 
and get thee to ,ninevehh that great    
city and preach unto them1 how that     
their wickedness is come up before me4  
,and ,jonas made him ready to flee to   
,tharsis from the presence of the ,lord1
 and gat him down to ,joppa1 and found  
there a ship ready to go to ,tharsis1   
and paid his fare1 and went aboard1 to  
go with them to ,tharsis from the       
presence of the ,lord4  ,but the ,lord  
hurled a great wind in to the sea1 so   
that there was a mighty tempest in the  
sea3 insomuch that the ship was like to 
go in pieces4 ,and the mariners were    
afraid and cried every man unto his god1
 and cast out the goods that were in the
 ship in to the sea1 to lighten it of   
them4 ,but ,jonas gat him under the     

hatches and laid him down and slumbered4
 ,and the master of the ship came to him
 and said unto him1 why slumberest thou8
 up6 and call unto thy god1 that ,god   
may think on us1 that we perish not4    
,and they said one to another1 come and 
let us cast lots1 to know for whose     
cause we are thus troubled4 ,and they   
cast lots4 ,and the lot fell upon       
,jonas4  ,then they said unto him1 tell 
us for whose cause we are thus troubled3
 what is thine occupation1 whence comest
 thou1 how is thy country called1 and of
 what nation art thou8  ,and he answered
 them1 ,i am an ,hebrew3 and the ,lord  
,god of heaven which made both sea and  
dry land1 ,i fear4 ,then were the men   
exceedingly afraid and said unto him1   
why didst thou so8 ,for they knew that  
he was fled from the presence of the    
,lord1 because he had told them4  ,then 
they unto him1 what shall we do unto    
thee1 that the sea may cease from       
troubling us8 ,for the sea wrought and  
was troublous4 ,and he answered them1   

take me and cast me in to the sea1 and  
so shall it let you be in rest3 for ,i  
wot1 it is for my sake1 that this great 
tempest is come upon you4 ,nevertheless 
the men assayed with rowing to bring the
 ship to land3 but it would not be1     
because the sea so wrought and was so   
troublous against them4 ,wherefore they 
cried unto the ,lord and said3 ,o ,lord 
let us not perish for this mans death1  
neither lay innocent blood unto our     
charge3 for thou ,lord even as thy      
pleasure was1 so thou hast done4  ,and  
then they took ,jonas1 and cast him into
 the sea1 and the sea left raging4 ,and 
the men feared the ,lord exceedingly3   
and sacrificed sacrifice unto the ,lord3
 and vowed vows4   ,the second ,chapter4
  ,but the ,lord prepared a great fish1 
to swallow up ,jonas4 ,and so was ,jonas
 in the bowels of the fish three days   
and three nights4 ,and ,jonas prayed    
unto the ,lord his ,god out of the      
bowels of the fish4  ,and he said3 in my
 tribulation ,i called unto the ,lord1  

and he answered me3 out of the belly of 
hell ,i cried1 and thou heardest my     
voice4 ,for thou hadst cast me down deep
 in the midst of the sea and the flood  
compassed me about3 and all thy waves   
and rolls of water went over me3 and ,i 
thought that ,i had been cast away out  
of thy sight4 ,but ,i will yet again    
look toward thy holy temple4 ,the water 
compassed me even unto the very soul of 
me3 the deep lay about me3 and the weeds
 were wrapped about mine head4 ,and ,i  
went down unto the bottom of the hills1 
and was barred in with earth on every   
side for ever4 ,and yet thou ,lord my   
,god broughtest up my life again out of 
corruption4 ,when my soul fainted in me1
 ,i thought on the ,lord3 and my prayer 
came in unto thee1 even into thy holy   
temple4 ,they that observe vain         
vanities1 have forsaken him that was    
merciful unto them4 ,but ,i will        
sacrifice unto thee with the voice of   
thanksgiving1 and will pay that that ,i 
have vowed1 that saving cometh of the   

,lord4  ,and the ,lord spake unto the   
fish3 and it cast out ,jonas again upon 
the dry land4   ,the third ,chapter4    
,then came the word of the ,lord unto   
,jonas again saying3 up1 and get thee to
 ,nineveh that great city1 and preach   
unto them the preaching which ,i bade   
thee4 ,and he arose and went to ,nineveh
 at the ,lord's commandment4 ,nineveh   
was a great city unto ,god1 containing  
three days journey4  ,and ,jonas went to
 and entered in to the city even a days 
journey1 and cried saying3 ,there shall 
not pass forty days but ,nineveh shall  
be overthrown4  ,and the people of      
,nineveh believed ,god1 and proclaimed  
fasting1 and arrayed themselves in      
sackcloth1 as well the great as the     
small of them4  ,and the tidings came   
unto the king of ,nineveh1 which arose  
out of his seat1 and did his apparel off
 and put on sackcloth1 and sat him down 
in ashes4 ,and it was cried and         
commanded in ,nineveh by the authority  
of the king and of his lords saying3 see

 that neither man or beast1 ox or sheep 
taste ought at all1 and that they       
neither feed or drink water4  ,and they 
put on sackcloth both man and beast1 and
 cried unto ,god mightily1 and turned   
every man his wicked way1 and from doing
 wrong in which they were accustomed1   
saying3 who can tell whether ,god will  
turn and repent1 and cease from his     
fierce wrath1 that we perish not8 ,and  
when ,god saw their works1 how they     
turned from their wicked ways1 he       
repented of the evil which he said he   
would do unto them1 and did it not4     
,the fourth ,chapter4  ,wherefore ,jonas
 was sore discontent and angry4 ,and he 
prayed unto the ,lord and said3 ,o      
,lord1 was not this my saying when ,i   
was yet in my country8 ,and therefore ,i
 hasted rather to flee to ,tharsis3 for 
,i knew well enough that thou wast a    
merciful god1 full of compassion1 long  
ere thou be angry and of great mercy and
 repentest when thou art come to take   
punishment4 ,now therefore take my life 

from me1 for ,i had lever die than live4
 ,and the ,lord said unto ,jonas1 art   
thou so angry8  ,and ,jonas gat him out 
of the city and sat him down on the east
 side thereof1 and made him there a     
booth and sat thereunder in the shadow1 
till he might see what should chance    
unto the city4  ,and the ,lord prepared 
as it were a wild vine which sprang up  
over ,jonas1 that he might have shadow  
over his head1 to deliver him out of his
 pain4 ,and ,jonas was exceeding glad of
 the wild vine4  ,and the ,lord ordained
 a worm against the spring of the morrow
 morning which smote the wild vine that 
it withered away4 ,and as soon as the   
sun was up1 ,god prepared a fervent east
 wind3 so that the sun beat over the    
head of ,jonas1 that he fainted again   
and wished unto his soul that he might  
die1 and said1 it is better for me to   
die than to live4  ,and ,god said unto  
,jonas1 art thou so angry for thy wild  
vine8 ,and he said1 ,i am angry a good1 
even on to the death4 ,and the ,lord    

said1 thou hast compassion on a wild    
vine1 whereon thou bestowedest no labour
 nor made it grow1 which sprang up in   
one night and perished in another3 and  
should not ,i have compassion on        
,nineveh that great city1 wherein there 
is a multitude of people1 even above an 
hundred thousand that know not their    
right hand from the left1 besides much  
cattle8