1 ث ُمَّ تَذَكَّرَ اللهُ نُوحَ وَكُلَّ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ وَكُلَّ المَواشِيَ الَّتِي كانَتْ مَعَهُ فِي السَّفِينَةِ. فَجَعَلَ اللهُ رِيحاً تَهُبُّ عَلَى الأرْضِ. فَبَدَأ المِاءُ يَنخَفِضُ.

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the cattle that were with him in the large boat. Then God made a wind blow over the earth until the water went down.

2 و َتَوَقَّفَ تَدَفُّقُ الماءِ مِنْ تَحْتِ الأرْضِ. وَسَدَّتِ السَّماءُ نَوافِذَها، فَلَمْ يَعُدِ المَطَرُ يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّماءِ.

Also the wells of water under the earth and the windows of the heavens were shut. And it stopped raining.

3 ث ُمَّ بَدَأ الماءُ يَنْسَحِبُ شَيئاً فَشَيئاً مِنَ الأرْضِ. فَبَدَأ الماءُ يَنحَسِرُ فِي نِهايَةِ المِئَةِ وَالخَمْسِينَ يَوْماً،

The water kept moving away from the earth. At the end of 150 days the water was less.

4 إ لَى أنِ اسْتَقَرَّتِ السَّفِينَةُ عَلَى جِبالِ أراراطَ فِي اليَوْمِ السّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ السّابِعِ.

And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the large boat came to rest on Mount Ararat.

5 و َاسْتَمَرَّ انخِفاضُ الماءِ حَتَّى الشَّهْرِ العاشِرِ. وَفِي اليَوْمِ الخامِسِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ العاشِرِ ظَهَرَتْ قِمَمُ الجِبالِ.

The water kept on going down until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.

6 و َبَعْدَ أربَعِينَ يَوْماً، فَتَحَ نُوحُ نافِذَةَ السَّفِينَةِ الَّتِي صَنَعَها.

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the large boat which he had made.

7 و َأرْسَلَ غُراباً. فَطارَ الغُرابُ مِنْ مَكانٍ إلَى آخَرَ إلَى أنْ نَشِفَتِ المِياهُ عَنِ الأرْضِ.

Then he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.

8 ث ُمَّ أرْسَلَ نُوحُ يَمامَةً مِنْ عِنْدِهِ لِيَرَى إنْ كانَ الماءُ قَدِ انْحَسَرَ مِنْ سَطحِ الأرْضِ.

Then he sent out a dove, to see if the water was gone from the ground.

9 و َلَكِنَّ اليَمامَةَ لَمْ تَجِدْ مَكاناً تَحُطُّ عَلَيهِ لأنَّ الأرْضَ كانَتْ ما تَزالُ مُغَطّاةً بِالماءِ. فَعادَتْ إلَى نُوحَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ. فَأخرَجَ نُوحُ ذِراعَهُ وَأمْسَكَ بِاليَمامَةِ، وَأدخَلَها إلَى السَّفِينَةِ.

But the dove found no place to set her foot, so she returned to him in the boat. For the water was still over the earth. So Noah put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the boat with him.

10 و َانتَظَرَ نُوحُ سَبْعَةَ أيّامٍ أُيضاً. ثُمَّ أرسَلَ اليَمامَةَ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ ثانِيَةً.

He waited another seven days, and sent the dove from the boat again.

11 ف َعادَتِ اليَمامَةُ إلَيهِ فِي ذَلِكَ المَساءِ، تَحْمِلُ فِي مِنْقارِها وَرَقَةَ زَيتُونٍ خَضْراءَ. فَعَرَفَ نُوحُ أنَّ المياهَ قَدِ انخَفَضَتْ عَنِ الأرْضِ.

The dove returned to him in the evening. In her mouth was an olive leaf that had just been picked. So Noah knew that the water had gone from the earth.

12 ف َانتَظَرَ نُوحُ سَبْعَةَ أيّامٍ أُيضاً، وَأرْسَلَ اليَمامَةَ. فَلَمْ تَعُدِ إلَيهِ.

Then he waited another seven days, and sent out the dove. But she did not return to him again.

13 و َفِي اليَوْمِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأوَّلِ، فِي السَّنَةِ الواحِدَةِ وَالسِّتِّ مِئَةٍ مِنْ عُمْرِ نَوْحٍ، جَفَّتِ المِياهُ عَنِ الأرْضِ. فَفَتَحَ نُوحُ بابَ السَّفِينَةِ وَنَظَرَ، فَرَأى أنَّ سَطحَ الأرْضِ قَدْ جَفَّ.

In the year 601, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah took the covering off the large boat, and looked out and saw that the earth was dry.

14 و َفِي اليَوْمِ السّابِعِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثّانِي، جَفَّتِ الأرْضُ تَماماً.

In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the ground was dry.

15 ف َقالَ اللهُ لِنُوحَ:

Then God said to Noah,

16 « اخرُجْ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ أنتَ وَزَوْجَتُكَ وَأبناؤكَ وَزَوْجاتُهُمْ مَعَكَ،

“Go out of the boat, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.

17 و َأخرِجْ كُلَّ كائِنٍ حَيٍّ مَعَكَ، مِنْ كُلِّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ الحَيوانِ وَالطَّيرِ وَالماشِيَةِ وَالزَّواحِفِ عَلَى التَّرابِ، لِكَي تَتَكاثَرَ وَتَتَناسَلَ وَتَزْدادَ عَلَى الأرْضِ.»

Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and everything that moves on the earth. So they may give birth and become many upon the earth.”

18 ف َخَرَجَ نُوحُ وَأبناؤهُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ وَزَوجَاتُ أبنائِهِ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ.

So Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.

19 و َخَرَجَ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ كُلُّ حَيوانٍ، وَكُلُّ زاحِفٍ، وَكُلُّ طَيرٍ، وَكُلُّ ما يَتَحَرَّكُ عَلَى الأرْضِ، كُلٌّ حَسَبَ جِنْسِهِ.

Every animal, every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out of the large boat by their families.

20 ث ُمَّ بَنَى نُوحُ مَذْبَحاً للهِ. وَأخَذَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أنْواعِ الحَيواناتِ الطّاهِرَةِ وَالطُّيُورِ الطّاهِرَةِ، وَقَدَّمَها قَرابِينَ عَلَى المَذْبَحِ.

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. He took of every clean animal and every clean bird, and gave burnt gifts in worship on the altar.

21 و َرَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الذَّبائِحِ وَقالَ: «لَنْ ألْعَنَ الأرْضَ ثانِيَةً بِسَبَبِ النّاسِ، لأنَّ قَلْبَ الإنسانِ مَيّالٌ إلَى الشَّرِّ مُنْذُ صِغَرِهِ. فَلَنْ أعُودَ إلَى إهلاكِ كُلِّ مَخلُوقٍ حَيِّ كَما فَعَلْتُ الآنَ.

Then the Lord smelled a pleasing smell. And the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man. For the desire of man’s heart is sinful from when he is young. I will never again destroy every living thing as I have done.

22 ف َما دامَتْ هُناكَ أرْضٌ، سَيَظَلُّ هُناكَ زَرْعٌ وَحَصادٌ، بَرْدٌ وَحَرٌّ، صَيفٌ وَشِتاءٌ، وَلَيلٌ وَنَهارٌ.»

While the earth lasts, planting time and gathering time, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not end.”