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2. അവൻ യഹോവയോടു പ്രാർത്ഥിച്ചു: അയ്യോ, യഹോവേ, ഞാൻ എന്റെ ദേശത്തു ആയിരുന്നപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ പറഞ്ഞ വാക്കു ഇതു തന്നേ അല്ലയോ? അതുകൊണ്ടായിരുന്നു ഞാൻ തർശീശിലേക്കു ബദ്ധപ്പെട്ടു ഓടിപ്പോയതു; നീ കൃപയും കരുണയും ദീർഘക്ഷമയും മഹാദയയുമുള്ള ദൈവമായി അനർത്ഥത്തെക്കുറിച്ചു അനുതപിക്കുന്നവൻ എന്നു ഞാൻ അറിഞ്ഞു.



KJV
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.

KJVP
2. And he prayed H6419 unto H413 the LORD, H3068 and said, H559 I pray thee, H577 O LORD, H3068 [was] not H3808 this H2088 my saying, H1697 when I was H1961 yet H5704 in H5921 my country H127 ? Therefore H5921 H3651 I fled H1272 before H6923 unto Tarshish: H8659 for H3588 I knew H3045 that H3588 thou H859 [art] a gracious H2587 God, H410 and merciful, H7349 slow H750 to anger, H639 and of great H7227 kindness, H2617 and repentest H5162 thee of H5921 the evil. H7451

YLT
2. and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, `I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land -- therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish -- that I have known that Thou [art] a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil?

ASV
2. And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

WEB
2. He 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 repent of the evil.

ESV
2. And he prayed to the LORD and said, "O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.

RV
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 hasted to flee unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and repentest thee of the evil.

RSV
2. And he prayed to the LORD and said, "I pray thee, LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil.

NLT
2. So he complained to the LORD about it: "Didn't I say before I left home that you would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people.

NET
2. He prayed to the LORD and said, "Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!— because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.

ERVEN
2. He complained to the Lord and said, "I knew this would happen! I was in my own country, and you told me to come here. At that time I knew that you would forgive the people of this evil city, so I decided to run away to Tarshish. I knew that you are a kind God. I knew that you show mercy and don't want to punish people. I knew that you are kind, and if these people stopped sinning, you would change your plans to destroy them.