1 N ow it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

وَبَدَأ النّاسُ يَتَكاثَرُونَ عَلَى وَجهِ الأرْضِ. وَوُلِدَتْ لَهُمْ بَناتٌ.

2 t hat the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

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

3 T hen the Lord said, “ My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

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

4 T he Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, 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 T hen the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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

6 T he Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

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

7 T he Lord said, “ I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry 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 favor in the eyes of the Lord.

لَكِنَّ نُوحَ حَظِيَ بِرِضَى اللهِ. نوحُ وَالطُّوفانُ العظيم

9 T hese are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.

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

10 N oah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

وَأنجَبَ نُوحُ ثَلاثَةَ بَنِينَ هُمْ سامُ وَحامٌ وَيافَثُ.

11 N ow the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.

وَرَأى اللهُ الأرْضَ فاسِدَةً، إذِ امْتَلأتْ بِالعُنْفِ.

12 G od looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

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

13 T hen God said to Noah, “ The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to 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 for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.

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

15 T his is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

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

16 Y ou shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.

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

17 B ehold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.

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

18 B ut I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

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

19 A nd of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; 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 the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them 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 s for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them.”

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

22 T hus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.

فَفَعَلَ نُوحُ كُلَّ ما أمَرَهُ بِهِ اللهُ تَماماً.