1 W hen men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

وَبَدَأ النّاسُ يَتَكاثَرُونَ عَلَى وَجهِ الأرْضِ. وَوُلِدَتْ لَهُمْ بَناتٌ.

2 G od’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

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

3 Y ahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred 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 in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with 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 Y ahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.

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

6 Y ahweh was sorry 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 Y ahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and 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 Yahweh’s eyes.

لَكِنَّ نُوحَ حَظِيَ بِرِضَى اللهِ. نوحُ وَالطُّوفانُ العظيم

9 T his is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of 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 T he earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

وَرَأى اللهُ الأرْضَ فاسِدَةً، إذِ امْتَلأتْ بِالعُنْفِ.

12 G od saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

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

13 G od said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and 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 a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside 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 ship shall be three hundred cubits, its width 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 roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.

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

17 I , even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.

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. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

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

19 O f every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, 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, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort 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 T ake with you of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will 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. He did all that God commanded him.

فَفَعَلَ نُوحُ كُلَّ ما أمَرَهُ بِهِ اللهُ تَماماً.