Jonah 4

4 ¹But dis one pain Jonah for im belle die, and vex catch am like fire. ²He pray to our Papa, say, "Abeg, O Papa, no be dis one I talk since wey I still dey for my own land? Na why I first run comot go Tarshish be dat—I sabi say You be Papa wey get grace, wey im belle dey pain am for people, wey no dey quick vex, wey im Covenant love full overflow, wey dey change im mind and no send trouble. ³So now, our Papa, abeg collect my life comot for my hand—make I die pass make I dey live."

⁴And our Papa talk say, "E correct say make you vex reach so?"

⁵Jonah comot for di city go siddon for di east side of am, he build small shelter for imsef for dere, and he siddon under am for di shade, dey wait to see wetin go happen to di city. ⁶And our Papa arrange one plant make e grow rise up over Jonah, to shade im head and make im discomfort ease small. So Jonah happy well-well because of di plant. ⁷For early morning di next day, our Papa arrange one worm wey chook di plant, and e dry. ⁸As di sun rise, our Papa send hot east wind wey dey burn; di sun dey beat Jonah head reach wey e wan faint. He beg to die, say, "E beta make I die pass make I dey live."

⁹But our Papa ask Jonah say, "E correct say make you vex because of di plant?" He talk say, "E correct—I vex reach to die sef."

¹⁰And our Papa talk say, "You get pity for di plant wey you no work for and you no grow, wey sprout for one night and die for one night. ¹¹So make I no get pity for Nineveh, dat big city, wey get pass 120,000 people wey no fit tell dem right hand from dem left, and plenty animal join?" ^a a v11 Di book close with our Papa im belle-dey-pain question—im heart for di nations wey dey pass Israel. Jesus quote Jonah im three-days-and-three-nights as di sign of im own resurrection (Matthew 12:38-41), and di Nineveh people dem repentance as judgment against Israel wey no repent.