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.
وَصَلَّى إِلَى الرَّبِّ وَقَالَ: «آهِ يَا رَبُّ، أَلَيْسَ هذَا كَلاَمِي إِذْ كُنْتُ بَعْدُ فِي أَرْضِي؟ لِذلِكَ بَادَرْتُ إِلَى الْهَرَبِ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ، لأَنِّي عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ إِلهٌ رَؤُوفٌ وَرَحِيمٌ بَطِيءُ الْغَضَبِ وَكَثِيرُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَنَادِمٌ عَلَى الشَّرِّ.