1 A nd God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “ Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

وَبارَكَ اللهُ نُوحَ وَبَنِيهِ. وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «أنجِبُوا أبْناءً كَثِيرِينَ، وَاملأُوا الأرْضَ بِنَسلِكُمْ.

2 T he fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given.

سَتَرْهَبُكُمْ وَسَتَفْزَعُ مِنكُمْ جَمِيعُ الحَيَواناتِ وَالطُّيُورِ وَالزَّواحِفِ وَالأسْماكِ، وَسَتَخْضَعُ لَكُمْ.

3 E very moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.

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

4 O nly you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

لَكِنْ لا تَأْكُلُوا لَحْماً ما زالَتْ حَياتُهُ – أي دَمُهُ – فِيهِ.

5 S urely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

وَأنا سَأُطالِبُ بِالدَّمِ مُقابِلَ الحَياةِ. سَأُطالِبُ بِحَياةِ كُلِّ حَيوانٍ يَقْتُلُ إنْساناً، وَبِحَياةِ كُلِّ إنْسانٍ يَقْتُلُ إنْساناً مِثلَهُ.

6 “ Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.

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

7 “ As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.”

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

8 T hen God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِنُوحَ وَلِبَنْيهِ مَعَهُ:

9 “ Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;

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

10 a nd with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.

وَأقْطَعُهُ مَعَ كُلِّ الطُّيُورِ وَالمَواشِي وَكُلِّ حَيواناتِ الأرْضِ مَعَكَ، كُلِّ الَّتِي خَرَجَتْ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ، كُلِّ حَيواناتِ الأرْضِ.

11 I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

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

12 G od said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;

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

13 I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.

سَأضَعُ قَوْسي فِي السَّحابِ، لِتَكُونَ عَلامَةً عَلَى العَهْدِ بَينِي وَبَينَ الأرْضِ.

14 I t shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud,

فَكُلّما ظَهَرَتِ السُّحُبُ فَوْقَ الأرْضِ، وَظَهَرَتِ القَوْسُ فِيها،

15 a nd I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.

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

16 W hen the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

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

17 A nd God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

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

18 N ow the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.

وَكانَ بَنُو نُوحَ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ سامَ وَحاماً وَيافَثَ. وَحامٌ هُوَ أبُو كَنْعانَ.

19 T hese three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.

كانَ هَؤُلاءِ الثَّلاثَةُ أبْناءَ نُوحَ. وَامْتَلاتِ الأرْضُ بِالنّاسِ مِنْ نَسلِ هَؤُلاءِ.

20 T hen Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.

وَصارَ نُوحُ فَلّاحاً، فَكانَ أوَّلَ مَنْ غَرَسَ كَرْماً.

21 H e drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.

وَفِي أحَدِ الأيّامِ، صَنَعَ خَمْراً وَشَرِبَ فَسَكِرَ، وَتَعَرَّى فِي خَيمَتِهِ.

22 H am, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

فَرَأى حامُ أبو كَنْعانَ أباهُ عارِياً، فَخَرَجَ وَأخبَرَ أخَوَيهِ.

23 B ut Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

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

24 W hen Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him.

وَلَمّا أفاقَ نُوحُ مِنْ سُكْرِهِ، عَلِمَ ما فَعَلَهُ ابْنُهُ الأصْغَرُ.

25 S o he said, “ Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.”

فَقالَ: «لِيَكُنْ كَنْعانُ مَلْعُوناً! سَيَكُونُ لِأخَوَيهِ كَأدْنَى عَبْدٍ.»

26 H e also said, “ Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

ثُمَّ قالَ: «مُبارَكٌ إلَهُ سامَ. وَلْيَكُنْ كَنْعانُ عَبْداً لِسامَ.

27 “ May God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.”

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

28 N oah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.

وَعاشَ نُوحُ بَعْدَ الطُّوفانِ ثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً.

29 S o all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.

فَكانَ عُمْرُهُ تِسْعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً عِنْدَما ماتَ.