创世记 6
1 当人在世上多起来、又生女儿的时候，
And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douytris,
2 神的儿子们看见人的女子美貌，就随意挑选，娶来为妻。
the sones of God seiyen the douytris of men that thei weren faire, and token wyues to hem of alle whiche thei hadden chose.
3 耶和华说：“人既属乎血气，我的灵就不永远住在他里面；然而他的日子还可到一百二十年。”
And God seide, My spirit schal not dwelle in man with outen ende, for he is fleisch; and the daies of hym schulen be an hundrid and twenti yeer.
4 那时候有伟人在地上，后来 神的儿子们和人的女子们交合生子；那就是上古英武有名的人。
Sotheli giauntis weren on erthe in tho daies, forsothe aftir that the sones of God entriden to the douytris of men, and tho douytris gendriden; these weren myyti of the world and famouse men.
5 耶和华见人在地上罪恶很大，终日所思想的尽都是恶，
Sotheli God seiy that myche malice of men was in erthe, and that al the thouyt of herte was ententif to yuel in al tyme,
6 耶和华就后悔造人在地上，心中忧伤。
and repentide him that he hadde maad man in erthe; and God was war bifore ayens tyme to comyng, and was touchid with sorewe of herte with ynne;
7 耶和华说：“我要将所造的人和走兽，并昆虫，以及空中的飞鸟，都从地上除灭，因为我造他们后悔了。”
and seide, Y schal do awei man, whom Y made of nouyt, fro the face of the erthe, fro man til to lyuynge thingis, fro crepynge beeste til to the briddis of heuene; for it repentith me that Y made hem.
8 惟有挪亚在耶和华眼前蒙恩。
Forsothe Noe foond grace bifore the Lord.
9 挪亚的后代记在下面。挪亚是个义人，在当时的世代是个完全人。挪亚与 神同行。
These ben the generaciouns of Noe. Noe was a iust man and perfit in hise generaciouns; Noe yede with God,
10 挪亚生了三个儿子，就是闪、含、雅弗。
and gendride thre sones, Sem, Cam, and Jafeth.
11 世界在 神面前败坏，地上满了强暴。
Forsothe the erthe was corrupt bifore God, and was fillid with wickidnes.
12 神观看世界，见是败坏了；凡有血气的人在地上都败坏了行为。
And whanne God seiy, that the erthe was corrupt, for ech fleisch ether man hadde corrupt his weie on erthe,
13 神就对挪亚说：“凡有血气的人，他的尽头已经来到我面前；因为地上满了他们的强暴，我要把他们和地一并毁灭。
he seide to Noe, The ende of al fleisch is comen bifore me; the erthe is fillid with wickidnesse of the face of hem, and Y schal distrye hem with the erthe.
14 你要用歌斐木造一只方舟，分一间一间地造，里外抹上松香。
Make thou to thee a schip of trees hewun and planed; thou schalt make dwellynge placis in the schip, and thou schalt anoynte it with pitche with ynne and with outforth.
15 方舟的造法乃是这样：要长三百肘，宽五十肘，高三十肘。
And so thou schalt make it. The lengthe of the schip schal be of thre hundrid cubitis, the brede schal be of fifti cubitis, and the hiynesse therof schal be of thretti cubitis.
16 方舟上边要留透光处，高一肘。方舟的门要开在旁边。方舟要分上、中、下三层。
Thou schalt make a wyndow in the schip, and thou schalt ende the hiynesse therof in a cubite; sotheli thou schalt sette the dore of the schip in the side binethe; thou shalt make soleris and placis of thre chaumbris in the schip.
17 看哪，我要使洪水泛滥在地上，毁灭天下；凡地上有血肉、有气息的活物，无一不死。
Lo! Y schal brynge `watris of diluuye ether greet flood on erthe, and Y schal sle ech fleisch in which is the spirit of lijf vndir heuene, and alle thingis that ben in erthe, schulen be wastid.
18 我却要与你立约；你同你的妻，与儿子儿妇，都要进入方舟。
And Y schal sette my couenaunt of pees with thee; and thou schalt entre in to the schip, and thy sones, and thi wijf, and the wiues of thi sones schulen entre with thee.
19 凡有血肉的活物，每样两个，一公一母，你要带进方舟，好在你那里保全生命。
And of alle lyuynge beestis of al fleisch thou schalt brynge in to the schip tweyne and tweyne, of male kynde and female, that thei lyue with thee;
20 飞鸟各从其类，牲畜各从其类，地上的昆虫各从其类，每样两个，要到你那里，好保全生命。
of briddis bi her kynde, and of werk beestis in her kynde, and of ech crepynge beeste of erthe, by her kynde; tweyne and tweyne of alle schulen entre with thee, that thei moun lyue.
21 你要拿各样食物积蓄起来，好作你和它们的食物。”
Therfore thou schalt take with thee of alle metis that moun be etun, and thou schalt bere to gidre at thee, and tho schulen be as well to thee as to the beestis in to mete.
22 挪亚就这样行。凡 神所吩咐的，他都照样行了。
Therfor Noe dide alle thingis whiche God comaundide to hym.
The World is Destroyed by Water
