1 A nd it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,

وَبَدَأ النّاسُ يَتَكاثَرُونَ عَلَى وَجهِ الأرْضِ. وَوُلِدَتْ لَهُمْ بَناتٌ.

2 t hat the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.

فَلَمّا رَأى بَنُو اللهِ أنَّ بَناتَ النّاسِ جَميلاتٌ، عاشَرُوا مِنْهُنَّ مَنْ يُرِيدُونَ.

3 A nd Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

فَقالَ اللهُ: «لَنْ يَدُومَ رُوحِي فِي النّاسِ إلَى الأبَدِ، لِأنَّهُمْ لَحْمٌ وَدَمٌ. وَلَنْ يَعِيشُوا أكثَرَ مِنْ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنةً.»

4 I n those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ وَبَعْدَهُ – أي بَعْدَ أنْ عاشَرَ بَنُو اللهِ بَناتِ النَّاسِ وَأنْجَبْنَ لَهُمْ أولاداً – عَاشَتْ جَماعَةُ الجَبابِرَةِ عَلَى الأرْضِ. وَكانُوا مُحارِبينَ مَشْهُورينَ.

5 A nd Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.

وَرَأى اللهُ أنَّ النّاسَ فِي الأرْضِ أشْرارٌ جِدّاً. وَأنَّ أفكارَهُمْ وَخُطَطَهُمْ شِرِّيرَةٌ عَلَى الدَّوامِ.

6 A nd Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

فَأسِفَ اللهُ عَلَى خَلقِ الإنْسانِ عَلَى الأرْضِ. وَحَزِنَ فِي قَلْبِهِ كَثِيراً.

7 A nd Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth—from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.

فَقالَ اللهُ: «سَأمْحُو النّاسَ الَّذِينَ خَلَقْتُهُمْ مِنْ تُرابِ الأرْضِ: النّاسَ وَالمَواشِي وَالزَّواحِفَ وَطُيُورَ السَّماءِ. فَقَدْ أسِفْتُ عَلَى خَلقِها.»

8 B ut Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.

لَكِنَّ نُوحَ حَظِيَ بِرِضَى اللهِ. نوحُ وَالطُّوفانُ العظيم

9 T his is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked with God.

هَذا سِجِلُّ مَوالِيدِ عائِلَةِ نُوحَ. كانَ نُوحُ رَجُلاً بارّاً. وَكانَ وَحدَهُ بِلا عَيبٍ بَينَ مُعاصِرِيهِ. وَسارَ نُوحُ مَعَ اللهِ.

10 A nd Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

وَأنجَبَ نُوحُ ثَلاثَةَ بَنِينَ هُمْ سامُ وَحامٌ وَيافَثُ.

11 A nd the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence.

وَرَأى اللهُ الأرْضَ فاسِدَةً، إذِ امْتَلأتْ بِالعُنْفِ.

12 A nd God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.

وَنَظَرَ اللهُ إلَى الأرْضِ، فَكانَتْ فاسِدَةً حَقّاً، لأنَّ جَمِيعَ النّاسِ أفسَدُوا طُرُقَهُمْ عَلَى الأرْضِ.

13 A nd God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

فَقالَ اللهُ لِنُوحَ: «ها قَدِ اقتَرَبَتْ نِهايَةُ كُلِّ الكائِناتِ الحَيَّةِ، لأنَّ النّاسَ قَدْ مَلأُوا الأرْضَ عُنْفاً. فَها أنا سَأُدَمِّرُهُمْ سَرِيعاً مَعَ أرْضِهِمْ.

14 M ake thyself an ark of gopher wood: cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch.

فاصْنَعْ سَفِينَةً مِنْ خَشَبِ السَّرْوِ، وَابْنِ فِيها غُرَفاً. وَاطلِ السَّفِينَةَ مِنَ الخارِجِ بِالقارِ.

15 A nd thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

«اصْنَعِ السَّفِينَةَ حَسَبَ القِياساتِ التّالِيَةِ: الطُّولُ ثَلاثُ مِئِةِ ذِراعٍ، وَالعَرْضُ خَمْسُونَ ذِراعاً، وَالارتِفاعُ ثَلاثُونَ ذِراعاً.

16 A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: a lower, second, and third shalt thou make it.

وَاجْعَلْ فِي أحَدِ جَوانِبِ السَّفِينَةِ نافِذَةً تَحْتَ السَّقْفِ بِذِراعٍ واحِدَةٍ. وَاجعَلْ باباً فِي جانِبِ السَّفِينَةِ. وَابنِ السَّفِينَةَ ثَلاثَ طَبَقاتٍ: سُفلِيَّةً وَوُسْطَى وَعُليا.

17 F or I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire.

فَها أنا أُوشِكُ أنْ أجلِبَ طُوفاناً هائِلاً عَلَى الأرْضِ، لأُبيدَ كُلَّ كائِنٍ يَتَنَفَّسُ تَحتَ السَّماءِ. كُلُّ ما عَلَى الأرضِ سَيَفنَى!

18 B ut with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt go into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

«أمّا أنتَ فَسَأقطَعُ مَعَكَ عَهداً، فَتَدخُلَ السَّفِينَةَ أنْتَ وَأبْناؤكَ وَزَوْجَتُكَ وَنِساءُ أبْنائِكَ.

19 A nd of every living thing of all flesh, two of every shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep alive with thee: they shall be male and female.

أدْخِلْ إلَى السَّفِينَةِ أيضاً زَوْجينِ، ذَكَراً وَأُنْثَى، مِنْ كُلِّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ الكائِناتِ الحَيَّةِ، لِكَي تَنجُوَ مَعَكَ.

20 O f fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each shall go in to thee, to keep alive.

وَسَيَنْضَمُّ إلَيكَ زَوْجانِ مِنْ كُلِّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ الطُّيُورِ، وَكُلِّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ الحَيواناتِ، وَكُلِّ نَوعٍ مِنَ الحَيَواناتِ الزّاحِفَةِ عَلَى الأرْضِ، لِكَي تُحافِظَ عَلَى حَياتِها.

21 A nd take thou of all food that is eaten, and gather to thee, that it may be for food for thee and for them.

وَخُذْ بَعضاً مِنْ كُلِّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ الطَّعامِ الَّذِي يُمْكِنُ أنْ يُؤْكَلَ، وَاخْزِنْهُ. وَلْيَكُنْ هَذا طَعاماً لَكَ وَلِعائِلَتِكَ وَلِلحَيواناتِ.»

22 A nd Noah did it; according to all that God had commanded him, so did he.

فَفَعَلَ نُوحُ كُلَّ ما أمَرَهُ بِهِ اللهُ تَماماً.