1 و َبارَكَ اللهُ نُوحَ وَبَنِيهِ. وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «أنجِبُوا أبْناءً كَثِيرِينَ، وَاملأُوا الأرْضَ بِنَسلِكُمْ.

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

2 س َتَرْهَبُكُمْ وَسَتَفْزَعُ مِنكُمْ جَمِيعُ الحَيَواناتِ وَالطُّيُورِ وَالزَّواحِفِ وَالأسْماكِ، وَسَتَخْضَعُ لَكُمْ.

And let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every animal of the earth, and upon all fowl of the heavens: upon all that moveth the ground; and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.

3 ف َاصطادُوا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيءٍ حَيٍّ يَتَحَرَّكُ طَعاماً لَكُمْ. فَكَما أعطَيتُكُمِ النَّباتاتِ الخَضْراءَ طَعاماً، فَها أنا أُعطِيكُمْ جَمِيعَ الحَيَواناتِ طَعاماً.

Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything.

4 ل َكِنْ لا تَأْكُلُوا لَحْماً ما زالَتْ حَياتُهُ – أي دَمُهُ – فِيهِ.

Only, the flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat.

5 و َأنا سَأُطالِبُ بِالدَّمِ مُقابِلَ الحَياةِ. سَأُطالِبُ بِحَياةِ كُلِّ حَيوانٍ يَقْتُلُ إنْساناً، وَبِحَياةِ كُلِّ إنْسانٍ يَقْتُلُ إنْساناً مِثلَهُ.

And indeed your blood, of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each of his brother, will I require the life of Man.

6 « مَنْ يَسْفُكُ دَمَ إنْسانٍ، فَلْيَسْفُكْ إنْسانٌ دَمَهُ، لأنَّ اللهَ خَلَقَ الإنْسانَ عَلَى صُورَتِهِ.

Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.

7 « وَأنْتُمْ، أثْمِرُوا وَتَضاعَفُوا فِي الأرْضِ، وَاكثُرُوا فِيها.»

And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.

8 ث ُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِنُوحَ وَلِبَنْيهِ مَعَهُ:

And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

9 « ها أنا أقطَعُ عَهْدِي مَعَكَ وَمَعَ أبْنائِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ، وَمَعَ كُلِّ مَخلُوقٍ حَيِّ مَعَكَ.

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

10 و َأقْطَعُهُ مَعَ كُلِّ الطُّيُورِ وَالمَواشِي وَكُلِّ حَيواناتِ الأرْضِ مَعَكَ، كُلِّ الَّتِي خَرَجَتْ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ، كُلِّ حَيواناتِ الأرْضِ.

and with every living soul which is with you, fowl as well as cattle, and all the animals of the earth with you, of all that has gone out of the ark—every animal of the earth.

11 « وَالآنَ، ها هُوَ العَهْدُ الَّذِي سَأقْطَعُهُ مَعَكَ: لا يُقْضَى عَلَى كُلِّ الخَليقَةِ بِمِياهِ الطُّوفانِ ثانِيَةً، وَلا تُدَمِّرُ الأرْضُ بِالطُّوفانِ ثانِيَةً.»

And I establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood, and henceforth there shall be no flood to destroy the earth.

12 و َقالَ اللهُ: «وَهَذِهِ هِيَ عَلامَةُ العَهْدِ الَّذِي أقْطَعُهُ مَعَكَ وَمَعَ كُلِّ كائِنٍ حَيٍّ عَلَى مَدَى الأجْيالِ.

And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:

13 س َأضَعُ قَوْسي فِي السَّحابِ، لِتَكُونَ عَلامَةً عَلَى العَهْدِ بَينِي وَبَينَ الأرْضِ.

I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

14 ف َكُلّما ظَهَرَتِ السُّحُبُ فَوْقَ الأرْضِ، وَظَهَرَتِ القَوْسُ فِيها،

And it shall come to pass when I bring clouds over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,

15 أ تَذَكَّرُ العَهْدَ الَّذِي بَينِي وَبَينَكُمْ وَبَينَ كُلِّ كائِنٍ حَيٍّ. وَلَنْ يَصِيرَ الماءُ بَعْدُ طُوفاناً يُهلِكُ كُلَّ حَياةٍ.

and I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living soul of all flesh; and the waters shall not henceforth become a flood to destroy all flesh.

16 ف َكُلَّما ظَهَرَتِ القَوْسُ فِي السَّحابِ، أراها وَأذْكُرُ العَهْدَ الأبَدِيَّ بَينَ اللهِ وَبَينَ كُلِّ كائِنٍ حَيٍّ عَلَى الأرْضِ.»

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.

17 و َقالَ اللهُ لِنُوحَ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ عَلامَةُ العَهْدِ بَينِي وَبَينَ كُلِّ حَياةٍ عَلَى الأرْضِ.» مَشاكلُ جديدة

And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

18 و َكانَ بَنُو نُوحَ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ سامَ وَحاماً وَيافَثَ. وَحامٌ هُوَ أبُو كَنْعانَ.

And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth. And Ham is the father of Canaan.

19 ك انَ هَؤُلاءِ الثَّلاثَةُ أبْناءَ نُوحَ. وَامْتَلاتِ الأرْضُ بِالنّاسِ مِنْ نَسلِ هَؤُلاءِ.

These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was the whole earth spread abroad.

20 و َصارَ نُوحُ فَلّاحاً، فَكانَ أوَّلَ مَنْ غَرَسَ كَرْماً.

And Noah began a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.

21 و َفِي أحَدِ الأيّامِ، صَنَعَ خَمْراً وَشَرِبَ فَسَكِرَ، وَتَعَرَّى فِي خَيمَتِهِ.

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.

22 ف َرَأى حامُ أبو كَنْعانَ أباهُ عارِياً، فَخَرَجَ وَأخبَرَ أخَوَيهِ.

And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.

23 ف َأخَذَ سامُ وَيافَثُ رِداءً، وَوَضَعاهُ عَلَى أكتافِهِما. ثُمَّ سارا إلَى الوَراءِ وَسَتَرا أباهُما العارِيَ. وَقَدْ جَعَلا ظَهْريهُما إلَيهِ، فَلَمْ يَرَيا وَالِدَهُما عارِياً.

And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness.

24 و َلَمّا أفاقَ نُوحُ مِنْ سُكْرِهِ، عَلِمَ ما فَعَلَهُ ابْنُهُ الأصْغَرُ.

And Noah awoke from his wine, and learned what his youngest son had done to him.

25 ف َقالَ: «لِيَكُنْ كَنْعانُ مَلْعُوناً! سَيَكُونُ لِأخَوَيهِ كَأدْنَى عَبْدٍ.»

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.

26 ث ُمَّ قالَ: «مُبارَكٌ إلَهُ سامَ. وَلْيَكُنْ كَنْعانُ عَبْداً لِسامَ.

And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

27 ل َيتَ اللهَ يُوَسِّعُ عَلَى يافَثَ، وَلَيتَهُ يَسْكُنُ فِي خِيامِ سامَ. وَلَيتَ كَنْعانَ يَكُونُ عَبْداً لِيافَثَ.»

Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

28 و َعاشَ نُوحُ بَعْدَ الطُّوفانِ ثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً.

And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

29 ف َكانَ عُمْرُهُ تِسْعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً عِنْدَما ماتَ.

And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.